Shanna and Laura interview nurse midwife and fellow pregnant person Teresa Keirns! Teresa answers some of their burning questions about giving birth as they dive into the topics of delivering babies, pregnancy nausea, c-sections, pooping during childbirth, baby gender vs. sex and more! Also Laura and Shanna both report on how to handle being sick during pregnancy, and Shanna talks about how her pregnancy is really starting to show. Finally, the moms-to-be also reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 17 weeks pregnant, and Shanna is 21 weeks pregnant.

Topics discussed in this episode:

-Week 17 of pregnancy

-Week 21 of pregnancy

-Second trimester

-Being sick during pregnancy

-Having a sinus infection during pregnancy

-Can I take Sudafed while pregnant?

-When does my pregnancy start to show?

-Being in the "cute stage of pregnancy"

-Nurse midwife interview

-Delivering babies

-Placenta previa

-C-section vs. VBAC

-Pooping during childbirth

-Baby sex vs. gender

-Ibuprofen and Tylenol during pregnancy

-Maternity clothes

-Pregnancy insomnia

This episode's full show notes can be found here.

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Big Fat Positive: A Pregnancy and Parenting Journey is produced by Laura Birek, Shanna Micko and Steve Yager.