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

Kathy Fray

Země Nový Zéland

Žánry Vzdělání, Děti a rodina, Rodičovství

Jazyk EN-US

Epizody 25

Nejnovější 27.09.2026

MOTHERWISE is a podcast hosted by midwife and best-selling maternity author Kathy Fray. It offers practical, evidence-informed guidance on pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum care. The show features authentic Real Birth Stories that review clinical notes from Kathy's years as a caseloading midwife, with details changed to protect privacy. Listeners can learn what to expect during pregnancy and newborn care, aiming for a less traumatic and more empowering birth experience. Knowledge changes outcomes, and the podcast encourages investing in the best possible journey for both baby and parent.

Epizody

Real Birth Stories | Ep-4 | “Karmen” | Increased-Risk Fetal Screen & Posterior Baby | Ventouse vacuum-assisted delivery 27.09.2026 34min

“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...
Real Birth Stories | Ep-3 | “Susie & Dean” | Her 1st Labor & Birth, His 2nd-Haunted by a first 08.09.2026 30min

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...
Real Birth Stories | Ep-2 | "Lucy" | 2nd-time Giving Birth, but 1st-time Being a Mother 08.09.2026 33min

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...
Real Birth Stories | Ep-1 | “Jaqui” | A Beautiful Due-Date Birth with a Hep B Twist 08.09.2026 40min

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...
Ep21 Labor Pharmaceutical Analgesia Part 2_ Epidurals 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Ep20 Labor Pharmaceutical Analgesia Part 1_ Nitrous Oxide _ Opioids 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Ep19_ 4 Stages of Childbirth and 3 Phases of Labor 10.01.2023 7min

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...
Episode 18 Postnatal Ep7 Week 4-5 A Month Gone By 10.01.2023 7min

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...
Episode 17 Postnatal Ep6 Day20-21 What You Need to Know by this Time with You and your Baby 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 16 Postnatal Ep5 Day10-14 What is Normal for your Baby at this Stage 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 15 Postnatal Ep4 Day5-7 What You Need to Know by the End of the First Week 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 14 Postnatal Ep3 Day3-4 What You Need to Know at this Stage Postpartum 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 13 Postnatal Ep2 Day2 What You Need to Know at 40-70hours postnatal 10.01.2023 5min

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...
Episode 12 Postnatal Ep1 Day1 What You Need to Know in the First 24hours 10.01.2023 5min

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...
Episode 11 What Occurs Once Overdue At Over 40 Weeks Pregnant 10.01.2023 5min

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...
Episode 10 So Ready To Go Into Labor At 37-40 Weeks Pregnant 10.01.2023 5min

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...
Episode 09 What You Need To Be Thinking At 36 Weeks Pregnant 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 08 What You Need To Be Doing At 34-35 Weeks Pregnant 10.01.2023 5min

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...
Episode 07_30-32-WEEKS’S PREGNANT–What You Need to be Doing at this Gestation 10.01.2023 6min

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...
Episode 06 What You Need To Know About at 29-31 Weeks Pregnant 10.01.2023 5min

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...