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Birth Village – The Natural Birthing Centre


Birth Village – The Natural Birthing Centre

I did not want to listen about Birth Village, I never heard of this, I was not ready to take any chance. But she insisted to read birth stories on Facebook, she made me to like their page.

I tried to read few stories, but not much help, my mind was completely fenced and I was not able to understand the terms on the stories, like midwifery, doula, VBAC etc. (To make your life simple, I have added this definitions section in the beginning of the book, thank me later J)

Nudges from her made me to read few stories, see Birth Village website. She explained we needed to register there at least by 25-28 weeks of pregnancy and we need to shift to Kochi by 36th week and stay there for 4 to 6 weeks after birth (i.e., total 4 to 8 weeks of stay in Kochi). I was just nodding my head.

Her 22nd week was coinciding with her birthday, so I thought it is better to plan a babymoon and her birthday celebration in Kochi and also visit Birth Village on the way back.  Before travelling to Kochi, I remember telling my friend “She wants to try this option, we will go there and discuss, and cancel the option.” By the way, I had nothing to lose, and Kochi is a beautiful place to spend vacation and I had a perfect optimized plan.

We got our appointment on Saturday at 1:30 pm, we checked out from our resort and switched on my navigation to Birth Village – The Natural Birthing Centre (52, Mappilachery Rd, Nera SBI, Vyttila, Ernakulam, Kerala 682019). To be very frank, few months before we travelled to Auroville in Pondicherry, I imagined Birth Village in line with Auroville, where traditional birth attendants will be walking around the village with huts and traditional Indian houses.

To my shock, when the map showed take left to Mappilacherry road, I got small contractions, I was worried if my car touches any wall/compound. I would have gone in to labor if another four wheeler had come in opposite direction (In Kochi, some interior roads are narrow: meaning one four wheeler can pass, but it is a bi-directional road, see image below.) I drove through the lane in search of “Village – Parking lot”, meanwhile the map informed “you have arrived at your destination and the destination is on your right.”

 

I asked my wife and son to get down and to find the place, I continued further in search of parking lot, I parked just 50-100 meters from where I dropped them, I was back in 5 minutes and I was not able to see them anywhere and she was not attending my call either, I enquired the passer by about the Birth Village in my broken Malayalam, she told “No idea”. After some 2 minutes of searching I found the building. My wife and son were sitting inside, they were so excited that they forgot to wait for me :) 


Definitely it was not Village, as we were waiting at the waiting room, I glanced through the hundreds of babies photos which were delivered at Birth Village, read some quotes on notice board about Natural births, Midwifery and Doula. Took some flyers about Birth Village

We had an appointment at 1:30 pm and we were called to consultation room at approximately 1:35 pm and we were given full 60-90 min consultation time!!!

We met Priyanka Idiculla, where she listened to our previous birth story and discussed present condition. She asked, “PERMISSION” to examine the baby and she glanced through the reports and explained the meaning of results in reports. She was constantly smiling and waiting for more questions and giving complete personalized attention. I had many questions and what-if analysis (see further sections about this). She was calm and answered all questions. She explained the options, pros & cons and educated us about the natural birth.

We completed our consultation on first floor of duplex house with 3-4 rooms, the ambience was not less than any house. At ground floor, admin team handed over the forms, procedures and pamphlets about Birth Village and Natural birthing.

When we left the building, I was sure that it was not the village I was imagining but in reality it was a “HOME” filled with caring hearts.

 

 

Update: Birth Village is now upgraded Birth Village 2.0 at new place

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