Ep. 122: Should I Have a VBAC?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
This week, Laura considers having a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), and she reports on her conversation with her OB-GYN about the option. Shanna discusses her toddler’s new favorite vocabulary word and her emerging interest in using the potty. Also, in the segment “What I Googled This Week,” Shanna and Laura reveal the odd, hilarious and possibly embarrassing parenting-related topics they have asked the internet recently, including pressing questions about chicken nuggets, VBACs, vacuuming and more! Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s toddler is 21 months old, and Laura’s toddler is 20 months old. Laura is 21 weeks pregnant.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.4 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:08.1 | We have our special segment, what I Googled this week, where we talk V-backs, chicken nuggets, |
| 0:13.6 | and mind-blowing facts about somersaults. |
| 0:17.0 | We wrap it up with our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:20.2 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:22.6 | Hi, welcome to episode 122. Hello, Laura. Are you there? Are you there? I am still here. |
| 0:29.8 | Yay. How's it going? What's going on this week? So I have a 20- and four week old toddler. |
| 0:39.3 | And with him, I'll just give a quick update on what's going on. |
| 0:44.9 | So it got stupid hot again this week, like into the hundreds, which is so freaking |
| 0:50.2 | annoying. |
| 0:51.5 | And so we had to stay indoors, but that's meant that we've had a little more time |
| 0:56.2 | with potty training indoors. And it's going well. I just, you know, we're chugging along. |
| 1:01.8 | He has started to hold his pee a little bit longer. So that's good. And he starts to pee immediately |
| 1:08.7 | when he gets on the potty, which could lead to some aim issues. |
| 1:13.6 | But he definitely understands that, you know what I mean? |
| 1:18.2 | Like he's connecting you pee when you're on the potty, you know? |
| 1:21.0 | So it's all very encouraging. |
| 1:22.6 | And, you know, we're just moving on with it and still 100% on the poops. |
| 1:26.6 | So going. That's incredible. You know, people keep, my mom keeps being and still 100% on the poops. So going incredible. |
| 1:46.7 | You know, people keep, my mom keeps being like, I can't believe that everyone has problems with the poops. So yeah, I don't know. I can't take credit for it. It's just he's, he's good with his poops, I guess. He's into it. He makes into it. So that's going really well, but we've just kind of had a cooped up week. But I wanted to talk more about my pregnancy this week because I am 21 weeks pregnant. And so I'm officially |
| 1:53.2 | passed halfway. And I had my doctor's appointment, just a regularly scheduled appointment today. |
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