1 00:00:11,149 --> 00:00:16,149 Speaker 1: You're listening to Amma Mia podcast. Mama Maya acknowledges the 2 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:19,429 Speaker 1: traditional owners of land and waters that this podcast is 3 00:00:19,469 --> 00:00:20,069 Speaker 1: recorded on. 4 00:00:21,549 --> 00:00:24,349 Speaker 2: Hello Producer Courtney here coming into your ears with a 5 00:00:24,389 --> 00:00:27,429 Speaker 2: special treat because we have launched a brand new season 6 00:00:27,429 --> 00:00:30,269 Speaker 2: of our pregnancy podcast, Hello Bump. This season is a 7 00:00:30,269 --> 00:00:32,829 Speaker 2: week by week guide to pregnancy, holding your hand as 8 00:00:32,869 --> 00:00:36,069 Speaker 2: your baby grows from the size of a tiny poppy 9 00:00:36,109 --> 00:00:38,749 Speaker 2: seed all the way to the size of a pumpkin. 10 00:00:39,269 --> 00:00:42,229 Speaker 2: And in this new season, it's hosted by Olympian mother 11 00:00:42,309 --> 00:00:46,589 Speaker 2: of six and training obstetrician Yanna Pittman, as well as writer, podcaster, 12 00:00:46,749 --> 00:00:49,669 Speaker 2: and first time mum Grace rope Ray. So if you 13 00:00:49,869 --> 00:00:52,269 Speaker 2: or someone you know is pregnant were just interested in 14 00:00:52,349 --> 00:00:55,989 Speaker 2: learning about pregnancy, then this podcast is for you. We'll 15 00:00:56,069 --> 00:00:57,669 Speaker 2: leave a link in the show notes so you can 16 00:00:57,709 --> 00:01:00,549 Speaker 2: listen to every single episode of Hello Bump wherever you 17 00:01:00,589 --> 00:01:04,229 Speaker 2: get your podcasts, and for now enjoy. We hope you 18 00:01:04,309 --> 00:01:06,469 Speaker 2: love this episode of Hello Bump. 19 00:01:08,269 --> 00:01:10,109 Speaker 3: I am pregnant. 20 00:01:14,149 --> 00:01:17,309 Speaker 1: Welcome to Hello Bump. We're making pregnancy less overwhelming and 21 00:01:17,349 --> 00:01:21,789 Speaker 1: more manageable, hopefully. I'm Grace Rifrey, a writer, actor, podcaster, 22 00:01:21,909 --> 00:01:24,269 Speaker 1: and I am also pregnant for the very first time, and. 23 00:01:24,229 --> 00:01:26,749 Speaker 3: I'm Yana Pittman. I am a former Olympian mother of six, 24 00:01:26,749 --> 00:01:29,469 Speaker 3: an obstetric and gania registrar, which basically means I deliver 25 00:01:29,509 --> 00:01:30,509 Speaker 3: babies for a living, and. 26 00:01:30,429 --> 00:01:33,309 Speaker 1: With our experience combined, each episode will be holding your 27 00:01:33,349 --> 00:01:36,749 Speaker 1: hand week by week through the mysterious, perplexing, and sometimes 28 00:01:36,909 --> 00:01:40,149 Speaker 1: scary miracle that is pregnancy, all the way from a 29 00:01:40,189 --> 00:01:41,469 Speaker 1: poppy seed to a pumpkin. 30 00:01:42,269 --> 00:01:42,949 Speaker 2: Week four. 31 00:01:43,669 --> 00:01:46,669 Speaker 1: So we're starting this podcast series at week four because 32 00:01:46,709 --> 00:01:49,229 Speaker 1: that's usually when you've found out that you are pregnant. 33 00:01:49,229 --> 00:01:51,549 Speaker 1: There's not a lot that happens between week one and three, 34 00:01:51,629 --> 00:01:55,189 Speaker 1: and they will backdate it from your last period. So, Yana, 35 00:01:55,229 --> 00:01:56,909 Speaker 1: how big is the baby at this point? 36 00:01:57,029 --> 00:01:59,469 Speaker 3: Ah? Well, your baby's about the size of a poppy seed. 37 00:01:59,269 --> 00:02:02,069 Speaker 1: At this point, or just like a speck of dust 38 00:02:02,149 --> 00:02:02,949 Speaker 1: or glitter. 