Birth Agni Podcast
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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.
How it all Started!
It's 2 AM, I'm feeding my baby (again), chatting with an old friend about how difficult parentood has been for us. Our babies are fast asleep but life seems to be taking a breath now, quiet and embracing.
The family seemed centered around the baby questioning my abilities to be a new mother, while , I am still stuck in the trauma of 'Why did my Birth Go the Way It Did'?
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As luck would have it, an old school friend called, 'I am coming to India'. I use this opportunity to get a microphone and started my rant, unabashedly sharing from postpartum life . Late nights! Some coffee and the rest is history , 5 years down the line , we are going Birth Strong, each week!
'Episode 1: Postpartum Depression , my experience got many messages from women..the first 50 downloads...I was overwhelmed with the response and cried because it was sad women were not being heard, that profound feeling of confusion, lack of support was being hushed away''. Women need community and today we are a HUGE one at that !
Now, 130+ episodes later, we're still that same 'Late Night Adda', just with better audio quality and way more amazing guests who aren't afraid to tell the truth about birth, postpartum, babies, and everything in between.
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