• What makes a birthing experience Respectful and Positive? 
• Is everything out of control when you birth? 
• Would you rather plan things? 
• Do we know how a positive birth experience really looks like?

Our guest on today's podcast , Dr Janhavi Nilekani, a development economist, Founder and Chairperson of Aastrika Foundation - A Nilekani Philanthropies initiative that aims to bring respectful maternity care as a women's right to all sectors of the country through various entities, speaks to us about her experience of birthing in India and what led to this massive transformational step in maternal healthcare.

Dr Nilekani also calls herself an accidental healthcare entrepreneur and quotes the unavailability of Respectful Birthing- a woman's empowerment issue.  She speaks to us about the journey of fighting her way through to finally find a place (Sanctum Birth Center , Hyderabad) that catered to the kind of birth she imagined for herself. A story of empowered birth.

Tune in to know more about her journey and the concrete steps Aastrika Foundation is taking to transform the standards of maternity care in the country.

Aastrika on insta - @aastrika_foundation , @aastrikamidwiferycentre

I am hosting various Breastfeeding preparation, new born care, New mother Care sessions for Pregnant and new Parents.
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Next up on Season 3 is a conversation on Pregnancy and fitness with Megha Jaggi , a Certified Perinatal Yoga Instructor.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

*******Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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This World Breastfeeding Awareness Week, Two Lactation Counselors, Sharadha Raman from Coimbatore and myself sit down to discuss the common breastfeeding problems mother's face and what is the ultimate solution.

Sharadha is a visiting counselor with two hospitals in Coimbatore and runs her own service by the name of 'Mom's Space' , a safe forum for the mothers and pregnant women to share and learn about the ways to embrace the challenges during their pregnancy and post delivery. She frequently conducts prenatal breastfeeding workshops through the forum.

She is a mother of two lovely kids and focuses mainly towards educating and counseling mothers and mothers-to-be on lactation and infant massage through one-to-one sessions and workshops.

In this episode you would hear

1) Stories! Stories of real people with real breastfeeding issues and how they solved them.
2) Where does your preparation journey start?
3) How should you approach your individualised parenting and breastfeeding journey?

After all, a happy mother enables a happy baby.

Reach out to Sharadha on insta - @sharadharam

Next up on Season 3 is Part II of this conversation where we hear from Doula how to involve families in birth and much more.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

*******Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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Some people describe Birth as Healing , Magical and Orgasmic.
Some describe it as Uncomfortable, Tiring and Endured.
Others describe it as painful and traumatic.

What makes Birth what? And how do you learn what you want your Birth to look like? Is it possible to have these desires and work on creating an experience?
Keesha, takes on these questions. She answers for us , 'how can one involve their families in Birth- partner or parents?' , the  question we left Part I of this conversation on.

Keesha Hernandez is a Travelling Doula and a perinatal yoga instructor.

We also discuss

1. What role can a Doula play in your pregnancy?
2. Significance of Breath work and Movement in Labor management.
3. Learning to tap into our own personal preferences to work in sync with our envisioned Birth journey.

At the end of the episode we hear a powerful story of Birth aided with visualizations and Sound meditation.

To know more about Doula Keesha Hernandez , Find heron Instagram: @doulakeesha

Next up on Season 3 is a discussion on the necessary emotional support for birth changing lives at Astrika Foundation with the co-founder , Dr Janhavi Nilekani.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

*******Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.

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I would not be surprised when those who had immesely transformative births say that birth needs a lot of inner work, causes emotional stir and heals you in different ways.

Consequently, Birth work also brings changes for the people involved in those birth stories like Keesha says as a doula the inner work has translated into various aspects and relationships of her life.

Dive into the conversation to learn-

1) What does a Doula Do?
2) How does birth look like with guidence under a Doula?
3) Emotional Work that Birth is for everyone involved
4) Spiritual connection that it brings.

Find Keesha on Instagram: @doulakeesha

I am hosting various Breastfeeding preparation, new born care, New mother Care sessions for Pregnant and new Parents.
To sign up visit here:  Link for Sign up

Next up on Season 3 is Part II of this conversation where we hear from Doula how to involve families in birth and much more.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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Another episode for the Yearly Segment of Fatherhood Stories on the Podcast.

This is about Postpartum Anxiety in Men during Pregnancy and Postpartum. Our Guest Today, Joshua Maze is the Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International, a nature connected coach and a bachelor's in social work.

