Ep. 13: Do Babies Cry in the Womb? (20 and 24 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment “What I Googled This Week,” Laura and Shanna divulge the embarrassing pregnancy issues they asked the internet about, including questions about indigestion during pregnancy and whether babies cry in the womb. Also Shanna talks about adjusting to her new body and pregnant belly, and Laura reports on her 20-week anatomy scan. The moms-to-be also reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 20 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 24 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 20 of pregnancy
-Week 24 of pregnancy
-Size of your baby bump
-Maternity clothes
-20 week anatomy scan
-Pregnancy ultrasound
-Indigestion, acid reflux, burping during pregnancy
-Do babies cry in the womb?
-Bending over while pregnant
-Mothers as makers of death article
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.2 | I'm Shauna. |
| 0:06.1 | And I'm Laura. |
| 0:07.1 | And we're friends and writing partners, and we discovered we're pregnant at the same time. |
| 0:11.3 | So we started a podcast about it. |
| 0:13.0 | This week we got our weekly check-ins, and then we check Google to find out what's going on with the acoustics in Shauna's uterus. |
| 0:19.2 | And then we close with our weekly BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:22.5 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:25.2 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:26.1 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:27.6 | Hello. |
| 0:28.6 | We are in episode 13, and we are going to start the show. |
| 0:33.4 | Like, we start every show with our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:36.5 | Shauna, what week of pregnancy are you at? And |
| 0:38.5 | what's going on in your life this week? So I'm week 24. This is a crazy. This is just flying by. |
| 0:45.4 | What's going on this week is I feel huge. Like my stomach just feels so big and I can't believe I have three more months to grow. |
| 0:57.3 | I was going to say to go, but I guess also to grow. |
| 1:00.8 | You're growing and going. |
| 1:02.5 | Going. |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.7 | So the reason it struck me is that I went shopping the other day at Marshalls for some just maternity dresses or whatever because it's been hot and I don't want to wear pants. |
| 1:15.7 | And so I saw myself in a full length mirror for the first time in a while because the one we have at home broke. |
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