In the first part of Sara and Khan's Birth story , we went over their decision to free birth , the factors influencing it and the entire experience of labor and birth.

If you have not heard the first part , hop on to EP 84 and come back to this 

In this episode:

We go over :

• Placenta tinctures
• Breastfeeding
• Postpartum Care 
• Parenthood and more..

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Sara conceived Zion at the age of 35 , a perfectly healthy young woman , active and a firm believer in the universe's power on us humans and everything life. 

It was the time of the Covid fading in 2020, she had to renew her visa to continue her stay in India. She chose to go to the hospital to help with paper work but she was seen as a high risk case almost decided for a surgery after a shortwhile, slowly being compelled through subtle coercion. 

Sara and Khan decided to take things in their autonomy and decided to Free Birth. They prepared for it through childbirth classes and learning about birth emergencies   They birthed their baby and the placenta and have been nurturing the new soul with wisdom and love.

In part I of this episode, we discuss:

1. System's view of a person based on stats as against the individual person.
2. How Sara and Khan decided to Free Birth.
3. Their preparation for it and the emergencies
4. Detailed description of labor and birth
5. Detailed description of the birth of placenta

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Induction is offered to every mother routinely in the urban hospitals in India.

The various issues are big baby, small baby, past due date , one episode of high blood pressure, all of which are not medical emergencies but perceived problems that are being brought to fit the solution to it. It is not a problem based solution scenario but more a solution based problem making. 

Induction as a procedure comes with its own set of risks, it is a pseudo attempt at 'supporting normal births' Oh we tried with Induction but oh it failed and we had to do a surgery, we gave you a chance.

A real attempt at normal birth for majority of women should be waiting for spontaneous labor to begin. 

You will learn the risks of Induction, the process that should be used when it is introduced as well as the chronic case of 'Failed Inductions'

Along with that I will share a little snippet from my training in Kolkata...

Know someone who was offered Induction, tune in to know more....

Few research papers we discuss here are: 

• https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/new-trial-finds-small-benefit-of-inducing-labour-over-wait-and-see-approach-for-late-term-pregnancies/
• https://www.fogsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/XGCPR-IOL-26July.pdf
• https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14767058.2013.864274
• https://globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v39-2/34.pdf

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Nisha, had her first born at Birth Village, Kerala, India. She is from Bangalore and moved  cities to birth. She had a vaginal / normal birth there however, something within her felt rushed, unheard and ordered around . It did not sit right with her. She longed to know more and by following the Free Birth Society Podcast and other resources she realised not everything she experienced was in alignment with physiological or natural birth. Her birth space was hampered . Listening to stories of positive births from many women and with many conditions, she realised she can birth by herself too. She just knew it. There on began her journey to prepare for emergencies, seek midwifery support only to birth all by herself.

And the experience, what did it make her feel? How did it make her see the experience she had with her first baby? Tune in to know more!

Nisha Vijayan is  a mother of two children, loves cats and is a birth advocate. She runs her handle @bring_birth_back_home. You can reach to her in case you have any more questions 

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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 

Practice playing these everyday. 

August'23 Childbirth classes where you prepare yourself for a natural birth and all other circumstances that come up in birth tailored to where you choose to birth are now open for Registrations

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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?

Tune in to listen to the entire story now!

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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