39 00:02:02,829 --> 00:02:05,189 Speaker 3: Yeah, a little cheer seat or something very small. It's 40 00:02:05,189 --> 00:02:07,749 Speaker 3: basically a small clump of cells that's just embedded into 41 00:02:07,749 --> 00:02:09,989 Speaker 3: the lining of your uterus by two point five millimeters. 42 00:02:10,189 --> 00:02:11,069 Speaker 3: It's tiny. 43 00:02:12,749 --> 00:02:13,749 Speaker 2: What's happening to me? 44 00:02:14,349 --> 00:02:17,029 Speaker 1: So tell me what's going on in our bodies this week? 45 00:02:17,109 --> 00:02:20,509 Speaker 3: Well, implantation has just occurred. So your sperm has met 46 00:02:20,789 --> 00:02:23,709 Speaker 3: your sperm, your partner sperm hopefully has met the egg, 47 00:02:23,789 --> 00:02:25,269 Speaker 3: and then it's made its way down the fulopin and 48 00:02:25,309 --> 00:02:27,829 Speaker 3: you've embedded into the uterine wall. So it's just now 49 00:02:27,869 --> 00:02:29,949 Speaker 3: that you'll be starting to get a positive pregnancy test 50 00:02:29,949 --> 00:02:32,789 Speaker 3: because you're making that beta hCG hormone that's the hallmark 51 00:02:32,789 --> 00:02:35,989 Speaker 3: of pregnancy. The placenta itself is actually starting to grow. 52 00:02:36,549 --> 00:02:39,069 Speaker 3: Your baby comes from different cells from the placenter, so 53 00:02:39,069 --> 00:02:41,389 Speaker 3: they grow at the same time, but independently. And right 54 00:02:41,429 --> 00:02:43,869 Speaker 3: now your baby's actually only the size we actually call it, well, 55 00:02:43,869 --> 00:02:45,909 Speaker 3: it's not even quite an embryo yet, but it's two 56 00:02:45,989 --> 00:02:48,669 Speaker 3: layers at this point, and it'll slowly start differentiating into 57 00:02:48,709 --> 00:02:50,389 Speaker 3: all the organs and the heart and the lungs and 58 00:02:50,389 --> 00:02:51,589 Speaker 3: things over the next few weeks. 59 00:02:51,909 --> 00:02:54,509 Speaker 1: When does that placenta actually start to take over? Because 60 00:02:54,509 --> 00:02:57,149 Speaker 1: at the moment, our body is just feeding everything and 61 00:02:57,549 --> 00:02:59,509 Speaker 1: giving it all of its life. When does that placenta 62 00:02:59,549 --> 00:03:00,469 Speaker 1: actually take over. 63 00:03:00,589 --> 00:03:02,989 Speaker 3: Well, it's funnily enough, it's actually not for several weeks, 64 00:03:03,069 --> 00:03:06,829 Speaker 3: around between nine and ten weeks that at this point, 65 00:03:06,869 --> 00:03:08,829 Speaker 3: the baby has what's called a yolk sack, that's actually 66 00:03:08,869 --> 00:03:10,949 Speaker 3: feeding it. So when you go for an early ultrasound, 67 00:03:10,949 --> 00:03:14,069 Speaker 3: but guys way too early, do not make an ultrasound 68 00:03:14,069 --> 00:03:16,309 Speaker 3: booking yet, because that is one of the biggest problems. 69 00:03:16,309 --> 00:03:18,269 Speaker 3: Women go now and they can't see anything, and then 70 00:03:18,269 --> 00:03:20,069 Speaker 3: they freak out that they're already having a miscarriage and 71 00:03:20,069 --> 00:03:23,189 Speaker 3: it's just simply too early. But there is a yolk 72 00:03:23,189 --> 00:03:24,749 Speaker 3: sac which will be one of the first signs on 73 00:03:24,829 --> 00:03:27,469 Speaker 3: ultrasound that there's a baby inside your belly, and that 74 00:03:27,589 --> 00:03:29,189 Speaker 3: is what feeds the baby for the first couple of 75 00:03:29,189 --> 00:03:29,989 Speaker 3: weeks of pregnancy. 