Helping mothers rediscover natural birth
The Sanctum, Natural Birth Center
We are India's first and only Natural Birth Center offering traditional midwifery services to expectant mothers backed by in house medical emergency infrastructure.
Healthy Mother's mission is to bring about sustainable, positive change in birth practices in India where pregnancy is considered by the medical system as a disease which needs to be "treated" in a hospital with drugs and (often unnecessary) interventions. In most hospitals mothers are considered as patients and childbirth viewed as a medical procedure. This has resulted in extremely high cesarean section rates of nearly 75% to 80% in most hospitals across the country, including most corporate hospitals.
The Healthy Mother Midwifery Model of Care celebrates birth as a normal and empowering process for which nature has perfected the mother's body over thousands of years.
We are pioneers in bringing institutional Midwifery Model of Care to India, and combining it with medical expertise when needed, under one roof. This gives expectant mothers the best of both worlds, and ensures positive outcomes for both mother and babies. As a result, we have also helped high risk moms try for natural birth, including those with one or two previous cesarean, twins, moms with diabetes, pregnancy induced hypertension, etc. Every aspect of our care is backed by evidence based research and practice, and is in fact recommended by the best public health institutions such as World Health Organization (WHO) and National Institute of Health (NIH). This has ensured normal delivery rates at our Natural Birth Center to be greater than 80% which is among the highest in the country.
Our belief is that when we support mothers with empathy, respect, continuous care and privacy, her physical and emotional well being during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum is assured, leading to the best chance for natural birth. Our vision is for a world where birth is gentle, humanistic and empowering for mothers, dads, babies and their families.
Read About the Healthy Mother PhilosophyAt the core of our philosophy is the Healthy Mother Midwifery Model of Care, which is the foundation of our care practices.
We respect a woman's ability to give birth naturally and support mothers at all times during the childbirth process
We avoid all unnecesary interventions including cesarean sections, and help mothers experience the empowering feeling of giving birth naturally.
What is Midwifery?We felt we came for a pleasure trip with family and NOT to a hospital. There are no traces of suffering, anxiety about Mom/baby at this Center. It is because of the unconditional loving space that Dr. Vijaya and her team have created. We love to be here again. Our special thanks to Crystal for her excellent counseling and for being there during midnight when we came to The Sanctum with Jaya.
- Jaya and A. Kiran Kumar
We are overwhelmed with the kind of support and care received at the Healthy Mother Natural Birth Center, The Sanctum. Words can't describe our gratitude for Dr. Vijaya and Crystal. We will definitely be strong advocates of your work whenever we get an opportunity. Thank you!!
- Anusha and Venkat
Our Headquarters is in Hyderabad. We have a branch in India's Silicon Valley, Bangalore and one in the National Capital, Delhi. Over the next few months we will be rolling out our services to other cities across India. Please contact us for Registration or other information.
Ph: +91 78930 68666, +91 97043 68666
Email: hm@healthy-mother.com
Web: http://healthy-mother.com
Blog: http://healthy-mother.com/blog
Link to Healthy Mother Breastfeeding Support Network