By Cristelle Hart Singh | Managing Director
How lucky our girls are to have the maternal health care that they do!
Women come from all over India and abroad to give birth at Birthvillage, Kochi and this is the place that our Tejus Home girls get to deliver. Having given birth there myself...I know what I'm talking about.
In comparison to hospitals here in India, Birthvillage makes you feel so lovingly "at home". It's soft lighting and homely atmosphere, it's gentle colours and discreet staff give the girls a space in which to birth with honour and with respect. They are given time, explanations, choices. By being allowed to give birth naturally, these teens are being given back the control over their own bodies...and the power it gives them is huge.
Our most recent case, was a 15 year old girl, made pregnant by her own father. Her regular visits with the midwives, weekly counseling and art therapy, allowed her to stay focussed on the task at hand...keeping herself and the baby healthy until the delivery. Three weeks before her estimated due date, she started feeling contractions. Within less than two hours, she delivered a healthy baby boy...the fastest and easiest birth so far from one of our girls. She relinquished her son for adoption and she remained at Tejus Home for 6 weeks after the delivery before moving on to a girls' hostel to continue her studies.
Thus far Tejus Home (Dil Se and Birth For Change) has looked after and ensured safe childbirth for 44 teenagers.
We thank you for your continued support.
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