Heart in the Tummy 3
Event Date: 09-05-2020
Day 1 - May 9
Experiential session by Effath Yasmin for pregnant mothers to relieve trauma.
Time: 7 AM to 8 AM
Effath Yasmin is India's leading IBCLC & a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist from Mumbai, India and Founder/Director of Nourish & Nurture. Her special interests lie in Infant Oral and Sucking Dysfunction, Tongue-Tie - Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation, biomechanics of breastfeeding & treatment of birth trauma, anxiety & depression. Yasmin serves on the national board of Birth India and co founder & advisory board of ICAP (International Consortium of Oral Ankylofrenula Professionals) and GOLD Conferences.
She is also a producer/director of an award-winning International Documentary Film “Untying Breastfeeding” screened across many countries.
Coming into being - The sentient baby by Divya Deswal
Time: 10 AM to 11 AM
Divya Deswal has worked with expectant families since 2001 as a Childbirth educator, HypnoBirthing practitioner and Doula. She is a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist and Somatic Experience Practitioner and is currently teaches and mentors doulas in India. She is also a mentor with APPPAH in the US for their pre and perinatal educator program. She believes the baby to be a sentient being, and the journey of motherhood a spiritual one.
Divya also practices Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy and Somatic Experience as trauma and nervous system regulation therapy and brings both modalities in her work with mother and babies enabling her to support women and babies in their journey through pregnancy and birth and beyond.
Divya is co-founder of an online platform My Child First, www.mychildfirst.com, that offers information on many aspects of reproduction and parenting. The platform aims to bring diverse information and offer an opportunity to the user to integrate that information from the perspective of the baby and make decisions as parents - ‘Choices in childbirth through the baby’s eyes’.
What happens when a Midwife and Gynec join hands - A glimpse of a respecfful model by Dr. Vijaya Krishnan & Dr. L. Jayanthi Reddy
Time: 11 AM to 12 PM
Dr. Vijaya Krishnan, Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) (USA) is a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), and the co-founder of The Sanctum, Natural Birth Center, and the leading official Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator (LCCE) in India. She is a graduate of the Midwifery Program from National College of Midwifery, USA and is the pioneer in starting Independent, Out of Hospital Midwifery Program in India. Dr. Vijaya also has a Clinical Doctorate in Physical Therapy and Physical Therapy Education, with specialization in Womens Health, and conducts wellness programs for mothers-to-be and new moms, building upon her specialization in body mechanics, fitness, and Women’s Health.
Dr. Jayanthi Reddy is one of the most well known OB/Gyns in Hyderabad and is the backup Obstetrician at The Sanctum. Along with Dr. Vijaya Krishnan, she is also a champion of collaborative care model in maternity care. She is the proprietor of JJ Hospital a well known maternity hospital in Hyderabad. Dr. Jayanthi also specializes in Post-menopause support for women and appears regularly in expert panels in the media.
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Own your Birth- Debunking myths around labour by Arpitha Shankar
Time: 2 PM to 3 PM
Arpitha Shankar is a doula and LAMAZE certified childbirth educator . She is a passionate advocate for respectful care and informed consent and believes labour could be a life-altering empowering experience.
What I wish pregnant parents knew - Panel 1
Time: 3 PM to 4:30 PM
Neha Misra - Certified Childbirth Educator & Birth Doula is a mom of two and passionate about supporting families during pregnancy and birth and I believe that this experience has a deep and lifelong impact for the mom & baby.
Adhunika Prakash - Adhunika Prakash is the Founder and CEO of Breastfeeding Support for Indian Mothers (BSIM). She is an internationally and nationally acclaimed Social Entrepreneur who was selected as one of the 5 residents from 6000+ applicants from all over the world for the Facebook Community Leadership Program.
Aruna Savur is a pediatrician (for the last 20 years),a trained Neonatologist, Lactation consultant-BPNI-IYCF, IBCLC, a certified infant massage therapist (IAIM), and a mom of two.
