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Birth Agni

Birth Agni

By: Divya Kapoor
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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.


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.

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

    #157 - Postpartum Anxiety in Men with Joshua Maze ( Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International)
    Sep 2 2026

    We talk a lot about postpartum anxiety in mothers.

    But what happens when it’s the father who is struggling?

    And what if we’ve been so focused on the mother and baby that we’ve forgotten to ask the person standing beside them “How are you doing?”

    I’m bringing back my conversation from the rebranded Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast with Joshua Maze, Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International, because this is a conversation that deserves a much bigger audience.

    We talk about anxiety, fatherhood, the pressure men carry sometimes, Pregnancy onwards, and why supporting the whole family has to include dads too.

    Welcome back to the Birth Agni Podcast.

    Support the show

    Sign up for Childbirth Preparation Programs! visit https://birthagni.com/services#childbirth-preparation-programs

    https://birthagni.com/copy-of-services#breastfeeding-preparation-program

    This episode is supported and made possible by podcast recording and hosting tool Zencastr, it is impeccably made!

    Use my link : https://zen.ai/vxmuJUgYKKGTF3JuTuFQ0g to sign up and record flawless remote podcast , USE my code : BIRTHAGNI


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

    #156 : Postpartum healing : Pelvic Floor Issues, Leaking Urine, Posture with Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist Melissa Desaulles
    Aug 26 2026

    I read somewhere,

    "May your coffee, pelvic floor, intuition and self appreciation stay strong!"

    Cannot describe this episode better.

    This episode discusses pelvic floor issues early postpartum and the common concerns regarding postpartum health with Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Melissa Dessaulles who has an extensive postgraduate training in both male and female pelvic health with a special interest in perinatal health. She is the founder of MommyBerries (http://www.mommyberries.com) , Podcast Host and a mom of 2 who through her postpartum journey recognized the lack of support and guidance for new moms experiencing life changing, embarrassing symptoms.

    Here we discuss

    1) How to approach the embarrassing symptoms like leaking urine and poop postpartum.
    2) What is normal and a lot of it is, and when to seek help?
    3) Why we should bring forward the stories of improved Core and Pelvic Floor health?

    And we go the length and breadth of what are kegels? What is Pelvic Floor? What should you know and how to individualize care, know yourself better!!

    Tune in to know more!

    Support the show

    Sign up for Childbirth Preparation Programs! visit https://birthagni.com/services#childbirth-preparation-programs

    https://birthagni.com/copy-of-services#breastfeeding-preparation-program

    This episode is supported and made possible by podcast recording and hosting tool Zencastr, it is impeccably made!

    Use my link : https://zen.ai/vxmuJUgYKKGTF3JuTuFQ0g to sign up and record flawless remote podcast , USE my code : BIRTHAGNI


    Support the show:

    https://birthagni.com/birthagnipodcast#donate

    • If you like what you hear, leave us
      • a rating on Spotify app and answer the question at each episode!
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    56 mins
  • #155- Krupa Desai's Home Birth Story | Role of a Doula and Inner work

    #155- Krupa Desai's Home Birth Story | Role of a Doula and Inner work
    Aug 19 2026

    A Primary Home Birth

    We often hear women say, oh this is my first time, so I would prefer a hospital but for my second, I will choose a home birth.

    This is rooted first in fear and that home births are essentially unsafe, second a trust that is yet to develop in our bodies. Hence, we expect when we would have seen better, we would be more confident.

    However, Krupa decided to have her first at home.. With a doctor in Mumbai, who supports home births. We would hear from Krupa, her reasons, experience and how she feels about it now as a mother of an almost 2 year old baby.

    Krupa and her husband took birth classes with me which furthered into postpartum lactation support for a month.

    And about Krupa : Krupa is mum to her 20-month old baby. Professionally, she is a trained therapist and an interdisciplinary researcher in psychology, art and anthropology. She is based between Mumbai and Germany where she presently teaches creative practice and anthropology to postgraduate students.

    Tune in now!

    Support the show

    Sign up for Childbirth Preparation Programs! visit https://birthagni.com/services#childbirth-preparation-programs

    https://birthagni.com/copy-of-services#breastfeeding-preparation-program

    This episode is supported and made possible by podcast recording and hosting tool Zencastr, it is impeccably made!

    Use my link : https://zen.ai/vxmuJUgYKKGTF3JuTuFQ0g to sign up and record flawless remote podcast , USE my code : BIRTHAGNI


    Support the show:

    https://birthagni.com/birthagnipodcast#donate

    • If you like what you hear, leave us
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    1 hr and 26 mins
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