Ep. 328 - Should I Do Fertility Testing?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 533 Ratings
🗓️ 14 October 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
In part two of "Checkin' the Inbox," Laura and Shanna answer more listener questions, diving into the topics of fertility tests, baby names, diet culture and more! Also, Shanna talks about her daughter's student council campaign, and Laura reports on her 5-year-old's latest writing achievement. Finally, they share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 5.5 and 8.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 5.5 years old and 3.5 years old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Helping your kid run for student council
-When letters and writing click for your Kindergartener
-How to handle social media when you are pregnant
-Handling grief when you are a parent
-Trying to conceive
-Should I do fertility testing before trying to conceive
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:05.6 | This week we have our weekly check-ins. |
| 0:07.6 | We have our special segment. |
| 0:09.1 | Check in the inbox part two, where we dive into questions you sent us both big and small |
| 0:14.0 | and maybe even pick a listener's baby names. |
| 0:17.5 | And we close with our BFPs and BFNs. |
| 0:19.8 | Let's get started. |
| 0:23.9 | Hi, everyone. welcome to the show. |
| 0:30.7 | This is episode 328 and I'm here with Shana on the line. Hello, Shana. What, what? Hello. |
| 0:35.5 | I don't know where that came from. Hey, at least it wasn't, what's that? |
| 0:37.5 | Uh, yeah, exactly. Hello. Hello, I do want't, what's that? Oh, yes, exactly. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello. |
| 0:41.9 | Hello, I do want to know, what's up? |
| 0:44.8 | And you can't do it with a straight face. |
| 0:46.9 | What is going on in your life, Shonda? |
| 0:53.1 | Get me out of this loop of a terrible joke about a ad that played, what, like 25 years ago. |
| 0:57.6 | Oh, yes, yes. Okay, moving on from that. The big news in our house this week is that Elle has decided to run for student council at school. Ooh, a girl after |
| 1:05.6 | my own heart. This is reminding me of my youth. Shana, were you ever a running for student office type? |
| 1:14.9 | Absolutely. |
| 1:15.8 | I ran every year in high school. |
| 1:18.6 | I don't know that my junior high and elementary had student counseling. |
| 1:24.0 | I don't know. |
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