Birth Agni

About Birth Agni

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.

Publisher

Divya Kapoor

Category

education · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Mar 2020

Latest episode

2 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

162 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Sept 2026

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

   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, ...

2. 

   26 Aug 2026

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

   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) ,...

3. 

   19 Aug 2026

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

   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 reason...

Who has been a guest on Birth Agni

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Vijaya Krishnan
• Lactation Counselor
• Effath Yasmeen

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

5,738

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

56 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

63

Social presence

94

YouTube

68

Engagement

82

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