Ep. 24: Shocking Facts About Pregnancy and Newborns (31 and 35 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment “Stump the Preggo,” Shanna and Laura duel it out in a shocking and hilarious round of the pregnancy trivia game, diving into the topics of popular baby names, strange facts about newborns, the most babies born to one woman and more. Also, Shanna reports on how her third-trimester pregnancy cravings have gotten more intense, and Laura talks about the stress of meeting work deadlines while in the third trimester. Finally, the moms-to-be reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 31 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 35 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 31 of pregnancy
-Week 35 of pregnancy
-Having strong sugar cravings in the third trimester
-Working while pregnant
-Finding out your baby is breech
-Popular baby names
-Newborns are born without which body part?
-Odd ways that animals nurse their young
-The heaviest baby ever born
-The most number of babies a woman has birthed in her lifetime
-The number of babies born around the world per minute
-Getting a new driver's license picture while pregnant
-Pubic symphysis pain in pregnancy
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive. |
| 0:04.3 | This week we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:06.3 | We have our special segment, Stump the Prego, where we can see can Laura take the lead over Shana in our ongoing trivia battle? |
| 0:14.0 | And we have our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:16.7 | Let's get to it. |
| 0:19.9 | Hi, welcome to the show, everyone. |
| 0:22.0 | This is episode 24. |
| 0:24.7 | Hi. |
| 0:25.7 | And we're going to get right to it. |
| 0:27.3 | Let's do our weekly check-in. |
| 0:28.2 | Shana, where are you at this week? |
| 0:29.7 | What are you doing? |
| 0:30.5 | I am week 35. |
| 0:32.2 | Ah! |
| 0:32.8 | And I don't know if anyone remembers last week. |
| 0:36.4 | I mentioned my husband went out and got me some fix-ins for ice cream Sundays. |
| 0:41.4 | Yes. |
| 0:42.3 | That craving has intensified dramatically. |
| 0:46.5 | I'm at home because I'm working from home. |
| 0:49.4 | I'm literally eating two ice cream Sundays a day. |
| 0:53.0 | And usually the first one is at like 10 a.m. It's like second breakfast. I'm just like there's just something magnetic about the freezer. I'm just like a zombie walking to it, opening it, taking out cookies and cream ice cream. And I'm, I, my sugar cravings are through the roof. It's like the only thing I want to eat is sugar. And especially these Sundays. It's, it's wild. The other one is |
| 1:11.7 | like at night, like right before bed. Sounds like you're living your best life to me. Call Oprah. |
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