Spooky Birth Lore and a Terrible PMS Cure - Ep. 434

Podcast: Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP) · Laura Birek, Shanna Micko

Opublikowano: 2026-10-26

In this week’s “Today I Learned” segment, Laura explains what an en caul birth is and the centuries of strange folklore that grew around it, and Shanna digs up an 1890s doctor whose cure for period cramps involved an entirely unrelated body part. Also, Shanna attempts her first low-key Halloween in years, while Laura takes two kids who claim to love horror into two different Halloween stores. They also share this week’s BFPs and BFNs. Kids' ages: Shanna's kids are 7.5 and 10.5 years old, and Laura's kids are 7.5 and 5.5 years old. <...