Ruth Malik founded Birth India, in 2006. After two avoidable and unnecessary caesarean surgeries, Ruth’s traumatic birth experiences motivated her to start Birth India. A Postgraduate in International Health, a trained doula and hypnobirthing practitioner, with 14 plus years of experience supporting women to make informed choices in pregnancy and childbirth. An Australian national, Ruth has lived in India since 1996 both in New Delhi, and Mumbai.
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The power of a Pregnant Woman by Reba Daniel
Time: 7 PM to 8 PM
Reba Danial - Journalist & Independent Natural Health researcher for 18 years; birthworker for 10 years, currently working with Birthvillage, Kerala. The core of her work lies in exploring the connections between science and the mind-body-spirit construct. She specializes in not just the physical aspects of healing through food and nutrition, but also in the somatic areas where the more powerful aspects of inner healing and life unfold. Her life journey of a powerful natural birth, holistic living, healing of parent wounds, marriage conflicts, inner child trauma, and unique reprogramming of her belief systems through constant unlearning - is what forms the essence of her offerings. Her message is that every human is here for a unique life experience, we always have the capacity to change, and that we all deserve to live 'Life in all its Fullness'.
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Day 2 - May 10
Prenatal Fitness - An Active Mamma experience by Donna Mitchell
Time: 10 AM to 11 AM
Donna is a senior midwife (Birth for Change), who has the vision of offering humane and woman centered maternity options for women in India. A mom of 9 all homebirthed-with-midwives-children, and 5 grandchildren she has a lot of experience in midwifery care.
Exploring Epigenetics and Pregnancy by Effath Yasmin
Time: 11 AM to 12 PM
Effath Yasmin is India's leading IBCLC & a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist from Mumbai, India and Founder/Director of Nourish & Nurture. Her special interests lie in Infant Oral and Sucking Dysfunction, Tongue-Tie - Assessment, Treatment & Rehabilitation, biomechanics of breastfeeding & treatment of birth trauma, anxiety & depression.
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Birth is Natural, Then why Classes? - Panel 2
Time: 3 PM to 4:30 PM
Chetana Kulkarni ever since the pregnancy and birth of my older child 10 years back, I have had a deep interest in childbirth and everything related to it. This passion led to me quit my engineering job and journey onwards to become an LLLI Leader and then a lactation educator counselor. I also trained to become a childbirth educator. In 2019, I co-founded The Birth Home, a midwifery based birth center where I have been offering childbirth education classes and also assisting clients in childbirth as a midwife assistant. I believe that every person and baby has the right to a gentle birth and one in which families are supported to make informed decisions. My rock-solid support system is my family- my partner and my two kids, who are my inspiration to carry on doing what I do!
Mrs. Anupama Kumar Founder - VRIKSHAM pregnancy classes
- Childbirth Educator
- Pregnancy Fitness Educator
- Lactation Educator
- Infant and Young Child Feeding Counsellor
- Birth Doula
- Pregnancy Health Coach
Sangheetha Parthasarathy, is an ex-strategy consultant turned birth doula. She trained under Dr. Michel Odent, she is also a childbirth educator, KGhypnobirthing teacher and specialises in birth trauma - she recently relocated from the UK to Chennai, India where she brings in her expertise in pre-and perinatal psychology, somatic experiencing and other trauma resolution tools to work with couples during the perinatal period in a culturally sensitive manner. Sangeetha is also an international speaker and has published many journals, blogs and articles on various topics related to birth, inner wisdom, psychology and activism, and recently won the International Forum for Advancements in Healthcare's "Top 100 Healthcare Leaders" award in 2019 for her contributions to maternity in India.
Midwifery in India: By women, for women, of women by Priyanka Idicula
Time: 7 PM to 8 PM
Priyanka Idicula is a certified professional midwife (U.S.A.) and Lamaze certified childbirth educator, trained extensively in prenatal and postnatal care and child birth education from the United States. She is currently the director of Birth Village, The Natural Birthing Centre in Cochin, Kerala and is the managing trustee for Birth for Change (NGO).