76 00:03:30,149 --> 00:03:32,669 Speaker 1: What I found interesting about this stage is that everything, 77 00:03:32,749 --> 00:03:35,429 Speaker 1: all signs kind of led to it being my period. Yes, 78 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:40,229 Speaker 1: I was very bloated and I had cramps, and so 79 00:03:40,309 --> 00:03:43,229 Speaker 1: I assumed that it was my period until it kind 80 00:03:43,229 --> 00:03:44,909 Speaker 1: of got to like maybe two more days that I 81 00:03:45,029 --> 00:03:47,229 Speaker 1: normally maybe my period would have come, and it didn't. 82 00:03:47,269 --> 00:03:49,709 Speaker 1: So I took a test. But why do all signs 83 00:03:49,749 --> 00:03:50,909 Speaker 1: lead to it being your period? 84 00:03:51,309 --> 00:03:54,709 Speaker 3: Unfortunately, they're pretty similar to the hormones of pregnancy. Obviously, 85 00:03:54,749 --> 00:03:57,429 Speaker 3: issugu and progester are our main two big wammies changed 86 00:03:57,509 --> 00:04:00,549 Speaker 3: quite considerably. Breast tenderness. I don't know if you got 87 00:04:00,549 --> 00:04:02,069 Speaker 3: that at all, But that was my first sign. I 88 00:04:02,069 --> 00:04:04,269 Speaker 3: remember walking outside in the cold of my nipples killing 89 00:04:04,309 --> 00:04:06,829 Speaker 3: me and thinking what is going on? So all of 90 00:04:06,829 --> 00:04:08,949 Speaker 3: those signs that can often, as you say, indicate pregnancy 91 00:04:08,989 --> 00:04:12,829 Speaker 3: are unfortunately fluctuating hormones, which happened the same when your 92 00:04:12,829 --> 00:04:13,469 Speaker 3: period is due. 93 00:04:13,669 --> 00:04:16,869 Speaker 1: So is that why they're backdate when you are technically 94 00:04:17,269 --> 00:04:19,789 Speaker 1: your pregnancy starts, because it's all sort of part of 95 00:04:19,829 --> 00:04:21,469 Speaker 1: the same journey, you know how Like when you find 96 00:04:21,469 --> 00:04:25,109 Speaker 1: out you're pregnant already four weeks, you're already four weeks by. 97 00:04:25,869 --> 00:04:28,029 Speaker 3: Yeah, so we go gestational age or pregnancy age, so 98 00:04:28,069 --> 00:04:30,429 Speaker 3: the age of the fetus is only like two weeks 99 00:04:30,589 --> 00:04:32,509 Speaker 3: by the time you actually find out you're pregnant, But 100 00:04:32,549 --> 00:04:36,469 Speaker 3: the pregnancy age, the whole lot of pregnancy starts from 101 00:04:36,509 --> 00:04:39,509 Speaker 3: the first day of your last period. So theoretically, every 102 00:04:39,509 --> 00:04:42,469 Speaker 3: month we're two weeks pregnant until our period comes and 103 00:04:42,189 --> 00:04:42,949 Speaker 3: then we're not. 104 00:04:43,229 --> 00:04:45,229 Speaker 1: It's I just find this fascinating about how much I 105 00:04:45,229 --> 00:04:47,669 Speaker 1: didn't know about my body until I got to this 106 00:04:47,709 --> 00:04:51,669 Speaker 1: stage and exciting, yeah, or like embarrassing. 107 00:04:51,789 --> 00:04:54,389 Speaker 3: And for some daunting because obviously not all of us 108 00:04:54,429 --> 00:04:56,069 Speaker 3: want to be pregnant and some of us get a 109 00:04:56,109 --> 00:04:57,789 Speaker 3: little scared and find out that we are so, and 110 00:04:57,789 --> 00:04:59,429 Speaker 3: that's when it is tricky to sort of think, well, 111 00:04:59,469 --> 00:05:00,989 Speaker 3: do I want to continue with the pregnancy? Is this 112 00:05:01,029 --> 00:05:02,709 Speaker 3: something I planned? What is it going to do to 113 00:05:02,749 --> 00:05:03,909 Speaker 3: my life? And I can tell you as a mother 114 00:05:03,949 --> 00:05:06,189 Speaker 3: of six, it does a lot. So it's a hard 115 00:05:06,189 --> 00:05:08,149 Speaker 3: conversation to have with yourself when you first get those 116 00:05:08,189 --> 00:05:10,189 Speaker 3: positive lines. And most of us, like yourself. 