Ep. 10: Childbirth Fears - Interview with a Nurse Midwife (17 and 21 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2018
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Shanna and Laura interview nurse midwife and fellow pregnant person Teresa Keirns! Teresa answers some of their burning questions about giving birth as they dive into the topics of delivering babies, pregnancy nausea, c-sections, pooping during childbirth, baby gender vs. sex and more! Also Laura and Shanna both report on how to handle being sick during pregnancy, and Shanna talks about how her pregnancy is really starting to show. Finally, the moms-to-be also reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 17 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 21 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 17 of pregnancy
-Week 21 of pregnancy
-Second trimester
-Being sick during pregnancy
-Having a sinus infection during pregnancy
-Can I take Sudafed while pregnant?
-When does my pregnancy start to show?
-Being in the "cute stage of pregnancy"
-Nurse midwife interview
-Delivering babies
-Placenta previa
-C-section vs. VBAC
-Pooping during childbirth
-Baby sex vs. gender
-Ibuprofen and Tylenol during pregnancy
-Maternity clothes
-Pregnancy insomnia
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Pet Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.1 | I'm Laura. |
| 0:05.8 | I'm Shauna. |
| 0:06.6 | And we are friends and writing partners who discovered we were pregnant at the exact same time. |
| 0:10.6 | So we decided to make a podcast about it. |
| 0:12.8 | This week on the show, we've got our weekly check-ins, and we have a very special guest, |
| 0:17.4 | and we're going to get the inside scoop from an expectant mom whose job it is to |
| 0:21.3 | deliver babies. |
| 0:22.7 | And then we end the show with our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:25.9 | Let's get started. |
| 0:30.8 | Hi, welcome to the show, everyone. |
| 0:32.7 | This is our 10th episode. |
| 0:35.9 | Oh, yeah. |
| 0:36.9 | And we might as well just jump right into our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:40.8 | Shauna, what's you got going on this week? |
| 0:43.9 | All righty. |
| 0:44.8 | I am 21 weeks. |
| 0:46.5 | Yay. |
| 0:47.0 | And I have to say, I feel like I'm really starting to look pregnant now. |
| 0:52.6 | Like, it's super obvious. |
| 0:53.9 | I've been trying to hide it at work |
| 0:55.2 | forever by wearing baggy shirts and dresses. But now it's, I think people are really on to it. |
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