I was afraid of caesarean birth, but my doctor advised me against natural birth as the baby was curled up in a breech position inside the womb.

Breast milk donation helps babies deprived of it - preterm, weak babies, motherless babies, babies whose moms couldn't lactate.

My wake-up call came when my daughter was 3 and a half months old, and my breastmilk dried out for two consecutive feeds leaving her hungry.

Crèche was a necessity in my life! Especially a workplace crèche, on joining work, all my fears came true; the babysitter was irregular, the pumped milk was insufficient, and many other unseeable emergencies kept popping up.

Dai was originally intended to denote a midwife, someone who used to assist women in childbirth with the experience and expertise of previous generations. Similarly, an Aya was originally supposed to be a nanny who can assist the new mother with child-rearing.