Gynaecologist

9 Months Episode 5: What are the changes you can expect in your body & how the baby develops

In this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to Dr Gandhali Deorukhkar and Dr Niti Desai about the best part of pregnancy — the second trimester. The experts discuss what changes women can expect in their body and how the baby is growing through the second trimester.

9 Months Episode 7: Watch what you eat; organic food, ingredients make a world of difference

In this episode, we walk you through good eating habits and options of organic food and ingredients. Get healthy eating tips from nutritionists as we shop.

9 Months Episode 9: Why and how much iodine should a pregnant woman consume?

In this episode, we talk about healthy eating habits, tackling cravings, and how to balance iodine in your nutritional intake.

9 Months Episode 10: Find out how to cook healthy and balance those nutrients

In this episode, we use various ingredients, dish up interesting, healthy recipes, and show you how to balance your sugar and salt intake.

9 Months Episode 11: Which hospital is best for your child to be born at?

In this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to Dr. Shantala Vadeyar of Cloudnine Hospitals about which hospital is the best for your child to be born at, and the final part of pregnancy — the third trimester.

9 Months Episode 12: Find out what you need to look out for in your last trimester

In this episode, watch the doctor discuss medications, weight gain, complications, nutrition, water intake and the prenatal exercises required for expectant mothers in their final trimester. The episode also mentions how parents can prepare the nursery, make the right shopping list for their newborn, and pick the right hospital for delivery.

9 Months Episode 1 Part 1 | Bringing your baby home: Checklist for new parents

Your newborn baby’s homecoming from the hospital is a major event. Watch Episode 1 of 9 Months, where we talk to pediatricians to make this first journey hassle-free for you.

9 Months Episode 15: A Guide to the delivery, by doctors — Part 1

In this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to doctors, who’ve guided thousands of women through labour, about what a woman can expect during delivery, whether C-section is better than natural delivery and the secret to bearing labour pain.

9 Months Episode 16: A Guide to the delivery, by doctors — Part 2

In this episode, author Meghna Pant talks to doctors about labour and delivery, and how the thought of delivery and labour pains gives all women nightmares.

IMA launches programme to sensitise doctors on sexual health, but fixation on male concerns does disservice to issue

When medical practitioners are fixated with sexual health issues faced by men, or view women's concerns only through the prism of their (male) partner's health, women and trans-people are even more unlikely to get an empathetic doctor to discuss these issues.