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#157 - Postpartum Anxiety in Men with Joshua Maze ( Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International)

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#156 : Postpartum healing : Pelvic Floor Issues, Leaking Urine, Posture with Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Melissa Desaulles

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#155- Krupa Desai's Home Birth Story | Role of a Doula and Inner work

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#154 - Dr Prity's HBAC story after a previous VBAC at the hospital

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#EP 153 - Exclusive Breastfeeding, Elimination Communication and Fathers in Postpartum with Surabhi

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Update : Season 6 to be launched on 5th August'26

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Announcement : Season 2026 - Home Birth | Pregnancy Series

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#152 - Surabhi 's Birth Story | Glucose IV | Self Acceptance | Placenta Birth

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#151- Surabhi and Darshan's Birth Preparation | Advocacy at a Birth Center

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#150 - Pregnancy at 40: Myths, Facts, and Real Stories

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#149 - Oxytocin and its profound role in Pregnancy , Labor, Birth and Breastfeeding with Dr Sarah Buckley

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#148 - Traditional midwifery , regulations and midwifery care for plus sized women with Maryn Green and Margo from the Indie Birth Association

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#147 - Birth and Inner Work for Parents and Birth Workers with Reba Daniel

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#146 - The road to Free Birthing with Sarah Schmid

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#145: Our Gateway into menarche and essence of childbirth the spiritual container

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#144 - Fertility and The Traditional Chinese Medicine with Nicole Lange, founder LifeHealingLife | IVF | PCOS

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#143 - Part II Kriti's Birth Story - the story of surrender to inner calling | Meconium | Self Directed Birth | Inner Strength

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#142 - Part I - Why Kriti Chose a Home Birth – Her Pregnancy Story

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#141 - Postpartum Depression - my experience - Retake

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#140 - Releasing Fear in Birth - The Hypnobirthing Approach with Katharine Graves , founder KGhypnobirthing

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#139 - Birth then and Now - 40 years of difference in the Indian Maternity Care with seasoned Birth Educator, author and former journalist Nutan Lakhanpal Pandit

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#138 - Best way to Interview your Doula, Birthkeeper, Midwife

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#137 - Aishwarya's VBAC Birth Story at a Birth Center

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#136 - VBACs - Do you have a choice? Risk of Uterine Rupture

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#135 - Miscarriage and Preventive use of Progestrone

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#134 - Natural Pain Relief - What they do not teach you in traditional Birth Classes - The Embedded Gift

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#133 - The Painless Delivery Promise- Why it is not what you think!

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#132 - The uncomfortable truth behind the current condition of the Indian Maternal System with Dr Uplabdh

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#131- What No One Tells You About Ultrasounds in Pregnancy

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#130 - Shilpi's home birth story- meconium, true knot and a geriatric pregnancy.

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#129 - Too Big to Birth, or too small a pelvis? The Truth About CPD in Indian Hospitals

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#128 - Decoding Meconium -the good and the bad with Dr Vijaya Krishnan, CPM and founder Sanctum Natural Birth Center

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#127 - 5 ways to make postpartum a smoother experience - What can Partners do?

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#126 - Nipple Shields - A breastfeeding Cure or a Crutch!

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#125 - Afeeda's surreal birth story in a Birth Center - the Power of Intuition

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#124 - Chapter II - Vikki and Raj's Second Half of the Home Birth Story

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#123 - Chapter I - Vikki and Raj's Home Birth Story

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#122 - Is Routine Vaginal Examination Needed?

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#121 - All About Episiotomy - from routine to outdated!

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#120 - Swati's normal birth with the presence of meconium

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#119 - Normal Breech Birth - Kanika's Birth Story

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#118 - Stem Cell Banking - What you must know!

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#117 - Yashoda's Birth story - Hospital vs Water Birth experience at a Birth center

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#116 - Language around Birth and Breastfeeding with Effath Yasmin

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2024 Wrap up - Winter Break

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#114 - Part III - Ariel and Nitin's postpartum experience: Ayurvedic Postpartum

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#113 - Part II - Ariel's Experience of Labor and Birth

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#112 - Part I - Ariel and Nitin's preparation for a Home Birth

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#111 Part II - Meenakshi's Home Birth story

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#110 - Part I - Meenkashi's twin normal / vaginal birth in a hospital

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#109 - Zahra's Free Birth Story | Healing a Deep Tear at home | Quick Labor | Cord around the neck

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#108 - Komal's orgasmic birth and the journey of arriving at the decision of a home birth

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#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

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#106 - Nikita's experience of Labor Pain with and without Induction (Spontaneous Labor)

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#105 - Rashmi's Natural Birth Story at home with a doctor in Mumbai | No pelvic Exams before birth!

