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MOTHERWISE: Pregnancy, Birth, Babies & Real Birth Stories with midwife Kathy Fray

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Welcome to MOTHERWISE: Pregnancy, Birth, Babies & Real Birth Stories with midwife and best-selling maternity author Kathy Fray.

Drawing on years as a senior 24/7 caseloading midwife, Kathy shares practical, evidence-informed guidance, authentic Real Birth Stories, and the kind of wisdom that only comes from caring for thousands of women and families throughout pregnancy, labor, birth and postpartum.

If you want to get empowered by feeling like you know “everything about everything,” then buckle up and enjoy the ride! Knowledge changes outcomes, and this is YOU investing in giving your Baby and Yourself the very best journey possible.

The Pregnancy, Labor & Newborn episodes are hugely informative, plus you can listen to many Real Birth Stories, taking you behind the scenes to review clinical notes from actual labors during Kathy’s years in practice - the beautiful, the unexpected, the challenging and sometimes extraordinary - with clients’ personal details changed where necessary to protect their privacy.

If your goal is the most beautifully extraordinary and least traumatic birth and baby experience possible, you’re in the right place. And to really learn “everything about everything,” join the MotherWise Tribe at www.MotherWise.app to access Kathy's premium online prenatal education program. To learn more about Kathy and her books & resources, you can also visit www.KathyFray.com.

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“Karmen” (Pseudonym) – G2P0: Second Pregnancy, First Birth Following a previous miscarriage, Karmen was pregnant for the second time and preparing for her first birth. With borderline advanced maternal age (AMA) at 39yrs of age, and mild obesity, her First Trimester Screening returned an “increased risk” result - not a diagnosis - for possible fetal chromosomal anomalies, as well as indicating increased risk for some potential pregnancy complications. After considering their options, Karmen...
Meet “Susie & Dean” - pseudonyms, with personal details disguised to protect their identities. For Susie, this is her first birth. For Dean, it isn't. He has previously experienced the birth of a child by Caesarean section - an experience he found traumatic and still really doesn't want to talk about. And Dean is ANXIOUS+++ by nature. So while Susie is approaching birth for the first time, her partner is approaching it carrying memories, fears and expectations from a difficult previous...
Meet “Lucy” — a pseudonym, with personal details disguised to protect her identity. Lucy is in her late 20s, an immigrant with good conversational English (who chooses not to use an interpreter). She is expecting her second baby - but the first baby she will raise herself in her new homeland. Her first child lives in her original country in Southeast Asia, being raised by family. This creates a fascinating and unusual maternity journey: Lucy knows more than most first-time mothers-to-b...
Meet “Jaqui” - a pseudonym, with personal details disguised to protect her identity. Welcome to one of those wonderfully “textbook perfect” birth journeys very common to my caseload. Jaqui is in her late 20s and having her first baby. Labor begins spontaneously right on her Estimated Due Date - something that actually happens to only a minority of babies, despite our obsession with that magical 40-week date! Her labour unfolds beautifully: around 4½ hours of first-stage (cervix dilatation) fo...
WANT TO FEEL GENUINELY PREPARED FOR BIRTH & BABY? Explore my premium MotherWise MasterClass - an extraordinarily comprehensive pregnancy, labour, birth, postpartum & newborn education program at www.MotherWise.app WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ME? I'm a retired senior midwife and best-selling maternity author. Discover my books, articles and other pregnancy, birth & baby resources at www.KathyFray.com You can also check out my mostly-daily posts: TikTok: @prenatalwisdom Instagram: @kat...
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