08/04/2026
We didn’t tell anyone but at 35 weeks pregnant, we left home 🤍
On August 31st, 2024 ,on my birthday I found out I was pregnant. And from that moment, Nitin and I knew one thing for sure. Every decision we make, we’re going to savour for a lifetime. We didn’t want this to be just another pregnancy. We wanted it to feel intentional, equal & ours.
We wanted to birth in a space where our choices would be respected not questioned.
We were exploring our options and one place kept calling us back. Birth Village in Kerala just felt right. Not because someone convinced us but because it aligned with everything we were looking for. At 20 weeks, we had our first consultation with our midwife, Priyanka. And before that, whenever I spoke to Nitin about travelling for birth, he wasn’t fully convinced. It felt like a lot. But that one conversation changed everything. It wasn’t convincing. It wasn’t persuasion. It was just, CLARITY. We spoke about birth. About trust. About what we really wanted this experience to feel like. And I still remember the moment we ended that call, Nitin looked at me and said, “Let’s do this. I want you to birth here.” 😌
From that point on, we knew we were choosing something different. We shared this decision with our parents, took the time to help them understand, to answer their questions, and slowly, we gained their trust. And that mattered to us. But beyond that, we chose to keep it to ourselves.Not out of fear but to protect this space we were creating for birth. Because we knew this wouldn’t be a decision everyone would understand. And we didn’t want doubt or fear to shape something we felt so strongly about. At 35 weeks, we flew to Kerala. Planned everything quietly. Found a home for ourselves there. Held this decision close, just ours.
And the moment I visited BV for the first time, everything in me softened. It didn’t feel clinical. It didn’t feel intimidating. It felt safe, warm. Like I could truly let go. For the first time, even the fears I didn’t realise I was holding became quiet.
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