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

    #151- Surabhi and Darshan's Birth Preparation | Advocacy at a Birth Center
    Dec 3 2025

    In this conversation, Surabhi Shekhar, founder Gubbi Gudu, women’s wellness specialist, prenatal/postnatal yoga guide, and doula-in-training joins us with her loving husband, Darshan, to share the story of their preparation for a birth center experience.

    They speak at length about the thorough preparation, the inner work at various crossroads, and discussions as a couple helped them arrive at their decisions and needs in this journey. Surabhi reflects on the emotional process of choosing where to birth, while Darshan brings in the partner’s perspective.

    Their fun and interactive style of advocacy helped them collaborate with their birth center team and find a middle ground. 'Time -specific' boundaries helped them push for their needs over and over again. Knowledge became their strongest tool, helping them ask the right questions, make informed decisions, and cultivate genuine partnership with their care providers.

    And in a first for their birth center, their advocacy made them the first couple to physiologically birth their placenta.

    This episode shows what preparation can look like and how it can help propell a couple further in the direction of the birth they imagine, yet embrace that birth is an unknown space.

    Tune in now 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


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • #150 - Pregnancy at 40: Myths, Facts, and Real Stories

    #150 - Pregnancy at 40: Myths, Facts, and Real Stories
    Nov 26 2025

    Ever wondered why the age of 35 suddenly becomes this big red sign in conversations about pregnancy?

    In this episode, we discuss fertility and the age of a woman’s egg.

    We will understand biology of what actually happens to your egg each cycle and how aging really affects fertility and a fascinating research paper I found , https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rmb2.12652

    • How does your egg actually mature each cycle?
    • What role do hormones play?
    • How does age and the health of a woman factor in , in her fertility?

    By the end of this episode , you will be able to make an informed understanding of the entire dialogue around aging, women and fertility.

    Links to real stories:

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

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

    #92 - Baneen's Home Birth Story with a Midwife

    #105: Rashmi’s home birth story

    #74 - Becca's Home Birth Experience

    Tune in for conversation on age, eggs, and women’s health.

    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!
      • a review on Apple podcasts.
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    22 mins
  • #149 - Oxytocin and its profound role in Pregnancy , Labor, Birth and Breastfeeding with Dr Sarah Buckley

    #149 - Oxytocin and its profound role in Pregnancy , Labor, Birth and Breastfeeding with Dr Sarah Buckley
    Nov 18 2025

    Oxytocin is a hormone whose effects on the body are hugely celebrated yet largely unknown. Dr Sarah Buckley's work on Oxytocin has extensive insights into how it affects women in pregnancy and birth.

    Focus points

    • The Oxytocin, Pregnancy and Due Dates
    • Hormones and the essence of Pain in childbirth
    • Oxytocin and Induction
    • Impact of interventions on Labor such as Epidural and Csec
    • Birth Bliss and the experience of unmedicated , undisturbed births
    • Oxytocin along Breastfeeding and Postpartum

    Dr. Sarah Buckley is a GP, researcher, and mother of four, best known for her bestselling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering and her influential research on oxytocin and the hormones of labour.

    For more than 20 years, Dr Sarah has written, taught, and spoken around the world for various elite newspapers, midwifery journals , tv and news to help families make informed, intuitive choices. She has been featured in documentaries like Orgasmic Birth, Birth Time, and Born at Home

    https://sarahbuckley.com/

    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!
      • a review on Apple podcasts.
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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