The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

What are normal baby movements?
Baby movements is your baby’s way of telling you all is well. A healthy baby should move. Imagine if you were really sick, you would still move around the bed and get up several times a day to go the toilet. If you lay in bed for many hours, not moving at all, you would probably be dreadfully ill.
A baby that’s doing nothing is not normal.
And why are we so insistent about baby movements? If we look at unexpected stillbirths in the third trimester, an alarming number of those stillbirths are preceded by a couple of days of decreased or absent fetal movements.
This podcast covers:
• How picking your baby’s pattern of movement is important
• Why we moved away from ‘kick charts’
• Why going to sleep on absent fetal movements is not a strategy
• What to do if you think you have reduced or absent fetal movements
• Why a baby ‘slowing’ down at term is not a sign you are going into labour.
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This re-released episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talks about what cytomegalovirus (CMV) is, how it is spread, how it can impact pregnancy and things you can do to reduce the risk of transmission.
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In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk all about feeling tired and fatigued in pregnancy and some of the causes of these feelings.
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This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their thirty-sixth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
• What can you do to increase the success of an embryo transfer?
• Unusual cervix presentations in first births
• What can I do to decrease my risk of gestational hypertension?
• A hot tip from a listener!
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Content Warning: This episode of The Kick discusses mental illness and suicidal thoughts, if you feel you need support please use any of the links at the bottom of the show notes.
In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk about common pregnancy symptoms that may not always be normal, and the red flags to look out for.
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