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Laura Birek

Los Angeles
As seen in: Big Fat Positive: Pregnancy and Parenting (BFP), HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith, Flipboard, Shondaland, Oprah Daily, Anchor.fm
Writing and knitting podcasting. Co-host of the weekly pregnancy and parenting show @BFPpodcast
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By Virginia Sole-Smith, Laura Birek
| Burnt Toast by Virginia Sole-Smith
I’m years past potty training (thank God!!), but I honestly remember the pain of it better than childbirth. This can be such a very fraught parenting milestone. And as with all things parenting: That means we encounter a ton of societal expectations and pressures around how to get potty training right, which makes it all even harder. My guest is Laura Birek, co-author of Good to Go: A Fresh Take on Potty Training for Today’s Intentional Parent.
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Triggered: ‘House Of The Dragon’ Criticised For Lack Of Warning Ahead Of Birthing Scene In Debut Episode

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By Laura Birek
| Flipboard
2 hours ago The House Of The Dragon actors played a game of Knowing Me, Knowing You with ELLE UK about their co-stars. House Of The Dragon has finally hit our TV screens after what can only be described as an agonising wait since we first heard whispers of the show back in 2020. Fans of the Game of Thrones …
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‘House of the Dragon’ Needs a Content Warning for Obstetric Violence

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By Laura Birek
| Shondaland Verified
I felt my body starting to shake and tears welling up. “I don’t want to watch this,” I squeaked out to my husband. “Turn it off.” As he fumbled to pull up the remote on his phone, I urged, “You need to turn it off NOW.” After a long weekend of parenting, we had just gotten our preschooler and toddler to bed and were settled in to watch the much-anticipated premiere of the new Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon, on Sunday.
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