• What makes a birthing experience Respectful and Positive? 
• Is everything out of control when you birth? 
• Would you rather plan things? 
• Do we know how a positive birth experience really looks like?

Our guest on today's podcast , Dr Janhavi Nilekani, a development economist, Founder and Chairperson of Aastrika Foundation - A Nilekani Philanthropies initiative that aims to bring respectful maternity care as a women's right to all sectors of the country through various entities, speaks to us about her experience of birthing in India and what led to this massive transformational step in maternal healthcare.

Dr Nilekani also calls herself an accidental healthcare entrepreneur and quotes the unavailability of Respectful Birthing- a woman's empowerment issue.  She speaks to us about the journey of fighting her way through to finally find a place (Sanctum Birth Center , Hyderabad) that catered to the kind of birth she imagined for herself. A story of empowered birth.

Tune in to know more about her journey and the concrete steps Aastrika Foundation is taking to transform the standards of maternity care in the country.

Aastrika on insta - @aastrika_foundation , @aastrikamidwiferycentre

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Next up on Season 3 is a conversation on Pregnancy and fitness with Megha Jaggi , a Certified Perinatal Yoga Instructor.
Pregnancy Series: The next episode here on ' The role of Family and Partner in the early postpartum phase'

*******Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.

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