The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

Dr Patrick Moloney and Brigid Moloney

Everything you need to know about pregnancy and birth. Your host Obstetrician Dr Patrick Moloney and co-host Brigid Moloney focus on expert information about the essentials of growing a baby, with a good dose of relatable chats about their experience of being parents to four boys. Restore your calm and build your confidence during pregnancy and birth and take the next step to becoming a parent. Want more? Join them in their week by week program at GrowMyBaby.com.au to tap into their evidence based and expert information built from the experience of helping more than 4000 babies to be born.

  • 34 minutes 31 seconds
    142. Stop. Not Everybody Should Be Doing Pelvic Floor Exercises With Physio Kath Baquie

    This week on The Kick, Brigid talks with physiotherapist Kath Baquie about pelvic floor exercises that are used to strengthen your pelvic floor and why they may not be for everyone.

    Find Kath on instagram @kathbaquie.physio. 
    Listen to Kath's Podcast HERE 
    Find out more about the fitnest mama programs 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 getting 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.

    31 March 2025, 8:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 30 seconds
    141. Ask Dr Pat, Or Brigid! Our Eighteenth Q And A Session

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

    This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
    • We get an update from a listener who had their question answered in a pervious Q&A
    • Birth options for someone with Deep Vein Thrombosis
    • How long to wait between babies after a caesarean
    • The use of External Cephalic Version for breeched babies
    • Tips for birth partners
    • Your first period after coming off the pill

    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 getting pregnant course 

    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast 

    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast 

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

    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 March 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 29 minutes 59 seconds
    140. Four Tips To Help You Push Your Baby Out

    In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk all about pushing in labour. They cover some different pushing techniques, the urge to push, what happens to the baby during the pushing phase and Dr Pat gives his 4 tips to help you push your baby out effectively. This episode is a must listen!

    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 getting pregnancy course
    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast 
    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast 
    Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.
    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    17 March 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 10 minutes 20 seconds
    139. Quick Kick: Understanding Your Menstrual Cycle

    In this Quick Kick episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk through how to understand your menstrual cycle to help you get pregnant.

    Click here for the menstrual cycle diagram. 

    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 getting pregnancy course 

    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast 

    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast 

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

    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    10 March 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 44 minutes 40 seconds
    138. Who Needs To See A Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist During Pregnancy With Professor Joanne Said

    In this episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk to Maternal Fetal 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 

    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 getting pregnancy course 

    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast 

    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast 

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

    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    3 March 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 44 minutes 24 seconds
    137. Ask Dr Pat, Or Brigid! Our Seventeenth Q And A Session.

    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


    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 getting pregnancy course

    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast

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

    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    24 February 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 32 minutes 32 seconds
    136. Why Did My Labour Stall?

    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.

    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 getting pregnancy course 

    Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

    Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast 

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

    Website

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    17 February 2025, 7:30 pm
  • 28 minutes 12 seconds
    135. From Eating Disorder To A Body Positive Pregnancy With Shay Liggett

    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.

    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 getting pregnancy course.

    Follow us on Instagram.

    Find us on Facebook. 

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

    Visit our website.

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    10 February 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 41 minutes 29 seconds
    134. Freeze, Prep And Cook Ahead. Get Practical In The Kitchen With Justine Schofield

    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:

    https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby


    LINKS

    Join our pregnancy and birth course

    Join our getting 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.

    3 February 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 6 minutes 59 seconds
    133. Quick Kick: What is Delayed Cord Clamping?

    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.


    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/growmybaby


    LINKS

    Join our pregnancy and birth course

    Join our getting pregnancy course

    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.
    JOIN our getting pregnancy course

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    27 January 2025, 7:00 pm
  • 45 minutes 3 seconds
    132. Ask Dr Pat, or Brigid! Our sixteenth Q and A session.

    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:

    https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby


    LINKS

    Join our pregnancy and birth course

    Join our getting pregnancy course

    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.
    JOIN our getting pregnancy course

    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    20 January 2025, 7:00 pm
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