Ep. 31: Figuring Out Your Parenting Philosophy (38 Weeks Pregnant and 3 Weeks Postpartum)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
It’s less than 24 hours ‘til Laura’s c-section, and she talks about what she’s been up to in the last days and hours before her delivery, and Shanna reports on her latest attempts to get her newborn to gain weight, including a new galactagogue and a helpful support group. In this week’s special segment, "They Said What?!," Shanna and Laura flip the script on the segment's regular format to share the best parenting and pregnancy advice they’ve received, diving into the topics of Janet Lansbury, respectful parenting, nursing bras and more! Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 38 weeks pregnant, Shanna is three weeks postpartum, and her baby is three weeks old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 38 of pregnancy
-3 weeks postpartum
-3-week-old baby
-24 hours before giving birth
-Making a baby quilt
-Experiencing a newborn poop explosion
-Using galactagogues to increase breastmilk
-Taking Reglan to increase milk supply
-Going to a breastfeeding support group
-Weighing your baby before and after breastfeeding
-Figuring out your parenting philosophy
-Reading the book Elevating Childcare by Janet Lansbury
-RIE parenting, respectful parenting, gentle parenting
-Nursing bras
-Doing kegals
-Christmas
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Cat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.1 | On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.6 | We have our special segment, and they said, what? |
| 0:09.5 | Where we flip things on their head this week. |
| 0:11.4 | And we wrap it up with our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:14.2 | Let's get started. |
| 0:17.8 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:18.7 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:19.9 | Hi, Laura. |
| 0:21.0 | Hello, Shana. |
| 0:22.5 | Hi. I think I need to mention that I am currently nursing a three-week-old. |
| 0:27.7 | So you may hear some gurgles. |
| 0:29.9 | Hi, honey. |
| 0:32.5 | But she really wanted to be part of the episode, so I couldn't leave her out. |
| 0:36.8 | We have a third host. That's right. |
| 0:39.6 | Anyways, while she gets her nutrition, Laura, why don't you fill us in on where you are this week? |
| 0:45.2 | Well, I, it's a big week, Shana. Oh, why? Well, I'm 38 weeks and I'm having a baby tomorrow. |
| 0:53.8 | Oh my God, I can't believe it's tomorrow. It's like less than, |
| 0:57.4 | well, I don't know what time is your appointment? Um, 9.30 in the morning, unless they call and change it |
| 1:02.2 | tonight, which they said might happen. Oh my gosh. That's so soon. So like less than 24 hours |
| 1:08.8 | from now. Ah, when you say it like that. Oh, God. Oh, my God. What's your check-in time? Two hours before that. So 7.30 in the morning. Okay. That's good because then you have less time that you can't eat. Mine was like at noon, so I was starving. Yes. Well, my doctor really wanted to get me the 730 surgery appointment, but apparently |
| 1:29.5 | it was already booked, so I couldn't quite get it. But yeah, 930 is okay. I think I might, you know, |
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