It’s less than 24 hours ‘til Laura’s c-section, and she talks about what she’s been up to in the last days and hours before her delivery, and Shanna reports on her latest attempts to get her newborn to gain weight, including a new galactagogue and a helpful support group. In this week’s special segment, "They Said What?!," Shanna and Laura flip the script on the segment's regular format to share the best parenting and pregnancy advice they’ve received, diving into the topics of Janet Lansbury, respectful parenting, nursing bras and more! Finally, they reveal their BFPs and BFNs for the week. Laura is 38 weeks pregnant, Shanna is three weeks postpartum, and her baby is three weeks old.

Topics discussed in this episode:

-Week 38 of pregnancy

-3 weeks postpartum

-3-week-old baby

-24 hours before giving birth

-Making a baby quilt

-Experiencing a newborn poop explosion

-Using galactagogues to increase breastmilk

-Taking Reglan to increase milk supply

-Going to a breastfeeding support group

-Weighing your baby before and after breastfeeding

-Figuring out your parenting philosophy

-Reading the book Elevating Childcare by Janet Lansbury

-RIE parenting, respectful parenting, gentle parenting

-Nursing bras

-Doing kegals

-Christmas

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

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