Dr. Anita Balakrishna

This was my first pregnancy journey and I started with one of the established hospitals in HAL road based on friend’s suggestion ( being new to Bengaluru), later with too much disappointment and tears approached Dr Anita on 50th day. On our (Husband & I) first visit, we were filled with joy as Dr Anita confirmed and made us hear baby heartbeat !!!

To start, Anita was 3rd doctor during my pregnancy journey and was suggested by colleagues in office. Later did I learn as handful of my peers already delivered a kid by consulting Dr Anita 😊. This gave me immense confidence.

She is a very friendly and nice doctor who encourages her patients to enjoy the beautiful journey of pregnancy and child birth, rather being apprehensive about it. Brings more positive vibes, build trusts and confidence in patient through charming smile and good way of treatment.

Be the 10th or 20th patient in waiting list at Diva Care, Dr Anita listens patiently and understands background, before suggesting next steps or medications. I was on minimum medications through out my pregnancy. This made me feel more comfortable during the entire 9 months as doctor was transparent. She makes sure she understands her patients well and after every visit there is a feel of contentment that I have been taken care and in safe hands.

During the last trimester, I had plans to join prenatal yoga, for normal delivery based on friend’s suggestion. Doctor made upfront suggestions as not to join for any such classes. She kept insisting on performing household work, squatting, walking and sit on haunches.

Unfortunately, I was running high fever as 101 F in last couple of days before delivery and doctor was very supportive, kept comforting by providing right medications and advise.

My labour progressed very slowly but the Dr was extremely patient. My temperature started rising the night before delivery. Dr Anita immediately rushed at 11.30 PM and attended me. Understanding that my hubby did not have dinner, she was with me for almost an hour till he could finish of his dinner.

After tiresome 26 hours labour (yes, its strenuous twenty-six hours 😊), I started shouting and screaming for a c-section. However, monitoring that all essentials are pretty much under control, she encouraged and at a point even forced for a normal delivery. Only because of her efforts and couple of junior doctors, I could have normal delivery and our baby boy was delivered super healthy on October 25 😊.

I would take 0% credit on this and all I did was mostly follow doctor instructions.

In a nutshell* ** **** ** ******* ********* , experience and positive attitude helped me during pregnancy tenure and was super satisfactory on all dimensions and we are extremely happy that we found the right person. Thank God.

Last, we will continue to recommend her to many of our friends, neighbours and truly bound to her in gratitude

Imp: One humble suggestion I would like to give specially to the first-time mommies-to-be, please follow Dr Anita's advise blindly. Do not google and complicate things !! Keep calm, you are in safe hands with Dr Anita being your Gynac.

The doctor was good, but my consultation is not yet complete. There was a significant delay because the doctor arrived late and the hospital did not inform me or communicate about the delay. I had to wait almost two hours and got only about 45 minutes to talk to the doctor. Overall, my experience was okay so far, but the delay and lack of communication were disappointing.

The doctor explained everything clearly during the consultation. Although the wait time at the clinic was quite long, around one and a half hours, I would rate my overall experience as four out of five.