Birth & Delivery Care
Birth care built around preparation, preferences and clinical guidance.
Birth planning, labour preparation and an honest conversation about your options — with no promised outcome, and no pressure toward one pathway over another.
Your birth plan starts with a conversation
Birth care at Birthwave isn’t a single decision made at one appointment — it’s a conversation that starts early in your pregnancy and develops as your due date approaches. What you’re hoping for, what you’re unsure about, and what your options are: all of it is discussed together, with room to change your mind as things become clearer.
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Normal & Natural Birth
Preparation, not pressure.
Preparing for a normal birth means discussing preferences early and revisiting them as your pregnancy progresses — birth planning, childbirth education and birth partner involvement, alongside a clear, judgement-free conversation about clinical circumstances. A caesarean, when it’s the appropriate pathway, is never presented as a failure.
Learn more about Normal Birth & Delivery CareVBAC — Vaginal Birth After Caesarean
An individual assessment, not a default answer.
VBAC isn’t right for everyone, and it isn’t ruled out for everyone either. Your previous caesarean and this pregnancy are assessed individually — including what closer monitoring during labour would involve — and planning stays open to a repeat caesarean if that’s the safer path.
Learn more about VBACPreparing for birth
Practical, unhurried preparation — for you and whoever is supporting you through labour.
Childbirth education
Workshops covering labour stages, pain-coping options and what to expect, run alongside your regular antenatal visits.
Birth partner preparation
Your birth partner is part of the preparation, not just the delivery day — with guidance on how to support you through labour.
Working through labour questions
Space to ask about pain relief, monitoring, positions and anything else on your mind, revisited as your due date gets closer.
Practical preparation
What to pack, when to head in, and who to call — the logistical questions, answered clearly ahead of time.
An Honest Part Of The Conversation
When birth plans need to change
Not every birth follows the plan discussed in advance, and that’s expected — labour is assessed as it happens, not against a fixed script agreed weeks earlier. If a caesarean becomes the safer path, it’s discussed as exactly that: an appropriate pathway, not a failure or a departure from “doing it right.” Birthwave doesn’t promise a specific outcome for any birth. What’s promised is an honest conversation, at every stage, about what’s happening and why.
Doctor Led, Patient Centred
Your birth plan, led by Dr. Santoshi — supported by Sheethal.
Dr. Santoshi Nandigam
Founder · Obstetrician & Gynaecologist · Natural Birth & VBAC Specialist · Holistic Fertility Coach
Leads birth planning conversations from your first antenatal visit through delivery — discussing preferences, preparation and, when needed, a change in plan, honestly and without judgement.
Sheethal Sathya
Childbirth Educator · Lactation Consultant
Supports birth preparation as a certified birth doula and childbirth educator — running childbirth education sessions and helping birth partners feel ready for labour.
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Questions about Birth & Delivery Care
No — birth planning conversations start early but develop over time. Nothing needs to be decided at a single visit.
This page is a starting point covering birth care as a whole. The Normal Birth and VBAC pages go into more detail on those specific pathways.
Yes — birth partner involvement is part of how we approach preparation, not only delivery day.
It's discussed with you as it happens. A caesarean, if needed, is presented as an appropriate pathway — not a departure from the plan to be treated as a failure.
Yes, alongside regular antenatal care — see Preparing for Birth on this page for what's covered.
Dr. Santoshi assesses VBAC individually. Visit the VBAC page for a fuller explanation, or start the conversation directly using the form below.
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Every birth plan starts with a conversation — reach out and we’ll take it from there.
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