Ep. 368: Cosmic Baby Training

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Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey

Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

429 episodes

1 day ago

What if you and your best friend were pregnant at the same time? That's what happened to us!

Big Fat Positive is a smart and funny podcast about two best friends who found out they were pregnant at the same time. The show follows the moms-to-be on their journey through pregnancy and into new motherhood, week by week. With weekly check-ins, special guests and segments such as "OMG I’m Freaking Out," hosts Shanna Micko & Laura Birek recount the often hilarious and always honest highs and lows of being a pregnant woman and new mom.

Episodes 1 to 32 deal with pregnancy. Episode 33 and on deal with new parenthood. Tune in wherever you are on your journey!

New episodes are released every Monday.

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What if you and your best friend were pregnant at the same time? That's what happened to us!

Episodes 1 to 32 deal with pregnancy. Episode 33 and on deal with new parenthood. Tune in wherever you are on your journey!

New episodes are released every Monday.

Parenting

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Ep. 368: Cosmic Baby Training

Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey

43 minutes 28 seconds

4 months ago

Ep. 368: Cosmic Baby Training

In the special segment "Today I Learned," Laura and Shanna discuss the intriguing things they have learned recently related to the world of parenting, including a mind-blowing fact about fetal DNA and the "otherworldly" origins of a popular personality assessment. Also, Shanna talks about her quest to celebrate her birthday while managing a migraine, and Laura reports on juggling work deadlines and child care during her 6-year-old's summer break. Finally, the moms share their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Shanna's kids are 6.5 and 9 years old, and Laura’s kids are 6 years old and 4 years old. Topics discussed in this episode: -How to treat yourself on your birthday when you are a mom and have a migraine -Balancing work deadlines and parenting when you don't have child care -Does fetal DNA remain in a birth mom's bloodstream? -How do fetal stem cells in a birth mom's bloodstream benefit the mother? -What is the Cosmic Laboratory of Baby Training? -One of Shanna's new favorite picture books for kids -A thought-provoking idea that Laura came across in a fellow mom's Substack Products, links, and resources mentioned in this episode: -Burke Williams Day Spa -Non-Invasive Prenatal Test (NIPT) -The Cosmic Laboratory for Baby Training -Myers-Briggs Type Indicator -"The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing" by Merve Emre -Maintenance Phase podcast's episode on the Myers-Briggs Personality Test -"Buffalo Fluffalo" by Bess Kalb and Erin Kraan -Bess Kalb's Substack - "The Grudge Report" -Kira Cook's Substack - "The Way We Weren't" Past BFP episodes mentioned in this episode: -Ep. 367 (For Shanna's mammogram/breast biopsy check-in) This episode's full show notes can be found here. Want to get in touch with Shanna and Laura? Send us an email and follow us on social! Instagram, Facebook or TikTok at @bfppodcast Join our Facebook community group for support and camaraderie on your parenting journey. Visit our website! Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.