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Back from a Break! New Season - Fresh New Stories from August 7

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#104- Part III - Birthing Realities: Social, Cultural, and Political Landscapes with Sanjana Krishnan

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#103 - Part II - Sanjana's Ecstatic Home Birth Story | Pregnancy, Moon and Womanhood

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#102 - Part I Sanjana's Natural Birth at a Birth Center | Travelling for Birth- Mumbai to Kerala | Meeting the Divine

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#101- Lavanya's Unnecessary Csection | Induction | Undiagnosed Gestational Diabetis

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#100 - Why Gentle Parenting is for Indian Kids with Shailaja Paramathma- Ft Times of India - Photo Story

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#99 - Understanding Pre-eclampsia | Changes in a Pregnant Body | High BP

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#98 - Dr Brewer's Pregnancy Diet | Edema | Diuretics

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#97 - Anjali's home birth story

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Announcement - Wednesdays sweet Wednesdays - Anjali's story out next week!

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96- Part II - Mubina's Story of Labor and Birth at Home and the following Loss

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#95 - Part I - Mubina's HBAC after Multiple Cesarean Sections

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#94 - Vinita Mansata's HBAC (Home birth after Cesarean) with a traditional Indian Birth Attendant | No Medication Parenting and more..

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#93 - Community Care and Deciding to work with a Birth Professional

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#92 - Baneen's Home Birth Story with a Midwife , a Public Health Researcher in the Indian Public Maternal Healthcare System

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#91 - Part II - Can Active Labor stall at 10 cms? Aparna's Birth story

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#90 - Part I - Aparna's Birth story | Choosing a Birth Center | Transitioning through Early Labor | Internal Exams | Midwifery Care

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#89 - Part II - Obstetric Emergencies - SGA (Small for Gestational Age Babies) and IUGR with Senior traditional Midwife KL Goode

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#88 - Part I - Obstetric Emergencies - Big Baby - A curse or boon ? | Big baby and Fitting through the Pelvis | Induction | Gestational Diabetes with Senior traditional Midwife KL Goode

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#87 - Understand Baby sleep patterns | Reduce Fussy Periods due to Colic or Cough | Common Sleep issues answered with Dr Sreenath , Sleep Consultant, seasoned Dentist and co-founder Nasobuddy

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#86- Maternal Mental Health with Somatic Healer Sangheetha Parthasarathy - Birth Trauma | Wounded Feminine | PTSD | Postpartum Depression | Indian Family Culture | Partner Support | Trauma Specific Perinatal Support

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#85 - Birth Stories - Part II - Sara and Khan's Free Birth Story - About Placenta tinctures | Breastfeeding | Parenthood and more

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#84- Birth Stories - Part I - Sara and Khan's Free Birth Story

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#83 - Induction an epidemic? What does WHO say? What does Indian Gynaecology organisations say? My midwifery training and more...

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#82 - Birth Stories - Nisha's Free Birth Story in India | Moving Cities, Intuition , Low Amniotic Fluid ,Long labor | Bodily Autonomy and more...

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#81 - Birth Stories - Chhavi Mittal's Birth Story | Unnecessary Hastening the Labor | Verbal Abuse | Medical Interventions and more.

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#80- Birth Affirmations for Pregnancy , labor and birth

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#79 - Birth Stories - Supriya's positive Water Birth Story at Aastrika Midwifery Center

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#78- Birth Stories - Sameha's gentle birth at Sanctum in Hyderabad | Meconium Birth | Short Labor | Transition at home | Going Past Due Date

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#77- Birth Stories - Nani's home birth stories in the village some 50 years ago!

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#76- Birth Stories - Madhuri and Praneshwar Das's home birth story!

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#75- Rani Didi's Birth Story- 3 home births about 16 years ago!

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#74 - Birth Stories - Becca's Home Birth Experience | Experience of Labor | Birthing the Placenta and more...

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#73- Birth Stories- Part II - Namrita's Home Birth with a Midwife, Natural healing for vaginal tear, Water birth and more...

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#72- Birth Stories - Part I - Namrita's Positive Labor and Birth Experience at a Hospital

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#71-Birthing in the Indian Landscape | Travel for birth , hospitals vs birth center vs small clinics

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#70 - Birth Better Series- Prepare for Pregnancy and Birth , Informed Decision Making, Meconium, Radical Birth responsibility, Birth Euphoria, Birth stats, Birth Interventions

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#69 -Birth Better Series - Nurturing your birth space, going back to our mothers in pregnancy, continuum of care in Pregnancy

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#68 -Birth Better Series - Fear affecting Prenatal Care, Creating your birth space, Labor and Cocktail of hormones

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#67 -Birth Better Series - Fear Of Labor and Birth propagated by Media and Culture

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Birth Agni - Trailer

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Season 3 - Closing Episode- Information regarding Podcast name change and Season 4 - upcoming Birth Stories

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S03 | EP13 - Why and Why not Pregnancy Yoga? with Prenatal Yoga Expert Megha Jhaggi

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#20-BITESIZE-PREGNANCY SERIES-Role of a Partner and Family in the Early Postpartum Phase

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S03 | EP12 - Respectful Birthing- A Woman's Empowerment issue-Dr Janhavi Nilekani -Founder and Chairperson - Aastrika Foundation