The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their thirty-first Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
• What is normal for post-caesarean pain?
• Why hasn’t my period returned after I stopped breastfeeding?
• Have I developed PCOS or endo after the birth of my first baby?
• What is an umbilical vein varicose?
• When should I stop breastfeeding if I was wanting to get pregnant via IVF?
• How can I get my iron levels up if I am anaphylactic to iron infusions?
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.

Bleeding and spotting in early pregnancy can be really frightening.
In this re-released ep of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid discuss bleeding in early pregnancy and what it means.
This episode covers:
*Implantation bleeding
*bleeding after sex
*ectopic pregnancy
*miscarriage and any of the treatments that might be required.
Thankfully most of the time when there’s bleeding in early pregnancy it’s not a miscarriage.
You can find the PANDA website 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.

In this week's episode of The Kick, Brigid talks with Clinical Psychologist Rebecca Wheeler about a fear of childbirth and tokophobia.
You can find Rebecca’s Instagram here
You can find Rebecca’s Facebook here
You can find Rebecca’s website here
You can find the Centre for Perinatal Psychology here
You can find COPE here
You can find the Gidget Foundation here
You can find PANDA 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.

In this re-released ep of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid cover the pros and cons of both vaginal birth and caesarean birth.
This is a very chatty episode because the answer is…nuanced.
The first question we delve into is why someone would ask this question?
In this episode we talk about:
• A medical indication where a Caesarean section is suggested.
• A history of trauma, or fear surrounding vaginal birth.
• Concern about sexual function after vaginal birth
• Maybe a birth story has made someone think ‘nope, not for me.’
• Or they feel a planned Caesarean section seems more manageable.
You can find links to the episodes Brigid talks about below:
Episode 30. Assisted delivery, a really common birth intervention here.
Episode 64. What happens in a planned caesarean? here.
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, Dr Pat and Brigid unpack some of the medical moments from Jessie's birth story of her twins on the Outloud podcast.
You can listen to Jessie’s Birth Story here.
You can listen to Ep 21. TWINS: all the questions, all the answers 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.