About the Author

Nutan Pandit is a graduate in sociology from Mumbai University. Therefore she did a diploma in journalism and has been freelancing for various magazines. She was converted to the faith when breathing practices helped her have two easy childbirths. She started taking natural childbirth classes in 1978. She is an associate of the National Childbirth Trust, UK. A breastfeeding counsellor of the breastfeeding Promotion Network of India, she runs the Nutan Pandit Lamaze Program for childbirth. She has taught at the Ganga Ram Hospital, Fortis La Femme and private nursing homes. She has also visited France, in 1981, when immersion of the mother in water during labour was beginning to be practiced by Dr M. Odent.