[1.02] Jess asks what having a short cervix and a breeched babies in her first pregnancy means for subsequent pregnancies.

[2.25] Dr Pat talks about cervical shortening in first and subsequent pregnancies.

[5.20] Dr Pat talks about breeched birth and whether they can reoccur.

[6.35] Anonymous asks about skin irritations in pregnancy.

[7.18] Dr Pat talks about skin rashes in pregnancy and how they can be treated.

[9.49] Anonymous ask about feeling uneducated about birth and their concern about being pressured into decisions during pregnancy and birth.

[11.10] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about feeling worried in pregnancy and birth.

[11.49] Brigid talks about how people always share their bad outcomes and not their good outcomes.

[12.39] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about why they made The Kick Pregnancy Podcast and the GrowMyBaby program.

[13.18] Dr Pat talks about how in a first birth it is easy to think that somethings that may happen are routine but that is not always the case.

[16.08] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about seeing a psychologist during pregnancy.

[16.50] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about feeling educated and empowered.

[17.55] Dr Pat talks about a woman’s partner being well educated and a good advocate for their partner during birth, he also talks about needing consent from the birthing woman for somethings.

[20.31] Brigid summaries how to feel educated and empowered for birth.

[22.38] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about the idea of a perfect birth.

‘The idea of a perfect birth, differs from a practitioner to a patient, but within a patient cohort it differs as well.’

[24.46] Anonymous asks about baby’s head shape, posterior positioning, and episiotomy, specifically how common is coning and whether it can impact on the duration of a labour. Is there anything that can be done to get a baby into anterior positioning.

[28.50] Dr Pat talks about the use of epidurals in labour and birth.

[30.02] Dr Pat talks about the pushing phase.

[32.54] Dr Pat talks about coning or moulding of the baby’s head during birth.

[33.48] Dr Pat talks about whether posterior positioning is likely to reoccurring in subsequent labour and births.

[35.18] Dr Pat talks about the duration of subsequent labour and births.