117 00:05:09,949 --> 00:05:12,509 Speaker 1: For I don't know whether you were you excited or no, 118 00:05:12,549 --> 00:05:14,749 Speaker 1: not at all, like even though it was like wanted 119 00:05:14,869 --> 00:05:19,669 Speaker 1: and I was aware of what unprotected sex could do. Yes, 120 00:05:20,429 --> 00:05:23,269 Speaker 1: there was no contraception, I think for anyone listening. I 121 00:05:23,309 --> 00:05:25,229 Speaker 1: had had my account tested and it was on the 122 00:05:25,269 --> 00:05:29,509 Speaker 1: lower side in the high nines, which I'm thirty five, 123 00:05:29,709 --> 00:05:32,509 Speaker 1: So it was a maybe start thinking about it. So 124 00:05:32,829 --> 00:05:34,789 Speaker 1: I know a lot of people who have struggled for years. 125 00:05:34,829 --> 00:05:37,749 Speaker 1: So we did start, and then it just happened very quickly, 126 00:05:37,829 --> 00:05:38,829 Speaker 1: so I wasn't prepared. 127 00:05:39,189 --> 00:05:41,629 Speaker 3: But I do think it's a really good point to discuss, 128 00:05:41,709 --> 00:05:45,589 Speaker 3: because you know, some people do have the desire and really, 129 00:05:45,589 --> 00:05:46,989 Speaker 3: you know, really want to get pregnant, and then all 130 00:05:46,989 --> 00:05:49,229 Speaker 3: of a sudden it's happened, and I know a lot 131 00:05:49,229 --> 00:05:51,349 Speaker 3: of women, certainly some of my patients have discussed with 132 00:05:51,389 --> 00:05:52,749 Speaker 3: me then in those first few weeks with all the 133 00:05:52,789 --> 00:05:56,269 Speaker 3: hormonal changes and started to feel pretty crappy that they think, well, 134 00:05:56,349 --> 00:05:57,829 Speaker 3: this is not really what I signed up for and 135 00:05:57,989 --> 00:05:59,869 Speaker 3: do I even want to continue even though it was 136 00:05:59,869 --> 00:06:01,709 Speaker 3: a planned pregnancy, And I think we need to honor 137 00:06:01,749 --> 00:06:04,509 Speaker 3: that that's a normal part of this process. A huge 138 00:06:04,589 --> 00:06:06,389 Speaker 3: life change is on the up. So please don't feel 139 00:06:06,389 --> 00:06:07,669 Speaker 3: if you're listening to this, if that was you, that 140 00:06:07,749 --> 00:06:09,509 Speaker 3: it doesn't mean later you won't bond with your baby 141 00:06:09,589 --> 00:06:11,989 Speaker 3: or love the pregnancy and you know, and it's also 142 00:06:12,029 --> 00:06:13,389 Speaker 3: okay if you actually do change your mind, Like I 143 00:06:13,429 --> 00:06:15,389 Speaker 3: think that's a conversation that we're very lucky in Australia 144 00:06:15,429 --> 00:06:17,989 Speaker 3: we can have, and we need to highlight that all 145 00:06:18,029 --> 00:06:20,629 Speaker 3: women feel very differently through this period of gestation. 146 00:06:21,349 --> 00:06:23,709 Speaker 2: What's happening to me? 147 00:06:24,149 --> 00:06:26,589 Speaker 1: Well, that leads us into what is actually happening and 148 00:06:26,669 --> 00:06:29,029 Speaker 1: what might be feel like. What are some common symptoms 149 00:06:29,029 --> 00:06:30,269 Speaker 1: that could happen around this time. 150 00:06:30,349 --> 00:06:32,589 Speaker 3: Well, I think you highlighted them pretty well, thanks unfortunately 151 00:06:32,589 --> 00:06:36,549 Speaker 3: to you experiencing them all. Breast tenderness, bloated, feeling around 152 00:06:36,549 --> 00:06:39,509 Speaker 3: your tummy, twingy pains, even some spotting. So sometimes we 153 00:06:39,549 --> 00:06:41,789 Speaker 