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Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Ep. 397: Old-School Pregnancy Tests

Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Parenting, Comedy, Kids & Family

4.7 • 531 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In the special segment “Stump the Moms,” Laura and Shanna quiz each other about old-school pregnancy tests, the shocking resale value of kids' toys, the cost of giving birth in the 1950s and more! Also, Laura reports on the sweet relief of her kids returning to school after winter break and her 4-year-old getting his first eye exam, and Shanna talks about the surprising result of sending her kids to a week-long "field trip" camp. Finally, they wrap up with their weekly BFPs and BFNs, including a toy that will excite your kids for bath time and a sweet local event that will inspire you to check the activity calendar at your local library. Shanna’s kids are 7 and 9.5 years old, and Laura’s kids are 7 years old and 4.5 years old.


Topics discussed in this episode:

  • Returning to school after a long winter break
  • What to do with your kids during an extended winter break
  • How long, busy days outside of the house affect your child's mood and regulation
  • How much did it cost to have a baby in the 1950s
  • Why are some LEGO sets so expensive?
  • What was the first pregnancy test like?
  • What kids' toy was originally created for adults?
  • How many LEGO bricks are there in the world?
  • A fun bath toy for kids that Laura loves
  • A fun, local, free activity that Shanna took her kids to


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura.

0:05.2

On this week's episode, we have our weekly check-ins.

0:07.4

We have our special segment, Stump the Mom, where we learn some shocking things about pregnancy tests and kids' toys, and we wrap it up with our weekly BFPs and BFNs.

0:17.3

Let's get started.

0:19.9

Hello, everyone. Welcome to episode 397. Hi, Laura. Hi, Shauna. I'm well. I'm ready to do my check-in.

0:28.9

Oh, good, because that's what I was going to ask you to do. Great. As usual. Yeah, what's going on in your

0:34.9

world. So the kids are back in school this week, which is a very nice change, I have to say.

0:41.7

Well, Augie, he had Monday and Tuesday off, but he went back Wednesday.

0:44.8

So by the end of the week, both of them were back in school.

0:47.4

Nice.

0:48.2

We've had a little bit of time to get back into a normal schedule, and the kids did not like that. The kids did not want to go back to a regular schedule, but they did.

1:00.2

The transition is hard back from these breaks. Super hard. Augie, for the first time, since he's been to his new school, has really started saying things like, I don't want to go to school. I don't have any friends. And, you know, like all this stuff that really is pulling at my heartstrings. And when I pick him up at the end of the day, he's fine. So, like, I'm not too worried about it. You know, like, I'm not like really fretting so much about it. But it does, you know, it's just like, it just makes it extra hard

1:29.5

to get ready in the morning, you know?

1:31.3

For sure.

1:31.8

It's 7.15 and you're arguing with your just turned seven-year-old, you know, about how he has

1:38.2

no friends, but he still has to go to school, you know, like, well, you have one friend.

1:43.0

It's like so sad.

1:45.2

But other than that, it's been a pretty good week back.

1:48.0

One change is that we found out over the break that there was an opening in the aftercare

1:54.7

program at Augie's school.

1:56.4

Oh, nice.

1:57.5

Yeah, and we had to make a decision whether we were going to do full aftercare or something

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