Birth Agni
This Podcast explores how indigenously Birth has always unfolded, among women - our tribe, where children could see how breastfeeding was done and how birth happened. This an attempt to fetch the stories of the past as well as bring out the new India’s Birth culture to expose the defining features in both. This shall join the dots to where the increasing problems of postpartum anxiety, rising rate of surgical births and poor breastfeeding outcomes are coming from.
Birth Agni - Agni meaning Fire, the Fire that brings us alive, transforms us and has the ability to burn. Birth is designed to affect a woman’s integrity. It is the fire of awakening that makes her life experience wholesome. Deep down her body knows what Birth is supposed to feel - a euphoria of bringing a new life on Earth. The cocktail of hormones are designed to give her a high.
However, birth today has quickly swayed away from a phase of joy to the one marked by Fear, the constant questioning of a woman’s capacity to Birth naturally and the ugly calculation of the odds of a healthy baby at the expense of the mother’s health. We forget that their health is interlinked and flourish as a dyad. In India, the urban rate of Cesarean Sections on an average until 2020 is a whopping 40% which is concerning.
Birth is linked to Patriarchy, Healthcare Politics and Women’s Rights. Respect in Birth is long due to women and it affects the core of who they are.
Join me Divya Kapoor, a Certified Birth and Lactation Counselor and aspiring Traditional Birth Attendant in the quest to shine light on what we can do as parents and a community to change the narrative.
Birth Agni
#107 - Birth then and now - 40 years of difference in Maternity Care -Information Overload and Changing Cultural behaviors towards Birth with seasoned Birth Educator Nutan Lakhanpal Pandit
Nutan L Pandit has been teaching birth preparation classes since 1978.
A lot has changed in the Indian Birth scene since then. Mrs Pandit birthed her children then using Breathwork which was taught by a foreigner, the nurses then could not believe she was already pushing and talking without being in obvious distress.
This was in Mumbai, she also did not have any ultrasounds then. The doctor was
Dr Jay Dhurandar and one of the babies was face presentation. The Indian Maternal System was not yet so 'scared' by birth itself.
This episode is dedicated to understanding the change that Nutan L Pandit has witnessed over 40 years of her practice!
Join us today as we discuss:
1. Birth then and now
2. Overinformation - is it a boon or curse
3. The reality of the Fear of Childbirth
4. Do babies feel birth trauma?
5. Impact of the experience of birth on babies
6. What we need to improve the birthing experience of women?
More about the guest
Nutan L Pandit has authored 4 books. One has been translated into 2 languages.
Everything she does originated from her own personal experience of birthing and
breastfeeding her 2 children effortlessly and joyfully.
She is also a Founding Member of, ‘Birthing The New Humanity’ (BTNH).
Her speaking engagements and TV appearances include, CME at Fortis Le Femme
Hospital, Delhi; FOGSI Meeting, Faridabad; Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad;
Doordarshan TV, NDTV, among others; and a paper presentation at the.Asia
Pacific Midwifery Conference, Hyderabad, Birthing The New Humanity (BTNH))
Summit and State University of New York Conference.
She also practices Complementary Systems of healing like EFT, Bach Flower
Remedies and Acupressure as well as conducts birth preparation classes for pregnant couples and offers teachers
training course for those who want to teach classes like her.
She offers counselling for breastfeeding mothers, and healing sessions for all.
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