Chhavi Mittal is an Indian Actress, model and producer who is also a mother of two beautiful children. The story of her two births was covered in CNA Insider's documentary , 'A million cuts - India's C-section Epidemic'  which is an attempt at blowing the gaff on India's rising C-section rates in the hospitals. In hushed voices, we all know it. We all talk about birth and women's bodies being used as a money making machine for corporate hospitals. 

Chhavi revealed on Instagram on her 5 page Birth Story, how she was met with aggressive and abusive treatment at the hospital with the birth of her son in 2019. With  her first born , Chhavi was induced 11 days prior her estimated due date. Her body was not ready, her baby was born with assitance.

Learning from this experience, the couple took hypnobirthing classes and Chhavi circulated her birth plan with clear preferences to her doctor and pediatrician. She refused induction to begin labor. Despite clear communication, and a nicely progressing labor , medical drugs were introduced to hasten the process which turned the tables on her. Chhavi's trance was broken and her body went into a shock. 

What happened next? How did Chhavi react to this treatment? How did this affect her postpartum. Tune into it to know more.....

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My childbirth classes mothers wanted a recorded audio for Birth Affirmations. We practice affirmations and visualization in the class and they are suggested to do it as a meditative exercise on their own. This episode is a product of this request and here you can use it too. It has everything you are suggested in your birth classes about labor and birth. 

This can be your ally. Your encouraging partner. This can be your voice in labor and birth 

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It is becoming painfully sad that despite the best preparation the obstetricians/gynaecologists are able to pursue the parents to choose Surgical births like they are selling candies. The language is usually this, 'this is just the trailer, do you think you want to take it further?' Oh even after you take so much pain, you may have to undergo surgery , then why do you think you want to take it any more. It is you choice , yes you may have natural birth after waiting but it is still a risk . It is your choice. "

Sweet nudging and disempowering parents is the norm in every second hospital in Delhi, the national capital. 

In all this, Supriya's birth story shows how preparation and choosing a natural birth supportive center made all the difference to her birth story from spending majority of early labor at home to going to the center in time. Tune in to hear her story of a natural birth.

Supriya is a new mom, an aspiring writer and a certified Hatha Yoga Coach. Her day job is with Procter and Gamble as Director, Environmental Sustainability for Asia Middle East and Africa markets. She has over a decade long experience in driving social impact via public policy with a focus on environment, health and education. 

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Sameha was waiting for her labor to begin as she was already past 10 days of her estimated due date. Little did she know her labor would be a quick one and she would have labored majorly at home only rush to the birth center when she felt the first pushing sensation. Her water had already broken and there was meconium .

Now you may want to know if her hospital was close or far off. What happened when she reached the birth center? Was everyone worried about the meconium and reeled her into an emergency?

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Sameha Arora is a mother of a 15 month old baby boy.  She is a technical product manager at Amazon India , Hyderabad.

A very passionate mother and a close friend.

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Nani, my maternal grandmother was always in the village, up north of India. She has six children, five girls and one boy, quite classic of the traditional households.

The first two , my mum and my aunt (masi) were born in a hospital outside the village where my Nanaji, maternal grandfather was a homeopath doctor. 

The other four children were born at home with a traditional birth attendant (Local Daima) . All were born in a sitting position. This episode gives a cultural perspective on how birth happened in the northern indian villages.

Interestingly, the women of then some 50 years ago had immense knowledge of breastfeeding and also used a tool to express breast milk.

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Madhuri and Praneswara Das are Krishna devotees from Mayapur, Kolkata. Madhuri was always scared of needles. When she learnt she is pregnant which she was expecting , she was terrified on how to go about it. Initially, they did go to the doctor for checkups but there was a point when after an ultrasound they decided to do, the doctor said the liver of the baby is not functioning. This was a huge blow but they were not held or emotionally supported at the hospital.

Their faith and birth education, support from midwives and birth community kept them going. All along their faith in God led them , their baby was absolutely fine at birth with no issues. This podcast was recorded when the baby was over 6 months old.

It is interesting that after 3 days of labor, the placenta was not born for 9 hours, how did they cope up with this situation and what do they say about their inclination towards home birth if they have another baby.

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Rani Didi is my house help. She has four children, 1 girl and three boys, the oldest being the girl who is sixteen now.

When I asked Rani didi, how did you birth, she nonchalantly mentions, ‘At home!. We all birth at home’. Her description of labor is not too detailed but the story has a cultural significance. More so , it is empowering to see the ease in her voice and the confidence about her body , birth and nature.

She may not use the modern Gen Z language to describe her experience but the macroscopic details also give in a huge understanding of how birth can also be visualised.

Rani didi’s home birth stories with three children. Tune in to hear it now!

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Becca knew she wanted a home birth and researched her options to explore what was best for her in this spiritual journey of pregnancy. In the absense of a midwifery care model around her in Kerala, she decided to free birth with her partner and went on to have a transcendental experience.

Tune in to her story now to hear what was the experience with a local private hospital, the preparation needed to birth safely at home and the experience of labor and birth itself.

Becca is a coach, cognitive hypnotherapist & energy healer 1:1 who does one to one consults with people. Her area of interests are more aligned with pregnancy and birth as a powerful tool of healing.

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If you have not heard Part I of this episode , please do to learn about the details of Namrita's empowering hospital birth that will help you connect the dots in this one.
 
This episode discusses

• Why did Namrita choose a homebirth after the first empowering hospital birth experience?
• What is the difference in care between a Gynaecologist or Midwife
• What does laboring in a home birth set up look like?
• How does leaving a vaginal tear to heal on its own look like as against a stiches?

Find out the answers in Namrita's story , tune in now.

Namrita is the founder of The Nesting Heart (@the.nestingheart). She is a birth and parenting educator, mentor and coach. Namrita is the mother of two beautiful children, born 7 years apart in incredibly empowering births. She brings her intuitive wisdom and years of experience and expertise as a birthworker to help mothers to be prepare, learn, unlearn and heal their way through birth, postpartum and motherhood.

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Namrita's first birth was at a hospital. This was her first exposure to childbirth education and her intuitive power in Birth. She changed doctors thrice eventually to build a team that supported her vision of birth. Yet, labour which cannot be tamed, took its own twisted path. How did Namrita traverse the labor land and came out euphoric is discussed in this part of her story?

The experience was so powerful that she became a birth worker herself. Namrita is the founder of The Nesting Heart (@the.nestingheart). She is a birth and parenting educator, mentor and coach. Namrita is the mother of two beautiful children, born 7 years apart in incredibly empowering births. She brings her intuitive wisdom and years of experience and expertise as a birthworker to help mothers to be prepare, learn, unlearn and heal their way through birth, postpartum and motherhood.

Part II will talk about her experience of a home birth with a midwife some 7 years apart. She talks at length about how this care was different from a hospital birth and how labor and birth looked like in the care of a midwife.

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