Ep. 29: Pregnancy Isn't All Wonderful (36 Weeks Pregnant and 1 Week Postpartum)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2019
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Laura reports on the status of her breech baby, and Shanna discusses being on an emotional roller coast postpartum and talks about her newborn’s struggle to gain weight. In the segment “They Said What?!”, Shanna and Laura talk about what shocking and frustrating things people have said to them recently about pregnancy and breastfeeding, including questions about breastfeeding and more. Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 36 weeks pregnant, Shanna is 1 week postpartum, and Shanna's newborn baby is one week old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 36 of pregnancy
-Postpartum 1 week
-1-week-old baby
-Incontinence in pregnancy
-Hormonal emotional swings postpartum
-Newborn losing weight and not gaining weight
-Difficulty breastfeeding a newborn
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:04.4 | This week we've got our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:06.5 | We have our special segment called They Said What? |
| 0:10.0 | And we wrap up with our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:12.9 | Let's get started. |
| 0:14.1 | Hi, everybody. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome to episode 29. |
| 0:18.1 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:19.1 | Hello, hello. Let's start off with our weekly check-ins. Laura, everyone. Hello, hello. |
| 0:23.4 | Let's start off with our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:24.7 | Laura, where are you? |
| 0:28.4 | I am at 36 weeks. |
| 0:30.1 | Holy smokes. |
| 0:31.5 | Yes, indeed. |
| 0:33.9 | This is the real home stretch. |
| 0:42.7 | I feel like stretch is the like key word in my stomach right now. Oh, yeah. Oh, it is tight. |
| 0:48.1 | And yeah, and so yeah, what's my check in? I got sick. I mentioned last week that I was starting to get sick. Well, I got full-blown sick. You can probably still hear it in my voice. And let me tell you, |
| 0:53.3 | being sick and pregnant at the same time, being sick in 36 weeks pregnant at the same time is not fun. |
| 1:00.8 | Not fun. |
| 1:01.4 | No. |
| 1:02.1 | It's the most uncool thing I can think of. |
| 1:05.4 | And the thing that really sucks is the coughing. |
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