Hi, welcome to Big Fat Positive with Shauna and Laura. I'm Shauna. And I'm Laura. And we're

friends and writing partners who happen to be pregnant at the same time, so we started a podcast

about it. This week on our weekly check-ins, we discover Shauna is halfway through. We delve into our

very first big topic. And then we do our BFPs and BFNs for the week.

Hey everybody. Welcome to episode nine. Let's get started with our check-ins. Laura, where are you

this week? And what's going on? I am in week 16. It just seems like it's just really moving along

really fast. Yeah. And yeah, this week is fairly unremarkable from a pregnancy standpoint.

From a personal standpoint, I know that we had talked about in a previous episode, my friend,

who had died about a month ago.

And his memorial was actually this week.

So that was really, you know, it was a emotionally difficult time, but also a really nice time because a lot of our friends came in from out of town.

So I got to see some friends from New York and New Orleans and all these friends who haven't seen in a really long time.

And we never all get to hang out together.

All, you know, I think there were a good, good core group of six of us who all were hanging out.

And we had dinner, you know, two nights in a row.

And basically just spend all, we spent the whole weekend together two straight days.

And then, you know,

went to the memorial and the memorial was beautiful. And so it was a, you know, it was a really sad time, but also a really special time to see our friends and try to remind ourselves that

we should see each other more, you know, not just when there's a tragedy to bring us together.

And most of my friends are moms at this point.

So we got to all, you know, exchange tips and stuff.

And I got some, I got some really, I don't know if it was helpful or terrifying tips about childbirth.

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