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Podcast: The Kick Pregnancy Podcast
Episode: 35. Epilepsy and what to do about getting pregnant and growing a baby
Description: Epilepsy is pretty common, about 1% of our population take some form of anti-epileptic medication and about 2000 women in Australia each year have a pregnancy when they have epilepsy.The effect of anti-epileptic drugs are highly relevant to women's health from the contraceptive choice, right up to the management of pregnancy and breastfeeding. If this is you, then this podcast will give you tonnes of answers. We talk about:Who is in your healthcare teamContraception and epilepsyFolate needs during pre-pregnancy and pregnancyLabour and epilepsyHow your medication needs may change during pregnancy and breastfeeding+MORE