Ep. 5: Will I Love This Baby As Much As My First? (12 and 16 Weeks Pregnant)
Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)
Laura Birek, Shanna Micko
4.7 • 531 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2018
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Laura reports on going to her nuchal translucency (NT) scan and seeing fetal movement during the ultrasound, and Shanna discusses how her pregnant belly “popped” so much earlier than it did in her first pregnancy. In the special segment, “OMG I’m Freaking Out!” the moms-to-be discuss what pregnancy related issues they have been worrying about recently, including revealing pregnancy to employers and whether it's possible to love your second baby as much as the first. Finally, they divulge their highs and lows (BFPs and BFNs) this week. Laura is 12 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 16 weeks pregnant.
Topics discussed in this episode:
-Week 12 of pregnancy
-Week 16 of pregnancy
-Nuchal translucency (NT) scan
-Fetal movement
-Pregnant belly popping
-Telling work about pregnancy
-Will I love my second baby as much as my first?
-Maternity leave
-Pregnancy and pineapple
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:03.2 | If you've got kids around, trying to put on some headphones. |
| 0:08.9 | Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm Shauna. |
| 0:12.7 | And I'm Laura. |
| 0:13.7 | And we are friends and writing partners who are pregnant at the exact same time, |
| 0:17.7 | so we decided to do a podcast about it. |
| 0:19.8 | This week on the show, we have our weekly check-ins, and we have our regular segment, |
| 0:24.2 | Oh my God, I'm freaking out, where we talk about the things that are freaking us out this week |
| 0:28.9 | in pregnancy. |
| 0:29.9 | And then we end with our BFPs and BFNs for the week. |
| 0:35.7 | Hey, guys, welcome. |
| 0:37.5 | Hey, welcome to the show. |
| 0:39.7 | This is exciting. |
| 0:40.7 | We're on our fifth show, Shana. |
| 0:42.2 | All right. |
| 0:43.1 | Oh, my God. |
| 0:43.5 | That means we're just chugging along in these pregnancies of ours. |
| 0:46.4 | Chug-a-chug-a. |
| 0:47.6 | I know. |
| 0:49.1 | She can't stop, won't stop. |
| 0:52.1 | So let's do our check-ins. |
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