It may not be confirmed in studies, but anecdotally I definitely have suffered, both pre and post natal. It’s general absent-mindedness mixed with slight memory loss. I’m 28 weeks with #2 and I have forgotten entire conversations. Yesterday, I poured the cat’s breakfast into my cereal bowl. My boss has a great story…

I only told people who asked about the rough parts of my childbirth. Most of my friends were also good about keeping quiet. And I only work with one woman who had given birth but we’re quite close and already talk about everything.

You are lucky you could hide it. With baby #1 my morning sickness was Siri bad I had to announce early because they thought I was dying of some mystery illness. This time I got the better drugs right away but I showed early so I only make it to 13 weeks before they all knew.

You are not alone. I’m 28 weeks and I’ve only told family and friends I see in person. I think I’ve passed the point of no return now regarding posting about it on social media. We don’t post pictures of our toddler either.

I have given my husband many many pitying looks. He does all his own laundry but I do the linens and just make him feel guilty.

You should definitely let her live on campus and I recommend a dorm situation over apartments. It’s just too difficult to navigate your freshman year and also have to worry about cooking your own food. The dorm cafeteria isn’t the best food in the world but it’s SO much more convenient. Plus, the communal dorm…

I think I was lucky that we had some assistance at work with our 401K in terms of how to choose funds and percentages based on our age and risk tolerance. But I wasn’t raised in an environment of savings or particularly retirement savings because all of my relatives are teachers and government employees that will…

You don’t have to wait five years to withdraw contributions penalty and tax free, just earnings. And those earnings may be penalty free depending on their use but that IS after five years.

I just want to wrench the phone out of my husband’s hands sometimes. I admit, I look at mine too, but on the two days he picks up our 18 month old from daycare she’s usually watching Bubble Guppies and he’s playing on his phone and dirty dishes sitting on the counter. He doesn’t cook them dinner so much as he heats up…

This woman does that too. But it’s a work league so I don’t feel bad about it.

Growing up lower middle class, I get a lot of this. I’m still cheap (though I prefer frugal) and I scour ads and coupons to get the best deal and stock up at the right time. I buy consignment clothes and craigslist furniture and we haven’t gone on vacation (other than to see family) in years despite having the funds…

I got a job doing it in the late 1990s while a college student in Los Angeles. Lots of Beverly Hills type students that needed both test prep and college application help. I wish I’d made $150/hour though. I was lucky to get $30 and that didn’t include my travel time to their houses in LA traffic.

I know, it’s super confusing. Some “Tech” schools are state schools (public universities partially funded by the state) and some of them are private institutions (Cal Tech and MIT are two examples) that get no funding from their state.

10 or 20 years earlier that girl would’ve gotten in too. I went to ‘SC in the late 90s and those girls were there but they stayed on the Row and definitely weren’t in my engineering classes. There’s a distinct line between the rich enough to afford it and the poor enough to get good scholarships and financial aid. I…

It’s also because the republicans threw money in key state legislature races and controlled the post-2010 gerrymandering to ensure their future majorities. There was an author talking about it on Fresh Air recently.

I’m so glad to live in an asphalt jungle with little mosquito problem. But I still freak out a bit and I’m practically in my third trimester.

Came here to say the same thing but you were much more comprehensive. Big fan of the jockey slip shorts.

Definitely something I plan to look into in the future. Luckily, between two pregnancies, breastfeeding, and hormone treatment for endometriosis before I was able to great pregnant with #1, I’ve only had six periods since March 2013 and probably won’t have another one until July 2017. I don’t want to end up like my…

Definitely something I plan to look into in the future. Luckily, between two pregnancies, breastfeeding, and hormone…

If only Sophia could truly hold her attention; for me it’s Bubble Guppies or nothing. I know we should be limiting (or eliminating) screen time under two years, but darn it I have to shower and make dinner sometimes.

It could have been worse, you could have been in the rural Boehner-land an hour north of Cincinnati in the 90s. I also ran far far away, southern California is much better.