In this deeply powerful and eye-opening episode, Jen Dugard welcomes back MumSafe™ Trainer and owner of Bay Active PT, Kate Turtiainen, for an honest conversation about navigating birth trauma, recovery, and rebuilding both business and body after motherhood.

After experiencing a traumatic first birth, followed by two surgeries and the diagnosis of Asherman’s Syndrome, Kate’s journey to her second pregnancy demanded strength, self-advocacy, and the courage to challenge medical norms. She opens up about her experience with fertility challenges, a rare pregnancy complication (placenta accreta), and how rebuilding trust in her body changed the way she trains, mothers, and runs her business.

Together, Jen and Kate explore how language shapes women’s self-perception, why we need systemic change in women’s healthcare, and how trainers can better support women through every stage from conception to postpartum recovery and beyond.

This episode is both a call to awareness and an invitation to compassion for our clients, our bodies, and ourselves.

Highlights:

Every woman deserves informed, compassionate care before, during, and after birth. As fitness professionals, we have the privilege and responsibility to notice, listen, and guide women toward the right support. Kate’s story reminds us that healing and advocacy often start from lived experience and that by creating safe, aware spaces, we can help women reclaim trust in their bodies and thrive through every season of motherhood.

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