Archive for the ‘Birth Stories’ Category
Rethinking the atmosphere in which you give birth….
Posted by: vsakotai on: February 11, 2009
Recently, I was talking to one of our Healthy Mother Labor and Childbirth program participants who had gone to her parents’ house in Kerala to spend the rest of her pregnancy. During a routine check up at the local hospital four weeks before her due date, her baby’s heart rate was seen to be fluctuant, [...]
A Simple Birth – the way it should be….
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 27, 2009
Dec 20, 2008: Our Mom started having pains on the night of the 18th. Pains were crampy, coming off and on with no particular rhythm. Since there was not much progress in either the duration or the intensity, we decided to wait and watch, since it could be false pains. By the next morning, the [...]
Significance of waiting and giving mothers a say in childbirth – a case in point
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 21, 2009
December 19th, 2008: I had known this mom since her 4th month of pregnancy. She had joined one of our antenatal programs early, since she knew she would be traveling to her hometown of Assam, in northeastern India within the next couple of months and would remain there for her delivery. However, the very [...]
Another natural birth in Hyderabad
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 21, 2009
December, 18th 2008: Just around the time that our mom in Bangalore was starting to be induced, one more of our mothers went into labor here in Hyderabad. Mom and dad had attended our Healthy Mother antenatal sessions to re-prepare themselves for this birth: they already have a 7 year old boy. Since her first [...]
A Healthy Mother natural birth in Bangalore
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 4, 2009
Dec 18th, 2008:: This particular mom had attended my Prenatal Lamaze program in Hyderabad, but went to Bangalore for her delivery – Bangalore being where her mother lives. At the start of the antenatal program, she expressed to me that she was so afraid of labor pains, that she had instructed her sister (who [...]
A Natural Birthing Experience…
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 4, 2009
Dec 17th, 2008: One more of my moms went into labor! This mom was extremely active, well-informed and conscientious about her exercise program. Her due date was on the 14th of December, but as mom and baby were healthy we decided to wait for labor to start on its own. In the meantime, mom [...]
To wait or not – that is the question…
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 4, 2009
Dec 16th, 2008: Our second mom had been very active till the day of her delivery. In fact, on the night before her labor started, she and her husband went for a movie where she climbed 2 flights of stairs. She was also very good about doing her birth fitness exercises she learned in the [...]
Of Labors and Births…..
Posted by: vsakotai on: January 3, 2009
I return to this blog, invigorated from having taken part in a number of incredible events, each marking a significant moment in the lives of seven members of our Healthy Mother family. Seven “Healthy Babies” joined our Healthy Mother family between the 9th and 21st of Dec. Five of our mothers gave birth in Hyderabad, [...]
A successful birth story
Posted by: vsakotai on: August 5, 2008
Two weeks ago, we welcomed one more baby into our Healthy Mother family. This story is a bit unique since mom had to go through quite a few trials and tribulations during the course of her pregnancy, but ultimately overcame all of it, and was able to have the natural childbirth that she had always [...]
The past week’s happenings
Posted by: vsakotai on: July 5, 2008
A lot has happened this past week and I thought it would be good to put down some of the happenings for future reference, both for myself and for my moms and dads.
Firstly, two new babies joined our growing Healthy Mother family. The first baby, was a healthy baby boy, weighing 3.5 kilograms. Mom had [...]
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