3: get what's called an implantation bleed, and that's actually as 154 00:06:41,829 --> 00:06:45,509 Speaker 3: that little we care than parasites. A little parasite is 155 00:06:45,589 --> 00:06:48,549 Speaker 3: basically nesting into your indimritual lining of your uterus, so 156 00:06:48,869 --> 00:06:51,109 Speaker 3: eventually you know you'll make your little spiral arteries as 157 00:06:51,189 --> 00:06:54,549 Speaker 3: part of your makeup, anatomically will join the supply so 158 00:06:54,589 --> 00:06:56,549 Speaker 3: that you'll start eventually feeding your baby. But at this 159 00:06:56,669 --> 00:07:00,989 Speaker 3: point they're pretty robust. Many people get pregnant very easily, 160 00:07:01,549 --> 00:07:04,309 Speaker 3: particularly not wanting to earlier on in life. 161 00:07:04,429 --> 00:07:06,509 Speaker 1: It's funny I call it a parasite, but for different reasons, 162 00:07:06,549 --> 00:07:07,189 Speaker 1: which we'll get to. 163 00:07:13,269 --> 00:07:13,909 Speaker 3: Is this normal? 164 00:07:14,029 --> 00:07:14,629 Speaker 2: Is it normal? 165 00:07:15,829 --> 00:07:18,069 Speaker 1: A couple of things about is it normal at this time? 166 00:07:18,229 --> 00:07:20,789 Speaker 1: There's the symptoms that are the ones we spoke about, 167 00:07:20,789 --> 00:07:24,069 Speaker 1: the implantation pain or potentially bleeding. What you do think 168 00:07:24,069 --> 00:07:25,869 Speaker 1: it's your period. But one of the first things I 169 00:07:26,029 --> 00:07:30,709 Speaker 1: noticed was an aversion to alcohol. Okay it was I 170 00:07:30,749 --> 00:07:33,269 Speaker 1: hadn't taken a test yet, and now looking back, it 171 00:07:33,349 --> 00:07:35,149 Speaker 1: feels like that was a potential signing. Is that quite 172 00:07:35,189 --> 00:07:37,229 Speaker 1: early for avergins to come in now? 173 00:07:37,309 --> 00:07:39,349 Speaker 3: Look, I mean, I think you guys were trying so 174 00:07:39,669 --> 00:07:42,229 Speaker 3: psychologically each month you are preparing it's possible. So there 175 00:07:42,269 --> 00:07:44,629 Speaker 3: is that psychological factor that we avert foods we know 176 00:07:44,749 --> 00:07:47,629 Speaker 3: will consider to be something we should avoid. In pregnancy, 177 00:07:47,949 --> 00:07:50,589 Speaker 3: you're starting that whole monal change already, so your body's 178 00:07:50,589 --> 00:07:54,069 Speaker 3: doing remarkable things. And for some women I've even had that, 179 00:07:54,069 --> 00:07:56,229 Speaker 3: they've said they are starting to feel nauseous already at 180 00:07:56,229 --> 00:07:58,349 Speaker 3: that four to five week mark. It's not even though 181 00:07:58,349 --> 00:08:00,269 Speaker 3: the BEATA hat CG hormones are not really high, which 182 00:08:00,269 --> 00:08:02,069 Speaker 3: is obviously what triggers a lot of the nausea, it's 183 00:08:02,109 --> 00:08:04,269 Speaker 3: not impossible. So if you're already feeling yucky, the last 184 00:08:04,269 --> 00:08:05,789 Speaker 3: thing you want to go is, you know's neck a 185 00:08:05,829 --> 00:08:09,389 Speaker 3: bottle of wine. So I mean, hopefully it's a good thing. 