Ep. 15: Weird Things People Say When You're Pregnant (22 and 26 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 15 October 2018
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Laura reports on her interview with a doula and how it didn't go as expected, and Shanna talks about the physical challenges of being pregnant, including insomnia and body aches. Also, in the new special segment “They Said What?!” Laura and Shanna share the shocking or ridiculous things people have said to them about pregnancy, including some choice words about breastfeeding, placentas and more! The moms-to-be also reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 22 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 26 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 22 of pregnancy
-Week 26 of pregnancy
-Doulas
-Pregnancy insomnia
-Physical discomfort during pregnancy
-Weird things people say when you're pregnant
-Breastfeeding
-First poop after birth
-Eating your placenta
-Being pregnant at work
-Going to the zoo while pregnant
This episode's full show notes can be found here.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive. |
| 0:05.3 | This week on the show, we've got our weekly check-ins, and we have a new segment called |
| 0:08.6 | They Said What? |
| 0:10.2 | About the weird shit people say to you during pregnancy. |
| 0:14.3 | And then we end the show with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:19.2 | Hey, welcome to episode 15. |
| 0:21.8 | Shana, what's been going on with you this week? |
| 0:23.5 | It's time for our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:25.1 | Okay. |
| 0:25.8 | Well, it's week 26, and I am just a mess. |
| 0:30.7 | I just feel like that is the theme of my week is just, |
| 0:34.9 | if I could put it into a sound. |
| 0:37.3 | Yeah, I can't sleep at night very well. |
| 0:40.4 | I've got insomnia. |
| 0:42.1 | Like my hips and my shoulders hurt really bad when I lay on my side. |
| 0:47.9 | And so I'm like flipping over constantly. |
| 0:50.1 | I'm getting up to go to the bathroom all the time. |
| 0:52.6 | The other night I woke up at like 3 a.m. |
| 0:54.5 | And my whole entire leg was asleep. |
| 0:57.4 | Oh, no. |
| 0:59.0 | My leg is going to fall asleep, but I can't fall asleep. |
| 1:02.2 | It was very uncool. |
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