Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP)

Thanks as always for an awesome pod. Since having kids, you’re the only pod I keep up with regularly and are truly an immense virtual support for surviving the BFNs of working mom life and remembering to celebrate the BFPs along the way. Since pregnancy #1 in 2020, I’ve listened to every episode at least twice (restarted when expecting baby #2 in 2022). I’m a business coach and I feel like you’re my mom coaches—and you’re amazing at it. Keep being you! Thanks, Merrill

I love this podcast! Laura and Shanna strike the perfect balance of encouragement, commiseration, practical advice, and laughter that we all need to manage the chaotic and rewarding challenge of parenthood. I have been listening since TTC with my first (turning 3!), and I have another newborn now. I love jumping back to old episodes that match my kids’ ages, and still listen to new ones each week. It feels like catching up with girlfriends. Hoping they keep this up until their kids leave the nest!

I discovered BFP in 2019 when I was pregnant with my first child. I was searching for week-by-week, “tell me what I need to know about what’s happening in my body” content — and from the very first episode, I fell in love. BFP struck the most perfect balance: Oh my God, look at the miracle of life brewing inside of me — and also, What the hell is happening to my body and why is this so uncomfortable? It honored both the awe and the absurdity of pregnancy. From the beginning, Shanna and Laura were completely honest. Belching? Yes. Pain? Yes. Postpartum depression and anxiety? Yes. Loving our children so immensely it cracks your heart wide open? Absolutely yes. Nothing was too awkward, too vulnerable, or too real to talk about — and that honesty felt like a lifeline. Beyond the heart and humor, the podcast is incredibly informative. Hearing the experiences of moms who are just a few years ahead of me has been invaluable. It’s like having wise, funny, compassionate friends gently shining a light on what’s coming next. Their insights have helped me feel more prepared, more grounded, and more confident at every stage. I kept listening after my first baby was born — she’s now three — and all the way through my second pregnancy. Now I’m in the six-month-old stage again, and I’m still tuning in every week. In so many ways, this podcast has been the soundtrack to my entire journey into motherhood. It has grown with me. It steadied me during the unknowns of first-time pregnancy, kept me company during newborn days, and continues to make me feel seen as a mom of two. Congratulations to Shanna and Laura on their 400th episode — what an incredible milestone. Thank you for 400 episodes of honesty, laughter, vulnerability, and wisdom. I’m so grateful I found you back in 2019… and so grateful I’m still listening today. 💛

This is by far my favorite podcast. Shanna and Laura are funny, witty, respectful, kind and empathetic. Started listening while pregnant with my first child in 2020 and they were a constant and needed companion in those lonely days of isolation and postpartum. Started listening again while pregnant with twins in 2023. I now listen weekly every Monday. Their generosity to share their parenting experience has impacted my parenting journey more than they will ever know. So thank you girls for your kindness and your support of strangers. Congrats on almost 400 episodes, I hope to hear weekly for many many more years to come. 💕