186 00:08:09,389 --> 00:08:11,229 Speaker 3: You know, it is something we're trying to continue to 187 00:08:11,269 --> 00:08:13,909 Speaker 3: have the discussion around. Lots of people, by the way, 188 00:08:13,909 --> 00:08:16,309 Speaker 3: don't know they're pregnant yet though, and are drinking and 189 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:18,589 Speaker 3: doing fun things in life, because you know, we need 190 00:08:18,629 --> 00:08:20,589 Speaker 3: to live. I think it's so it's also important there 191 00:08:20,589 --> 00:08:22,189 Speaker 3: to highlight that if you don't know you're pregnant yet, 192 00:08:22,189 --> 00:08:24,229 Speaker 3: that we don't beat yourself up for the things that 193 00:08:24,229 --> 00:08:26,309 Speaker 3: did happen prior to that. Yes, I think that's more 194 00:08:26,309 --> 00:08:28,109 Speaker 3: common than not, you know, because I think there are 195 00:08:28,109 --> 00:08:30,469 Speaker 3: a large number of pregnancies that are unplanned and people 196 00:08:30,469 --> 00:08:31,949 Speaker 3: don't find out sometimes, so there are nine or ten 197 00:08:31,989 --> 00:08:34,149 Speaker 3: weeks pregnant, so they've made lots of decisions during that 198 00:08:34,189 --> 00:08:37,269 Speaker 3: time that weren't you know, pregnancy related. You know. Ideally, 199 00:08:37,309 --> 00:08:39,149 Speaker 3: I think let's be medical here for a seconds. I 200 00:08:39,189 --> 00:08:41,749 Speaker 3: put my little doctors had on you have had prenatal 201 00:08:41,789 --> 00:08:44,749 Speaker 3: discussions with your with your GP. Ideally have had some serology, 202 00:08:44,789 --> 00:08:47,229 Speaker 3: which is blood tests looking at you know, in antiinatal markers, 203 00:08:47,229 --> 00:08:49,909 Speaker 3: infection markers, even things like your fole eight level. Your 204 00:08:49,949 --> 00:08:52,429 Speaker 3: blood group's really important in pregnancy to know whether your 205 00:08:52,789 --> 00:08:54,149 Speaker 3: H negative, which do you have a negative or a 206 00:08:54,189 --> 00:08:54,989 Speaker 3: positive blood group? 207 00:08:55,069 --> 00:08:57,509 Speaker 1: Is that where they test whether my blood is attacking 208 00:08:57,549 --> 00:09:00,069 Speaker 1: the baby. Yes, okay, And it's kind of a little. 209 00:08:59,949 --> 00:09:02,789 Speaker 3: Important because it's not at this four weeks pregnant. It 210 00:09:02,829 --> 00:09:05,109 Speaker 3: doesn't matter because we wouldn't do anything. So if you 211 00:09:05,149 --> 00:09:06,989 Speaker 3: came in it matters, if you come in bleeding, it 212 00:09:07,069 --> 00:09:08,989 Speaker 3: matters if you've had a car accident or something like that, 213 00:09:09,189 --> 00:09:12,029 Speaker 3: because it's basically where your baby makes a different blood 214 00:09:12,029 --> 00:09:14,589 Speaker 3: group to you, and your own body will make antibodies 215 00:09:14,629 --> 00:09:16,949 Speaker 3: against your baby's blood group. Now it doesn't matter in 216 00:09:16,949 --> 00:09:19,309 Speaker 3: this pregnancy at all. It's actually about subsequent pregnancy. So 217 00:09:19,349 --> 00:09:22,149 Speaker 3: you don't want your body to make those antibodies against 218 00:09:22,389 --> 00:09:24,989 Speaker 3: the positive blood group because you're negative. So what that 219 00:09:25,029 --> 00:09:26,909 Speaker 3: means though, is if you find out you are what 220 00:09:26,949 --> 00:09:30,109 Speaker 3: we call RH negative, if you have an inciting event 221 00:09:30,429 --> 00:09:33,349 Speaker 3: like a miscarriage or an accident where there could be 222 00:09:33,349 --> 00:09:36,149 Speaker 3: some fetal cells that crossover, we need to give you 223 00:09:36,189 --> 00:09:38,389 Speaker 3: an anti d So it's basically a medication that stops 224 00:09:38,389 --> 00:09:40,669 Speaker 3: that from happening, and we consider that after sort of 225 00:09:40,709 --> 00:09:43,629 Speaker 3: twelve weeks. So you just basically talk to your doctor 226 00:09:43,669 --> 00:09:45,189 Speaker 3: