Ep. 118: You Asked. We Answered!
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In the segment “Checkin’ the Inbox” Shanna and Laura answer listener questions about everything from sleep loss, to sore boobs, to hemorrhoids during pregnancy and more! Also, Laura reports on her unexpected reaction to people commenting on her pregnant belly and reveals her shocking decision about her toddler’s screen time, and Shanna talks about her toddler’s out-of-control biting behavior and budding sense of humor. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s toddler is 20 months old, and Laura’s toddler is 20 months old. Laura is 17 weeks pregnant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.6 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.9 | We have our special segment, Check in the Inbox, where we answer listener questions about everything from sleep loss to sore boobs to hemorrhoids. |
| 0:17.0 | And we wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:20.0 | Let's get started. |
| 0:22.6 | Hey, everyone. Welcome to episode 118. What's up, Laura? |
| 0:26.3 | What's up? What's up? |
| 0:28.4 | Sounds so natural coming for me. |
| 0:30.4 | I know. I know, right? What's going on with you guys? Does that sound more natural? What is going on with you guys? |
| 0:39.4 | Well, the most natural thing in the world is having a podcast about what's going on in your daily |
| 0:43.4 | life. So it's always going to sound natural. Okay. All right. So I am 17 weeks pregnant. |
| 0:51.9 | And this week, so I had my doctor's appointment and it was completely unremarkable, |
| 0:59.3 | I should say. Good. That's how you want them. That is exactly how you want them. I feel like |
| 1:04.3 | these, you know, now I'm in the second trimester, but it's before the glucose tests and all that |
| 1:09.3 | stuff. It's just sort of like very rote, you know, you go in, you pee in a cup, you get weighed, you talk to the doctor. |
| 1:17.1 | My doctor does a quick ultrasound every time, but like, and I mean quick. |
| 1:20.5 | Like he's like, zoom, zoom, heartbeat, great, bite, like, that type of thing. |
| 1:25.0 | But, you know, Unremarkable is good. So, and yeah, so the pregnancy-related thing I |
| 1:33.0 | wanted to talk about this week was that someone saw me and mentioned that I had really popped. |
| 1:40.6 | And which is a thing that people say, right? Mm-hmm. You've popped. |
| 1:44.6 | And for some reason, it made me so uncomfortable and weirded out. |
| 1:51.4 | And after like analyzing it a little, because like it immediately sort of just like took me |
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