103 episodes
The Kick Pregnancy Podcast Dr Patrick Moloney and Brigid Moloney
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- Kids & Family
Everything you need to know about getting pregnant, being pregnant, giving birth and bringing your baby home. Your host Obstetrician Dr Patrick Moloney and co-host Brigid Moloney focus on the essentials of growing a baby without heavy medical jargon and with lots of relatable stories of their work helping thousands of women have babies, as well as being parents to four boys. Each episode has expert led content that will help you cut through the swathe of pregnancy information, restoring your calm and giving you the confidence to know that mama, you got this!
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103. Let's Chat: What is it like having to manage blood clots during pregnancy? With Haylea Vagg
Have you ever met someone whose strength and resilience left you utterly inspired? Haylea, our guest this week on The Kick, embodies that spirit as she takes us through her remarkable journey to motherhood. Bracing for childbirth, especially under the shadow of health concerns, can be a profound experience. Haylea walks us through her pre-labor decisions, managing Clexane injections, and the deliberation that went into inducing labor at 38 weeks for her and her baby's safety.Haylea mentions b...
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102. What is Ovulation Induction?
In this episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk all about ovulation induction.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:https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybabyThis episode of The Kick Pregnancy Podcast is sponsored by Baby Bunting.Check out their June Storktake sale here!LINKSJoin our pregnancy and birth courseJoin our getting pregnancy courseInstagram @thekickpregnancypodcastFacebook @thekickpregnanc...
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101. Let's Chat: When your mental health makes you question whether you should be a mum. With Katie Stevens
In this episode there is discussions about mental illness and suicidal thoughts, if you feel you need support please use any of the links at the bottom of the show notes.How will I be a mum when I can’t even control my own emotions?In this 'Let's Chat' episode, we talk with Katie about the added complexity a diagnosis, initially of depression and anxiety, then bipolar disorder, has on pregnancy.A mental health issue is daunting enough for most people but Katie had also just moved to a new tow...
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100. Q&A with a difference. Your Top Tips.
We did it! Today is our 100th episode! When we started The Kick, we never imagined the incredible community that would gather around these conversations. Every fact revealed, every story told, and every insight that you have told us you gained from The Kick makes us feel beyond excited. A massive THANK YOU to each of you for tuning in, sharing your thoughts, and riding this wave with us.What better way to mark the momentous occasion of our 100th episode than by sharing some of your top ...
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99. Having a baby over 35. Why is this different?
This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid discuss pregnancy after 35 and why people say that it's different.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:https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybabyThis episode of The Kick Pregnancy Podcast is sponsored by Baby Bunting.Check out their June Storktake sale here!LINKSJoin our pregnancy and birth courseJoin our getting pregnancy courseInstagram @thekickpregnancypodcast...
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98. Let's Chat: Amy's experience of a common fear at birth, a postpartum haemorrhage
This is a "Let's Chat" story that we hope EVERYONE listens to.Amy tells Dr Pat and Brigid her story of getting pregnant with a history of endometriosis and ulcerative colitis. We talk about, in practical detail, the supports she put in place to help maintain her mental health.Then the next part of Amy's story is VITAL information for everyone. We dive into a birth complication that is a common fear, a postpartum haemorrhage or PPH. Amy has so much to share about how she felt immediately...