In this episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk to Maternal Foetal Medicine Specialist Professor Joanne Said about the work of an MFM, when someone might see an MFM in pregnancy and the role an MFM has in a woman's pregnancy.

You can find Professor Joanne on X here 
You can find out more about the PRECeDe Trial here 
You can find out more about the C*Steroid Trial here 

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This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their seventeenth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.

This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:

• Molar pregnancies
• The use of a cook’s catheter in an induction
• CMV in pregnancy
• How does a shorten cervix affect a pregnancy
• A retroverted uterus and pregnancy
• Navigating difficult family dynamics during pregnancy
• Weaning breastfeeding while pregnant
• Ectopic pregnancies

You can listen to Ep. 116 CMV in pregnancy: Why is no one talking about this? HERE
You can find the book Brigid spoke about HERE


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In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk about stalled labours. They cover some of the reasons why a labour might stall and some of the things that might be done if your labour has stalled to help it progress.

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Content Warning: This episode of The Kick discusses eating disorders.

Butterfly Foundation 

In this Let's Chat episode of The Kick, Brigid chats with Shay about her 17-year struggle with an eating disorder to finding fulfilment in motherhood. Shay shares how she maintained her fitness, training and self-love throughout her pregnancy.

Find Shay on Instagram here.

Shay mentions being a member of our GrowMyBaby Pregnancy and Birth Course. You can join at anytime in your pregnancy here. JOIN our pregnancy and birth course.  

If you are thinking about getting pregnant, join our 11 steps to a positive pregnancy test here. JOIN our getting pregnancy course.

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In this episode of The Kick, Brigid talks with Justine Schofield about how pregnancy and motherhood changed her way of cooking and the importance of prepping ahead.

Find Justine's book Cook Ahead here
Find Justine on Instagram 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:

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Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.

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In this episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk about what delayed cord clamping is and what to expected if you have delayed cord clamping.


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Dr Pat and Brigid are back for The Kick's first episode of 2025 with their sixteenth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.

This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:

• Long labours
• The Umbilical Cord breaking in delivery
• Carrying and lifting toddlers during pregnancy 
• Why can't someone be induced?
• Why a baby’s head might not engage in the pelvis
• Septate Uterus
• Retained products and mild placenta accrete
• Subsequent labour and births after a full dilatation emergency c-section
• Expectations for a second birth VBAC. 

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:

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LINKS

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Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.

Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/

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In this episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid discuss herpes during pregnancy and birth, how they can affect both mother and baby and prevention and treatment strategies.

Thank you for all your support in 2024, Happy Holidays and we will see you in 2025!

In the meantime, if you're trying for a baby, please join us in the 11 steps to make a baby program and if you're having a baby in 2025, we can support you with our bite sized information packed pregnancy, birth and postpartum online program.


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:

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LINKS

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In this episode of The Kick, Brigid chats with A/Prof Michelle Jongenelis, a Clinical Psychologist from University of Melbourne's Centre for Behaviour Change about her pioneering research on the increasing reliance on grandparents as primary caregivers in Australia, with around 20% of children being regularly looked after by their grandparents. We discuss the significant implications this has on children's nutrition, physical activity, and overall wellbeing.

You can find A/Prof Michelle Jongenelis' 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:

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LINKS

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Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

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Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.

Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/

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In this Let's Chat episode, Dr Pat and Brigid talk to Kareen about her second pregnancy and birth experience and how it was healing for her after her first birth experience.

Kareen mentions being a member of our GrowMyBaby Pregnancy and Birth Course. You can join at anytime in your pregnancy here. JOIN our pregnancy and birth course.

If you are thinking about getting pregnant, join our 11 steps to a positive pregnancy test here. JOIN our getting pregnancy course


Listen to episode 45. Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy with Kath Baquie HERE
Listen to episode 9. The idea of Gentle Induction (of labour) 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:

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LINKS

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Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast

Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.

Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/

JOIN our pregnancy and birth course.
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