The Darkest Light
The Darkest Light
Kanya
On each episode of the Darkest Light, I talk to mothers about their journey through pregnancy, childbirth and parenting. These are the stories you don’t often hear, the ones women aren’t encouraged to tell. These are the stories I wish I had heard before deciding to become a mother. They’re out there, floating around in scraps and whispers. This podcast is an attempt to gather the pieces.
Sorry, No Questions
Imagine if your doctor scheduled you for an induction without telling you. Imagine being chastised every time you asked a question during labor. Imagine being rushed in for an emergency C-section without fully understanding why.In Episode 3, The Darkest...
Dec 22, 2020
27 min
A Tale of Two Hospitals
In Episode 2, The Darkest Light Host Kanya D'Almeida talks to a woman about her experience giving birth in a public hospital in Sri Lanka. Kanya compares her guest's story with her own experience of having her baby in a private healthcare facility. Only...
Dec 16, 2020
30 min
Smiling While Pushing
In the pilot episode, The Darkest Light host Kanya D'Almeida talks to her mother about what it was like to give birth in Sri Lanka a generation ago—in 1983. Their candid conversation is interspersed with Kanya's own birth story, from 2019.The two women...
Dec 10, 2020
25 min