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Birth Agni#150 - Pregnancy at 40: Myths, Facts, and Real StoriesEver 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/rmb2.12652How 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?B...
2025-11-2621 min
Birth Agni#114 - Part III - Ariel and Nitin's postpartum experience: Ayurvedic PostpartumPostpartum is a crucial part of parenthood. There are many healing modalities that are available to help women heal. Often overlooked, is the emotional aspect of caring for a new life and work with the new changes in the relationship of couple'sWhat stands out as a learning from Ariel's story is that Preparation for every phase always helps. Ariel planned her food to the care she needed as well the people she wanted to have around early postpartum when women are trying to figure things out by themselves. This is their story of navigating t...
2024-12-191h 22
Birth Agni#113 - Part II - Ariel's Experience of Labor and BirthThis is Part II of Ariel and Nitin's Home Birth story. Here, we go through Ariel's experience of Labor from the onset to the birth. She describes her state of mind , the sequence of events in detail in this episode.Expect :The change of scene with the intensity of labor increasing.The intense and prolonged transition due to cervical lipThe wait and tension before the baby arrivesThe birth The birth of placenta and postpartum Tune in now!Support the showSign up for Ch...
2024-12-071h 26
Birth Agni#112 - Part I - Ariel and Nitin's preparation for a Home BirthI received an email from Ariel sharing how listening to this podcast was a part of her preparation for a home birth and she wanted to payback by contributing her story to the podcast. We are excited to have this homebirthing duo in a three Part series through their journey of Preparation, experience of Birth and Postpartum on the podcast.Ariel and Nitin are an Indian couple living in the US who were expecting their first as a 35+ yr old couple. Fortunately, they had already come across Water birthing - a gentler approach of birthing a...
2024-11-291h 29