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
#144 - Fertility and The Traditional Chinese Medicine with Nicole Lange, founder LifeHealingLife | IVF | PCOS
There was a news article recently that said India’s fertility rate is down , First dip in two years.
Generally , we are all observing a rise in the need for fertility as well. More and more IVF clinics and centers are coming along.
When we think of supporting our conception or having a baby, we think the medical route, tests , pills and hormonal therapies, what if there was an alternative pathway, efficient and workable for couples , an area they can explore.
That's the focus of today’s podcast.
I sit down with Nicole Lange , founder LifeHealingLife, a fertility expert in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist and educator specializing exclusively in trauma informed care, pregnancy, and post-infertility care in Minneapolis Minnesota.
We have a fabulous conversation today going peeling off the general understanding of fertility and TCM. Nicole is passionate about her work and it comes through the conversation.
The Podcast focuses on
- Holistic approach to Fertility treatment with TCM
- Role of accupuncture in TCM
- How TCM works with the whole body and not just a single area
- Trauma informed care and infertility
- Should we use the term infertility ?
- Is there a midway where Medical system and Holistic approaches converge?
- The understanding of PCOS /PCOD and its affect on a woman's fertility.
Nicole is offering a 10% off for our listeners on her programs and some free education resources:
Online education — programs, mini-courses, blog, youtube channel, podcast conversations, etc can all be found at:
https://www.lifehealinglife.com/online-fertility-education
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https://www.lifehealinglife.com/fertility-freebies
Code for $10 off any of Nicole’s online program for podcast listeners:
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