Well, to split hairs, OBs recommend waiting for active labor because they don't want to admit you to the L&D ward yet (need to rule out prodromal/ "false" labor). Once you're officially admitted to the hospital (and committed to labor), they're all about the epidural.

Yes, that's how most labors go.

Not common at all.

Not everyone can (medically), but most can.

The Wikipedia article you linked to is excellent, thank you. Some of the references for the risks listed, though, are not great articles, especially the one regarding delayed breastfeeding. Risk of inadequate analagesia, also, is far less than 20-20% percent.

Once the spray tan starts to pool on the skin that means it won't dissolve anymore and it's time to stop.

I'm not sure how many of these are doctors and nurses, hopefully not too many, but certainly this Sakiliba Mines and Jason Burke are doing the medical profession a big disservice, not to mention all the patients they're cheating out of real therapy.

Well, I imagined both the intact golem as well as the smell of burning Reagan jizz, and felt a bit queasy. But I've also heard about a guy who chopped his own leg off when it became gangrenous due to an infected diabetic ulcer. Toss up.

I swear I can barely wrap my right hand around it!

That is one of the grosser things I've heard today.

Anesthesiologist and intensivist, yep.

Wednesday Addams, on the other hand, can stare at me blankly any day.

Probably, but always seemed like a cokehead to me

Cancer. Cancer. First and second guesses for a first-time seizure in a 74 yr old. If so, she had a head CT followed by MRI, followed by neurosurgery and/or radiation therapy, plus a full oncologic workup (scans to look for primary tumor if she had a brain met). Still, 3 wks is long, even for all that. Maybe she…

Yeah, true. Sorry about the breakup. But truly, give it a bit more time, esp. if you 'recently' broke up. 36 is not old (my wife is 37!), and I see women delivering babies well into their 40s....just get to work on the online dating!

Consider freezing your eggs? Not sure re: cost, etc, but you didn't mention it as an option so just throwing it out there. May take some time pressure off...

The vaccine shouldn't be an option. It should be mandatory on public health grounds, just like the flu shot should be every fall.

Again, I say, wear gloves.

The look of a man who has missed too many doses of Haldol.

It's called having a "Birth Plan". Which is nicely and appropriately spoofed here: