Nakkhul Jaidev’s Shruti Nakul shared her water birth experience as their baby girl, Akira turned one-month. On August 2, 2020, Shruti and Nakkhul had welcomed their baby daughter, whom they have named, Akira Sruti Betarbet.
Shruti Nakul took to her Instagram handle and posted two adorable pictures from her water birth delivery. In the pictures, we can see Shruti and Nakkhul in a birthing pool along with nurses. Captioning these pictures, Shruti wrote, “Akira turns a month old today and honestly it’s still feels so so surreal for @actornakkhul and I that, we went driving all the way to Hyderabad along with our four cats when I was 32weeks pregnant! Many of them asked us “Why Hyderabad? Why alone? How can you both manage alone? “Here’s the answer. @mayas_amma is one of the main reason for us to take this huge step and for educating us about respectful birthing and evidence-based research on pregnancy, postpartum and lactation.”
Shruti also credited her doctor, Vijaya Krishnan for her constant help and support. Shruti added, “Vijaya Ma’am, our amazingly sweet midwife from @sanctumbirthcenter ! She’s truly a wonder woman! I remember trying to get an online consultation here in Chennai with so many gynos to talk about birthing options. Some didn’t even give us more than 3 minutes of their time. Vijaya Ma’am was on a video call with us for close to an hour and answered to all my queries so patiently that too right after attending to another labour! That very night, @actornakkhul and I decided that we are not going to deliver anywhere else but only at @sanctumbirthcenter!”
Going further in her post, Shruti talked about her 12-hour-long labour and how delivery helps a woman recognising her greatest strengths. In her words, “You can see in the pictures, my wonder woman who helped me through my 12-hour labour, like a mother comforting her own child! Those kind words that you were whispering to me when I was undergoing so many emotions were just absolutely something I can never forget. I honesty wish and pray that every single woman should have this kind of respectful and gentle birthing option! Birth truly takes a woman’s deepest fears about herself and shows her that she’s much stronger than them! I urge all women and their spouses to please, please do your own evidence-based research and not just blindly follow something or someone. Trust me…when you train hard, you can fight easy.”
