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The Purple Coat Clinic
Integrative Medicine; Holistic Wellbeing


The Virtual Doula: Story of a VBAC mom in COVID times
This is a great inspirational story for all VBAC moms out there and more so because it happened during the lock-down. Also, this was my...
Shruti Sridhar
Jun 10, 20203 min read
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Power of a Birthing Woman
Image Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Homebirth.jpg I started my journey in pregnancy education 4 years ago when I became...
Shruti Sridhar
Apr 27, 20204 min read
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Why should you take pregnancy classes?
This is a question that every pregnant mother asks herself. From my experience in medical field, I realized that childbirth preparation...
Shruti Sridhar
May 28, 20193 min read
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Let’s talk about post-partum depression!
I vaguely remember the first 6 months after my baby was born. I had issues with breastfeeding, was anxious all the time, couldn’t sleep...
Shruti Sridhar
May 27, 20194 min read
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Isn't it high time that labouring on back is outlawed?
When you want to understand the logic behind something, delve into its history. When I was in medical school, I never understood how...
Shruti Sridhar
May 27, 20193 min read
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Why a doctor decided to ditch the hospital and have a home-birth instead
I never wanted to have a baby. WHY? Because when I was in medical school, I had seen enough mothers suffering in labour wards. The...
Shruti Sridhar
May 27, 20192 min read
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Oral thrush in Infants: Case study
What is oral thrush? Oral thrush or Candidiasis is caused by a usually harmless but opportunistic fungus called Candida Albicans. This...
Shruti Sridhar
May 16, 20183 min read
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7 healthy ways to satisfy your sweet tooth while pregnant
Pregnancy is a wonderful time filled with cravings that you never knew you had. But even with these cravings one has to be mindful to eat...
Shruti Sridhar
May 15, 20182 min read
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Colostrum: the liquid gold one should never miss
Breastfeeding journey is almost always hard, unpredictable and filled with emotional highs and lows that one cannot anticipate. The...
Shruti Sridhar
May 14, 20183 min read
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