In this episode of The Kick, we had the pleasure of chatting with Urologist Associate Professor Mr. Darren Katz about all things male fertility.

You can find the PDF on sperm health and lifestyle factors HERE

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Disclaimer: Any medical information discussed is general in nature and cannot replace the advice of your medical practitioner

In this episode of The Kick, we had the pleasure of chatting with Urologist Associate Professor Mr. Darren Katz about all things male fertility. You can find the PDF on sperm health and lifestyle factors <a href='https://www.healthymale.org.au/mens-health/sperm-health'>HERE</a> If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on speakpipe and it might be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q &amp; A: <a href='https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby'>https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby </a> LINKS<a href='https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant'>Join our pregnancy and birth course</a><a href='https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant'>Join our getting pregnancy course</a>Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/'>@thekickpregnancypodcast</a>Facebook <a href='https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/'>@thekickpregnancypodcast</a><a href='https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant'>Just pregnant? Download our checklist to take to your first appointment.</a>Website: <a href='https://growmybaby.com.au/'>https://www.growmybaby.com.au/</a> Disclaimer: Any medical information discussed is general in nature and cannot replace the advice of your medical practitioner

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.

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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 <a href="GrowMyBaby.com.au">GrowMyBaby.com.au</a> to tap into their evidence based and expert information built from the experience of helping more than 4000 babies to be born.

The Kick Pregnancy Podcast

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!

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!

93. Male Factor in Fertility with Urologist A/Prof Mr. Darren Katz

In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk about all the other things your Obstetrican and Gynaecologist might be doing when they aren't seeing patients, delivering babies or in surgery.

You can listen to episode 180. Becoming an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and How the Training has Changed with Dr Erin Stewart Here.

You can join the Ballarat Women's Cohort Study 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 pregnancy course

Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast

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

Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/

In this week's episode of The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid talk about all the other things your Obstetrican and Gynaecologist might be doing when they aren't seeing patients, delivering babies or in surgery.
You can listen to episode 180. Becoming an Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and How the Training has Changed with Dr Erin Stewart <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/2TmNEwQE7Yk7S1sxHBJOK2?si=CwNGdVcEQyu4wl0yQdTRhQ">Here</a>.
You can join the Ballarat Women's Cohort Study <a href="https://redcap.latrobe.edu.au/redcap/surveys/?s=9W9HYWAMFY8WDMCP&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=It%20s%20spring%21%20How%20is%20your%20health%3F&amp;utm_campaign=June%202025%20Newsletter%20%28Copy%29">Here</a>.
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on<a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby"> speakpipe</a> to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q &amp; A:
LINKS
Join our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant">pregnancy and birth course</a>
Join our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant">pregnancy course</a>
Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/">@thekickpregnancypodcast</a>
Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/">@thekickpregnancypodcast</a>
Just pregnant? Download our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant">checklist </a>to take to your first appointment.
Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.growmybaby.com.au/">https://www.growmybaby.com.au/</a>

185. What Else Your Obstetrician And Gynaecologist Does

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

This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
•        Having a C-section with a low-lying plaenta
•        How long should I wait before trying to conceive again after a miscarriage?
•        Does having surgery during pregnany cause you to go into early labour?
•        Managing the risk of pre-term labour in rural and remote areas
•        Is it ok to breastfeed during pregnancy with a history of pre-term labour?
•        Is cramping in early pregnancy a symptom od miscarriage?

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 pregnancy course

Instagram @thekickpregnancypodcast

Facebook @thekickpregnancypodcast

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

Website: https://www.growmybaby.com.au/

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their twenty-eighth Q and A session as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions: &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Having a C-section with a low-lying plaenta &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;How long should I wait before trying to conceive again after a miscarriage? &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Does having surgery during pregnany cause you to go into early labour? &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Managing the risk of pre-term labour in rural and remote areas &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Is it ok to breastfeed during pregnancy with a history of pre-term labour? &bull; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Is cramping in early pregnancy a symptom od miscarriage?
If you have a question you want answered, please leave your message on<a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/growmybaby"> speakpipe</a> to be chosen for Dr Pat to answer during a Q &amp; A:
LINKS
Join our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/i-am-pregnant">pregnancy and birth course</a>
Join our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/getting-pregnant">pregnancy course</a>
Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thekickpregnancypodcast/">@thekickpregnancypodcast</a>
Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GrowMyBabyDoctor/">@thekickpregnancypodcast</a>
Just pregnant? Download our <a href="https://growmybaby.com.au/just-pregnant">checklist </a>to take to your first appointment.
Website:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.growmybaby.com.au/">https://www.growmybaby.com.au/</a>

184. Q&A: Managing the risk of pre-term labour in rural and remote areas & how long to wait before trying to conceive again after a miscarriage

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/708ade99-ee82-477b-963e-b3f300ad22d3/transcript

In this Quick Kick episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk about how to make your own choices in pregnancy and birth and whether you can say no to test and treatments in pregnancy and birth.

For more information on tests in pregnancy, listen to episode 16. Can you say no to test and treatments in pregnancy and birth? HERE 

This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their first Q and A session of the year as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:
Do C-Sections cause Endometriosis and Infertility? 
How are pregnancies in women with congenital heart diseases managed? 
Do Cervical Polyps impact fertility and should they be removed?
What does a slightly positive anticardiolipin result mean?
Recurrent miscarriages 
What to do in a subsequent pregnancy and birth if there has been a perineal injury in a previous birth.

You can listen to ep 153. New Miscarriage Guidelines here 

In this Quick Kick episode of The Kick, Brigid and Dr Pat talk about how to make your own choices in pregnancy and birth and whether you can say no to test and treatments in pregnancy and birth.
For more information on tests in pregnancy, listen to episode 16. Can you say no to test and treatments in pregnancy and birth? <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Qu1Y98Vil7RHmBBwRlaZt?si=4kY5ue7GT-W_2r5O4SJ7zQ">HERE</a>&nbsp;
This week on The Kick, Dr Pat and Brigid are back with their first Q and A session of the year as they answer questions from listeners of The Kick.
<ul>
<li>This Q and A session answers the following listener questions:</li>
<li>Do C-Sections cause Endometriosis and Infertility?&nbsp;</li>
<li>How are pregnancies in women with congenital heart diseases managed?&nbsp;</li>
<li>Do Cervical Polyps impact fertility and should they be removed?</li>
<li>What does a slightly positive anticardiolipin result mean?</li>
<li>Recurrent miscarriages&nbsp;</li>
<li>What to do in a subsequent pregnancy and birth if there has been a perineal injury in a previous birth.</li>
</ul>
You can listen to ep 153. New Miscarriage Guidelines <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4SNPPPTGfIsvbCXcpm9OgB?si=LxwGmz7YRemLckVfoGjGyQ">here</a>&nbsp;

183. Q&A: Do C-Sections Cause Endometriosis and Infertility? & How are Pregnancies in Women with Congenital Heart Diseases Managed?

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/3ea926be-9be7-482a-8ac3-a44f016e43d1/clips/9d315fbd-3505-4093-af7a-b3ec0049b577/transcript

93. Male Factor in Fertility with Urologist A/Prof Mr. Darren Katz

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