The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their thirtieth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
• Who makes a good VBAC candidate?
• The difference between Induction and Augmentation.
• What are the pros and cons of ECV?
• What are the pros and cons of having a c-section for a breeched baby?
• Should I have a salpingectomy?
• Sheering injuries to the umbilical cord.
• The fetal ejection reflex.
Listen to Episode 34. What is a VBAC and is it for you? here.
Listen to Episode 14. Should I have a GBS swab? here.
Listen to Episode 9. The ideas of Gentle Induction (of labour) here.
Listen to Episode 15. A heads up about Breeched Birth here.
Listen to Episode 140. Four tips to help you push your baby out here.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A:
LINKS
Join our pregnancy and birth course
Join our pregnancy course
Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast
Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast
Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/
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Sometimes we need to go back to basics. This re-released episode of The Kick is for anyone who is thinking they might need a few hints on what they can be doing to increase their chances of getting pregnant. It's a bit light-hearted and for some couples, this ep will be enough to help you well on your way to BABY.
In this episode Dr Pat and Brigid talk about:
• What we mean when we say 'better nick'
• What a regular cycle means
• What your teeth have to do with it
• What your potential birth choices are
• Even when to start working on names.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A:
LINKS
Join our pregnancy and birth course
Join our pregnancy course
Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast
Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast
Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this Quick Kick episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk about getting pregnant with endometriosis. Dr Pat also talks about why you might’ve seen endometriosis in the news recently.
For more information on getting pregnant with endometriosis, listen to episode 20. Getting pregnant with Endo HERE.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A:
LINKS
Join our pregnancy and birth course
Join our pregnancy course
Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast
Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast
Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their twenty-nineth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
• What does it mean for my labour and birth if my baby is transverse?
• What do the different categories of medication in pregnancy mean?
• Diagnosing early pregnancy miscarriages.
• What is a cervical cerclage.
• Uterine fibroids in pregnancy.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A:
LINKS
Join our pregnancy and birth course
Join our pregnancy course
Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast
Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast
Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk about all the other things your Obstetrican and Gynaecologist might be doing when they aren't seeing patients, delivering babies or in surgery.
You can listen to episode 180. Becoming an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and How the Training has Changed with Dr Erin Stewart Here.
You can join the Ballarat Women's Cohort Study Here.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A:
LINKS
Join our pregnancy and birth course
Join our pregnancy course
Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast
Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast
Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.