My baby, my vagina: Richa Chadha on criticism over natural birth remark

India Today

17-07-2025

Actor Richa Chadha recently addressed social media criticism after she shared a birthday post dedicated to daughter Zuneyra. She got into a heated debate with an Instagram user who objected to her mentioning the term - "natural birth".Richa, while expressing gratitude over Zuneyra's first birthday, wrote a heartfelt note on Instagram. Her post titled, "Thank you Zuni," read, "For bringing so much colour into all our lives! A year ago I gave birth to a healthy baby girl at Breach Candy Hospital. Labour lasted a few hours, delivery only about 20 minutes, natural birth! Life hasn't been the same since, particularly me."advertisementIt further read, "I feel rearranged from the insides out my brain, my heart, my body, my soul Zuneyra was born a year ago and so was I. Reborn as a mom. An entirely new being, than what existed before. A life and child with the man of your dreams if this isn't a blessing I don't know what is."
While reacting to the note, an Instagram user commented, "Every birth is natural, thanks to science nowadays they're being assisted to help the Mom and the kid." The 'Fukrey 3' actor replied, "If I said normal delivery, you'd have said the same thing."Another user responded to Richa and mentioned, "Please, the word normal meant everything to every mother. Don't say it like that because it hurts others who feel like they don't have the mind and zeal to go through it so saying it like that is normal is traumatising and, if you meant the other way around to say normal delivery, then even the ones that are Caesarian is normal because over 50% of women are doing it."The actor addressed the comment and wrote, "But what if I don't want to say vaginal delivery? It is my page and also my vagina and my baby. And feminism taught me to use words of my choosing. So."Along with her gratitude note, Richa also added a video montage. It featured Ali Fazal touching Richa's baby bump, getaways where the couple enjoys quality time together, and snippets of Zuneyra playing with their cat.Watch video here: Richa and Ali welcomed Zuneyra on July 16, 2024. The couple got married in an eco-friendly ceremony in September 2022.Ali was recently seen in Anurag Basu's 'Metro...In Dino'. The film also featured Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Pankaj Tripathi and Konkona Sen Sharma in key roles.- EndsMust Watch