Parvati is ready for her baby

Parvati is the mother of two young boys, Krrish (5) and Arjun (6). Earlier, when her children were babies, she was known for being a bit of a neglectful mother and her children were often sick and unbathed, as she took them out with her to the streets to beg for money. However, Parvati has truly pulled herself together over the last two years. Instead of leading an itinerant lifestyle, she scrounged together the money to rent a one-room hut in the slum and put her children into school. She began attending counseling, stopped begging on the streets, learned about birth spacing and birth control methods and joined a women’s self-help group through AIC. Her children are now well cared for, and attend their English medium school daily, dressed smartly in their uniforms. After careful deliberation, Parvati has decided that the time is right for one more child, and she and her husband were happy to find out recently that she is pregnant. Unlike during her first two pregnancies, Parvati feels confident and ready to handle this pregnancy, especially because she has the assistance of AIC’s prenatal program, which is providing complete antenatal care to Parvati and her unborn child for the duration of her pregnancy. This includes regular check-ups, medication, nutritional supplementation and mid-day meals, and assistance at the time of delivery. Parvati, with her life on track, is happy to have one last child to add to her family and is hopeful that she will have a girl to round out her brood of rambunctious boys!

Thank you, Richa (x3) and Darcence (x5) for coming together to provide comprehensive antenatal care to Parvati. With your support, her new baby is sure to get off to a wonderful start in life.