Kunjal Vora's experience with Swastha matrutva Garbhasanskar course:

Read Kunjal Vora's experience with Swastha matrutva Garbhasanskar course: 

I received Dr Harsha Kulkarni’s referral from one of my friends who had attended the Swastha Matrutva course and I am so glad that I joined the course. I had read about garbhasanskar and how its practices have a positive effect on the unborn child. Modern studies have proved that fetus responds to external stimulus something, that Ayurved has preached since ages. I wanted to make sure I did everything possible to have a positive impact on my child’s development. 

As a first-time would-be mom living in USA without close intervention from elders, I didn’t know what to expect or what kind of questions to ask. During pregnancy, your body goes through a lot of physical and emotional changes. There is a ton of contradicting information available on the internet and you don’t want to experiment with your body by following wrong advice during this critical stage. Dr Harsha’s course is holistically designed to include all aspects of garbhasanskar such as  meditation,music therapy (listening to good spiritual music), yogasana, mantra chanting, specific diet for each month based on child’s development of organs, home remedies for specific health conditions, birthing ball exercises, math classes, art classes etc. to ensure both sides of the mother’s brain are active. There is also a session for dads to ensure that they are equally involved in the process. The course also included post-delivery care such as breast feeding, caring for the new born. As I had gestational diabetes, I had to take extra care to ensure that my carbohydrate count is under control and I don’t gain excess weight. Dr Harsha provided valuable guidance about glucose tolerance and weight gain. Her tips during the 9th month to ensure a smooth delivery were very helpful for me. I had to push for less than 45 mins and had minimal tear during delivery. The doctors here were surprised as this was unusual for the first time Mom.Dr Harsha has been very responsive to all questions asked during and after the course. Thank you Dr Harsha!

- Kunjal Vora , USA

SWASTHA matrutva Garbhasanskar experience sharing by a wonderful couple from USA: 

I started working with Dr Harsha when I was pregnant with my second baby in the first trimester. Before working with her, I had limited knowledge about Ayurveda. The main reason for joining her was to get guidelines on dos/donts during pregnancy. Little did I know that the course went beyond tangible aspects of life. With her guidance, my husband and I connected with the baby at the mind & spiritual level, we used art therapy and meditation to pass on positive thoughts and vibrations to the baby. I was amazed by the concept since this is something that’s not thought in the west but is very powerful. While the baby is in the womb, you can pass on sanskars to them and we practiced it in the course. 

During the entire course, we were given month wise diet plan, exercise and meditations. There’s just so much information out there on the internet that it’s hard to trust which one is correct information. Here in the course, you know exactly what to do and how to do it, hence you don’t have to go looking for information elsewhere. Dr Harsha understands that we are busy professionals and don’t have much spare time in hand, hence she doesn’t force us to follow everything. She suggests to follow as much as we can and to do our best. She also gave us a special 9th month exercise and diet plan to help with labor and delivery. Also, the meditations that I did during the pregnancy came in handy during labor. Based on the guidelines provided for mom and baby care post partum, I felt like we were better prepared and I was able to avoid common issues like colic in the baby. Following the simple Ayurvedic protocols I believed helped in keeping our baby calm with no colic which indirectly helped in my faster recovery. 

Dr Harsha had various guests in her sessions that specialized in various fields and used different techniques to connect with the baby. I learnt about mandala art therapy, crochet, art therapy and during the process I got connected with the baby at a deeper level. Towards the end of the course, she also invited a pediatrician to talk about breastfeeding and how to overcome some common challenges.

Also, the great thing about the course is that it’s online. Hence couples from anywhere in the world can be a part of it. I was lucky to get the opportunity to be a part of the online course from USA. 

My husband and I have become big believers in Ayurvedic way of lifestyle and we’ve seen such positive changes in our family’s health. We’ll be continuing to get guidance from Dr Harsha for lifetime.

- Mamal Poladia

Sr. Software Engineer, USA