Ep. 33: Why Do I Want to Eat My Baby?
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In the special segment "Today I Learned," Shanna and Laura discuss fascinating facts they’ve recently learned about pregnancy and parenting, diving into the topic of uterine transplants and answering the question, “why do I want to eat my baby?” Also, Laura gives an update on week one with her newborn and talks about how long feedings take over night, and Shanna talks about the mom guilt she is feeling because of her ongoing difficulty with breastfeeding and her newborn's physical discomfort. Finally, the new moms reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna’s baby is five weeks old, and Laura’s baby is one week old.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-5-week-old baby
-1-week-old baby
-What overnight feedings with a newborn entail
-Managing high blood pressure postpartum
-Difficulty breastfeeding and cutting foods out of your diet when breastfeeding
-Newborn not sleeping well at night
-Trying to use the Windi on your newborn to relieve trapped gas
-Feeling mom guilt
-What to do when your newborn has reflux
-A woman who had a uterus transplant and had a baby
-Cute aggression
-Using lanolin nipple cream
-Getting a SNOO crib for your baby
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive. On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins, our special segment called Today I Learned, and we wrap things up with our BFTs and BFNs. Let's get to it. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone, welcome to the show. Hello. Hello, hello. Hi, Laura. How are you? I'm hanging in there. How about you, Shana? |
| 0:22.5 | Ooh, hoo-hoo-hoo. I am exhausted, but we'll get to me later. Let's start with you. A weekly check-in. How are things? How far postpartum are you? |
| 0:31.9 | So I'm in my second week postpartum. My baby's about to be two weeks old. And yeah, I mean, things are going okay. I have a lot of help. |
| 0:40.2 | My husband is home from work, so that's really great. You know, obviously. How much longer does he have? |
| 0:45.4 | That is a really good question. So it's unclear. It's one of those things where he is, he has a very |
| 0:52.3 | non-traditional job is part of the problem. He's a TV writer. And thankfully, |
| 0:58.4 | right now he's gainfully employed as a TV writer, which means he actually has an overall deal, |
| 1:04.2 | which that's a whole other story. But basically it means he's been hired for two years by ABC |
| 1:09.1 | Studios to be like a writer for ABC Studios. And on top of that, |
| 1:13.9 | they put him, you know, he develops shows and, and, um, writes pilots for them and stuff like that. But he |
| 1:18.8 | also gets staffed on series, right? They can sort of place him on the staff of any series they want, |
| 1:25.3 | more or less, um, to help them fill out their writer's rooms. |
| 1:28.4 | So he started on a new show right before Christmas and then they all went on break. |
| 1:35.0 | And then now he's home with me and the room is starting back up. |
| 1:39.5 | The writer's room is starting back up. |
| 1:40.9 | But he's not in there, obviously, because I need help. And his writing |
| 1:45.6 | partner, he has a writing partner. He does have a writing partner. Yes, and his writing partner's |
| 1:49.4 | in there. And the way writing partnerships work in Hollywood is that they're essentially a two-for-one |
| 1:55.1 | deal. So when you get hired as a writing partner team on a show, you get paid like you're one writer and you |
| 2:02.1 | split the, you split everything, right? So, so in a way, they're still getting their money's |
| 2:08.2 | worth because his writing partner is there, but it's also not really, you know, it's not |
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