Ep. 18: Caffeine During Pregnancy (25 and 29 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2018
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment “What I Googled This Week,” Shanna and Laura admit the pregnancy topics they recently asked the Internet about, including a question about the effects of caffeine consumption during pregnancy, and preparing for an emergency. Also, the Shanna reports on feeling emotional and overwhelmed during the third trimester, and Laura discusses the results of her pregnancy glucose test. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 25 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 29 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 25 of pregnancy
-Week 29 of pregnancy
-Second trimester
-Third trimester
-Pregnancy glucose test
-Gestational diabetes
-Size of 29 week fetus
-Big emotions during pregnancy
-Caffeine during pregnancy
-Emily Oster's book "Expecting Better"
-Home birth
-Stand up comedy
-Pregnancy hip pain
-Difficulty sleeping during third trimester
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.8 | On this week's show, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:08.2 | We have our segment called What I Googled this week, where we both wonder about addiction |
| 0:13.3 | and emergencies, and we check in with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:22.8 | Hey, everybody. |
| 0:24.2 | Here we are, episode 18. |
| 0:27.4 | Episode 18. |
| 0:28.7 | Yay, so cool. |
| 0:30.5 | Let's start off with our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:32.6 | Laura, start it off. |
| 0:34.7 | Yeah, so if you recall from last week, I had gone and done my one-hour glucose test. |
| 0:41.0 | Yeah. And I got my results. Drum roll. I passed. Oh, hall. Hallelujah. I'm so glad. |
| 0:53.2 | And of course, the nurse called and said, okay, you passed your glucose test. |
| 0:56.3 | And I was like, can you tell me the score? |
| 0:59.2 | Because I am like a eternal Lisa Simpson. |
| 1:03.1 | Like I always have to get an A plus. |
| 1:06.2 | And I wanted to know like how well I did on the test, as though it's a test you can study for. |
| 1:11.7 | And so my, they said the cutoff was 140. |
| 1:16.2 | And I've also heard that other doctors will have a cutoff at 120 for the one hour test. |
| 1:21.9 | I don't know. |
| 1:22.9 | Oh. |
| 1:23.4 | But they said their cut off was 140. |
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