Joshua learnt how his experiences rounded up to Postpartum Anxiety and started helping new dads through his efforts on various platforms in recognizing and finding support during this emotionally heavy phase of becoming a parent.

We learn from him how the transition felt like and how we as a society can learn to support Dads and help their involvement in Parenting.

Find support at Postpartum Support International.
Connect with Joshua Maze

Next up on Season 3 is a  conversation with Doula Keesha on the emotional impact of Birth!
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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Rajat Mittal is the founder of 'Boyish' - a monthly newsletter expanding the discourse on masculinity in India.  Boyish aims to break Gender Stereotypes by talking about the impact of patriarchy on all genders of the society.  Rajat's take on Boyish is fresh and intuitive.  He is also a former co-founder of Menstrupedia.

As a  Father's day special, an yearly segment of Fatherhood stories on the Podcast, I was particularly driven to get him on board and learn from him precisely in what ways Parenting and Fatherhood laid the foundation of a more intuitive take on life which inturn could have led to 'Boyish'.

Parenting opens up the same gates of society with a fresh perspective and we learn in the podcast:

1) About Parenting and Fatherhood as a stereotyped role.
2) Rajat's personal experiences of parenting and the impact it has on his life.
3) How he looks at Parenting as more of an equal or a balanced affair.

Learn about Rajat: Rajat on Linkedin


Next up on Season 3 is a  conversation on Paternal Postpartum Anxiety with Joshua Maze, Dad coordinator for Postpartum Support International . I am Sorry for having delayed episode with Doula Keesha , this should be out soon!
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

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Delayed-----To be out later--- 6th July 2022


So many things boomeranged together and I realized I had by mistake announced that the next episode will be Part II of the Dental health episode with Dr Pooja, however there is no second part to it.

The coming episode will be released thisFriday -10th Feb 2022 , which is all about the emotional aspect of Birth and its translation into a birth worker's life. This is with Doula Keesha, a part of the Doula Stories theme.

Stay tuned for it!

Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

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This is a sequel to '#18- Birth Health- What is that one ingredient that matters'. Consider listening to it first as a bonus in terms of context!

You asked me this- 'On the roller coaster  journey of postpartum, how do I know if I am carrying the seat belt?'

We discover this and go through the various ways postpartum hits us emotionally. At the end of this episode I share an activity for you to prepare yourself for the emotionally turbulant postartum days by asking yourself some potent questions!

We discuss,

• What emotional changes are expected early as the parenthood journey starts?
• When does it gets serious and an alarm should be raised?
• An activity for you to prepare yourself for postpartum?

Tune in to listen to the entire conversation.

Next up on Season 3 is Part II of our Conversation on Toddler Dental Health with Dr Pooja Rajagopal!
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

*******Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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Brushing is often seen as the most overlooked aspect of our life and yet when we face the camera , we flash all of them that make to the smile curve, to the photographer.

With our little ones , we are overcautious of how the teeth appear as they categorically sum up to the beauty quotient. But are we teaching them the right brushing skills or do we know them ourselves? It was fun to figure that out in this conversation.

Additionaly, how and what to do to protect teeth from cavities, decay and much more in this episode with Dr Pooja Rajagopal (Pediatric Dentist).

Tune in to listen to the entire conversation.

Next up on Season 3 is an episode with Doula Keesha  - a part of our Doula Series.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on 'How do you know you forgot your seatbelt on the roller coaster ride of Postpartum.

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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Starting with a great news here, I am now an Internationally Certified Lactation Counselor. I would now be able to extend this education and the aim to bring awareness about Breast feeding to a greater periphery.

Thankyou so much for your love on the podcast.  I look forward to be able to serve you one to one too!

In this episode , we explore how Birth Health- your seat belt for pregnancy and the period after you become a new mother called 'Postpartum' affects your journey.

I forgot carrying my seat belt on the Roller Coater ride of Postpartum. What did that mean for me? What would that mean for you as a learning?

We sit across again talking about the most crucial ingredient for sailing through Birth and Parenthood.

Tune in to listen to the entire conversation.

Next up on Season 3 is an episode with Dr. Pooja Rajagopal - a pediatric dentist on Children Dental Health
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here is on 'How do you know you forgot your seatbelt on the roller coaster ride of Postpartum.

Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast has been rebranded to Birth Agni Podcast. 

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