Pregnancy & Parenting
Kathy Fray
First-time parents make many mistakes which can risk the life of their babies. Kathy Fray who has been in this field for over 1.5 decades also advocates this fact. She is an on-call community midwife and has been a part of the journey of countless mothers. She favors the concept of “Expert Nurturing” where the … Read more
Pregnancy is a boon for the woman as it gives her the ability to create and nurture life. Let us understand the developments and changes that take place in the body during different trimesters of pregnancy. First Trimester Of Pregnancy The first trimester of pregnancy is important for the fact that the entire attention is … Read more
Interview with Maternity Guru Kathy Fray Parenting experts say that the auto rocking bassinets disrupts the bonding process during early stages and the development parental instincts (learning your baby’s needs/sleeping habits). Do Auto Rocking Bassinets Disrupt parent – child bonding? With the inventor of SNOO (a renowned auto rocking basinet brand) Dr Harvey Karp, being … Read more
It is pretty normal these days to start a baby on some solids at around 4-6 months. But don’t feel rushed at four months to quickly get them onto solids, as breastmilk (or formula) on its own is recommended for two more months. However, in conflict to our supermarket shelves adorned with baby-rice, baby-porridge and … Read more
Over the past 100 years, modern medicine has experienced the most radical, mind-blowing and breath-taking evolutions, which only 100 years ago, would likely not have been even vaguely imaginable, let alone yearned for. Remember, it was only World War II, in the 1940s, which finally escalated the urgent global need for commercial volumes of antibiotics, … Read more
Excerpt from book “OH BABY… Birth, Babies & Motherhood Uncensored” Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) I don’t believe most of the risk factors individually would tip so many women over the edge. But add them up: the low status we assign to mothering; the high value Western cultures place on a girlish figure; the isolation … Read more