The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

In this week's episode of The Kick, Brigid talks with Dr Kavita who is a Breastfeeding Medicine Specialist, Perinatal GP, and IBCLC, about everything breastfeeding from how to get a good latch, to the anatomy of the breast.  You can find Dr Kavita on Instagram here @Dr.Kavita.T [https://www.instagram.com/dr.kavita.t/?hl=en] You can find Dr Kavita on Tiktok here @Dr.Kavita.T. [https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.kavita.t] You can find Dr Kavita’s website here [http://letstalkbreastfeeding.com] and breastfeeding plan here [https://www.instagram.com/p/DNHZ9F8SM2f/?igsh=MWVhaWpmaHN1eTF2eQ==]   If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe [https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby] to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A: LINKS Join our pregnancy and birth course [https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant] Join our getting pregnancy course [https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant]  Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/] Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/] Just pregnant? Download our checklist [https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant] to take to your first appointment.  Website [https://www.growmybaby.com.au/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their twenty-fourth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick. This Q and A session answers the following listener questions: •        Navigating Graves' Disease in pregnancy. •        What does a low-lying placenta and placental lakes mean for my pregnancy? •        How common are subsequent breeched and preterm babies? •        IVF pregnancies and inductions. •        How common is a subsequent OP birth? •        When will my period return after birth? You can listen to episode 36 What you need to know about your thyroid in pregnancy here [https://open.spotify.com/episode/13urapgUqnRqq81Thy1MAe?si=ce2ec48825104469].  You can listen to episode 24. Maybe I have PCOS? here [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Qc8Kgat1AFavvdLKMPexN?si=bdcddbb5a8754bc3]. You can listen to episode 65. Breastfeeding but I want to try for a baby here [https://open.spotify.com/episode/7a2EenU4pwYwAMziWvssfa?si=7da1e39b4dc64407].  If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe [https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby] to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A: LINKS Join our pregnancy and birth course [https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant] Join our getting pregnancy course [https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant]  Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/] Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/] Just pregnant? Download our checklist [https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant] to take to your first appointment.  Website [https://www.growmybaby.com.au/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Most women in the pre-pregnancy phase know to take folate supplements. Tick. They know that quitting smoking is for the best. Tick. Even stopping the glass of wine at the end of the day is on the radar. Tick. What most don’t know is that we now have the ability to look closely at our genes, genes that are incredibly common in our population, and three genes in particular – Cystic Fibrosis (CF), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) and Fragile X syndrome (FXS). These pre-pregnancy genetic testing for these 3 conditions is now bulked billed in Australia under Medicare. In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat talks about one off the really important first step every couple can do before they start trying for a pregnancy.  You can listen to episode 162 here [https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/162-quick-kick-does-genetic-testing-raise-more-questions/id1469497070?i=1000722553481]. If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe [https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby] to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A: LINKS Join our pregnancy and birth course [https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant] Join our getting pregnancy course [https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant]  Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/] Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/] Just pregnant? Download our checklist [https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant] to take to your first appointment.  Website [https://www.growmybaby.com.au/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In this Quick Kick episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk about whether women can sleep on their back in pregnancy and if it has any consequences for your baby. They also talk about syphilis testing during pregnancy and why it is done. For more information on sleeping on your back in pregnancy, listen to episode 108 of The Kick HERE [https://open.spotify.com/episode/0L7h7UTuba2MuMjxW6QspC?si=d7cfaad311d042af]. If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe [https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby] to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A: LINKS Join our pregnancy and birth course [https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant] Join our getting pregnancy course [https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant]  Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/] Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/] Just pregnant? Download our checklist [https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant] to take to your first appointment.  Website [https://www.growmybaby.com.au/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr pat and Brigid talk about one of our most asked questions "Should I choose private or public care for my pregnancy?" You can find the study here [https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.18286]  If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe [https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby] to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q & A: LINKS Join our pregnancy and birth course [https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant] Join our getting pregnancy course [https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant]  Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/] Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast [https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/] Just pregnant? Download our checklist [https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant] to take to your first appointment.  Website [https://www.growmybaby.com.au/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.