about it and now make a plan. But it's important 227 00:09:45,189 --> 00:09:47,349 Speaker 3: to know it so you can at least raise the question, Hey, 228 00:09:47,589 --> 00:09:49,789 Speaker 3: I'm RGE negative. Do I need to do anything different 229 00:09:49,829 --> 00:09:51,549 Speaker 3: from an rh positive mum? 230 00:09:51,669 --> 00:09:53,829 Speaker 1: Which leads me into the important things that we should 231 00:09:53,869 --> 00:09:56,469 Speaker 1: be doing at this stage. You mentioned fall a. A 232 00:09:56,469 --> 00:09:58,429 Speaker 1: lot of people say folic acid and you should be 233 00:09:58,469 --> 00:09:59,909 Speaker 1: on it if you're trying to conceive. 234 00:10:00,349 --> 00:10:02,309 Speaker 3: Ideally, what does that? But what are you. 235 00:10:02,229 --> 00:10:04,509 Speaker 1: Actually trying to do and is it bad if you 236 00:10:04,669 --> 00:10:06,109 Speaker 1: haven't been taking again. 237 00:10:06,149 --> 00:10:07,989 Speaker 3: A lot of us don't know we're pregnant, but ideally 238 00:10:07,989 --> 00:10:10,909 Speaker 3: you start taking a women's multivib for about three months 239 00:10:10,949 --> 00:10:13,829 Speaker 3: before pregnancy starts, or as soon as you find out 240 00:10:13,829 --> 00:10:15,869 Speaker 3: you are pregnant, because so follo is actually to do 241 00:10:15,949 --> 00:10:18,389 Speaker 3: with neural tube defects, So it's the way your baby's 242 00:10:18,509 --> 00:10:21,509 Speaker 3: brain and spinal cord form prevents things like spiner befitter 243 00:10:21,589 --> 00:10:23,709 Speaker 3: from occurring. So you know, many many years ago, so 244 00:10:23,749 --> 00:10:26,029 Speaker 3: our mums and grandma's had much higher rates of that 245 00:10:26,069 --> 00:10:28,029 Speaker 3: before they found out that follit can make a difference. 246 00:10:28,269 --> 00:10:30,469 Speaker 3: So for most of it, you know, between four hundred 247 00:10:30,469 --> 00:10:33,229 Speaker 3: and eight hundred milligrams is enough, but you need to 248 00:10:33,229 --> 00:10:35,229 Speaker 3: triple check if you're at higher risks. So people with 249 00:10:35,269 --> 00:10:38,229 Speaker 3: a high BMI, people who have are on antiepolectic medication, 250 00:10:38,589 --> 00:10:41,589 Speaker 3: people have had previous miscarriages or spina bifitter may need 251 00:10:41,589 --> 00:10:43,549 Speaker 3: a higher dose. So I think it's a conversation to have. 252 00:10:44,109 --> 00:10:45,349 Speaker 3: But the best thing you can do is just get 253 00:10:45,349 --> 00:10:47,109 Speaker 3: started as soon as you find out, so you'll plan. 254 00:10:47,269 --> 00:10:49,989 Speaker 3: It's never too late, never too absolutely no correct, never 255 00:10:50,029 --> 00:10:50,389 Speaker 3: too late. 256 00:10:50,789 --> 00:10:54,229 Speaker 1: And what are some like nice to do things, things 257 00:10:54,269 --> 00:10:56,949 Speaker 1: to think about, maybe not necessarily about our body, but 258 00:10:57,029 --> 00:10:59,109 Speaker 1: things to start having a think about in the future. 259 00:10:59,389 --> 00:10:59,589 Speaker 2: Yeah. 260 00:10:59,629 --> 00:11:02,509 Speaker 3: Great, A look, it's very early, but I would actually 261 00:11:02,549 --> 00:11:04,429 Speaker 3: say start thinking about what model of care you want 262 00:11:04,429 --> 00:11:08,029 Speaker 3: to do, because you have obstetric which is what I'm 263 00:11:08,029 --> 00:11:10,589 Speaker 3: training to be, so coming with the doctor's program. You 264 00:11:10,629 --> 00:11:12,709 Speaker 3: have what I love and I went with my last pregnancy, 265 00:11:12,749 --> 00:11:15,549 Speaker 3: which was actually my second last pregnancy MGP. So whether 266 00:11:15,549 --> 00:11:18,229 Speaker 3: you want to be MIDWI Free Group Practice low risk 267 00:11:18,269 --> 00:11:21,269 Speaker 3: pregnancies lovely holistic care, and I know my midwives out 268 00:11:21,269 --> 00:11:22,869 Speaker 3: there will love me for saying this day. I'm much 269 00:11:22,909 --> 00:11:25,709 Speaker 3: better at counseling around birth and making it normal, you know, 270 00:11:25,789 --> 00:11:28,949 Speaker 3: making normalizing what birth and pregnancy is. But you do 271 00:11:28,989 --> 00:11:31,989 Speaker 3: an unfortunately to be relatively low risk in that program, 272 00:11:32,189 --> 00:11:34,829 Speaker 3: and they fill up so fast. So they're the ones 273 00:11:34,869 --> 00:11:36,589 Speaker 3: that you get a positive pregnancy test and you're like 274 00:11:36,709 --> 00:11:38,829 Speaker 3: contact your local hospital and say I'd love to go 275 00:11:38,829 --> 00:11:42,389 Speaker 3: on the MIDWI Free Group Practice program and getting early. 276 00:11:42,469 --> 00:11:45,229 Speaker 3: So that's why it's important now, even this early in gestation, 277 00:11:45,309 --> 00:11:46,549 Speaker 3: to have a think about what you want to do. 278 00:11:48,069 --> 00:11:50,709 Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna need a lot of help along this pregnancy. 279 00:11:50,749 --> 00:11:53,189 Speaker 1: It's only week four, so what can we put in 280 00:11:53,229 --> 00:11:54,269 Speaker 1: our toolkit for this week? 281 00:11:54,509 --> 00:11:56,309 Speaker 3: Did you pick an app? Because I think having an app, 282 00:11:56,349 --> 00:11:58,589 Speaker 3: particularly for first time mums, can be really helpful to 283 00:11:58,629 --> 00:12:01,149 Speaker 3: sort of track babies development and some of the things 284 00:12:01,189 --> 00:12:02,109 Speaker 3: you might be experiencing. 285 00:12:02,149 --> 00:12:04,549 Speaker 1: Have you, Oh, yes, I have the flow out. Yes 286 00:12:04,589 --> 00:12:06,469 Speaker 1: I like it, but I was using it to track 287 00:12:06,549 --> 00:12:08,749 Speaker 1: my period, so I had it already. And then once 288 00:12:08,749 --> 00:12:10,829 Speaker 1: you log that you're pregnant, it's which is into this 289 00:12:10,909 --> 00:12:11,869 Speaker 1: whole new mode. 290 00:12:11,749 --> 00:12:11,829 Speaker 3: Ye. 291 00:12:12,109 --> 00:12:13,629 Speaker 1: What I like about this is it gives you, like 292 00:12:13,669 --> 00:12:16,109 Speaker 1: the stats, Yes, what week you are, here's the size 293 00:12:16,149 --> 00:12:18,349 Speaker 1: of your baby, Here's what's happening to them, and then 294 00:12:18,389 --> 00:12:20,469 Speaker 1: here's what's happening to your body. So you're kind of 295 00:12:20,509 --> 00:12:22,549 Speaker 1: covering these sort of major things which I like. 296 00:12:22,709 --> 00:12:23,909 Speaker 3: Yeah, And I mean you can also use it in 297 00:12:23,909 --> 00:12:26,309 Speaker 3: pregnancy too, and as you're trying to get pregnant. What 298 00:12:26,349 --> 00:12:29,149 Speaker 3: I liked about flow Pregnancy Plus is another really good one. 299 00:12:29,229 --> 00:12:30,669 Speaker 3: I have both. I have to say I liked both 300 00:12:30,709 --> 00:12:32,749 Speaker 3: of the checks between them to see if there was differences. 301 00:12:33,109 --> 00:12:34,669 Speaker 3: And Baby Centers another good one as well. 302 00:12:36,109 --> 00:12:38,269 Speaker 1: We hope you enjoyed this episode of Hello Bump. 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