True, there are a bunch of medical reasons from medication to insufficient glandular tissue to prior surgery that preclude some women from nursing, but it’s my understanding that the vast majority of women who want to breastfeed and can’t are sabotaged by insufficient leave and jobs that are not pumping-friendly.

Based on people I know who have sought donated breast milk, I’d guess that many of them have premies or babies with digestive problems that make it hard for them to take formula. I would never buy breast milk, but I could understand the impulse to if I couldn’t produce milk and had a baby who was sick or premature or…

I know a lot of awesome women who have donated milk directly to other families in need of milk within their community, which I think is incredibly generous. I can’t at all get behind selling your milk though. It really grosses me out in a way that gifting milk doesn’t.

I’ll tell you what it’s like. I had an abortion at 26 weeks due to severe fetal abnormalities incompatible with life. In my state, abortion is illegal after 24 weeks, so I had to fly across the country to one of three remaining providers. In the eight days between my final counseling session with the geneticist and…

I can't wait to read everyone's adventures! I haven't traveled much since the birth of LittleKrampus and I really miss it.

Yep.

All water on the planet has had shit in it.

Plastic doesn't recycle well. Plastic bottles get "downcycled" and turned into things like fleece and doormats which do not get recycled at the end of their usefulness and end up in landfills. Even more commonly, plastic bottles get shipped to poorer countries or end up on the ocean.

who are these guys who can't/won't eat pussy?! I was with a lot of people before my husband and based on my sample, like 90% of the guys I was with would happily do it. The other 10% were quickly dismissed.

I feel like weed is maybe not on brand for Skinny Girl. Unless she has a new strain known for causing stoners to make diet-friendly snack choices.

In our case, we were both smokers. The day I got a positive pregnancy test I quit smoking and was never tempted to smoke again. He had a much harder time quitting and felt pretty embarrassed about it, which led to the literally unbelievable excuse above. He eventually quit smoking before our son was born.

I don't…

Real conversation from about 4 years ago, between me and my husband who was supposed to have quit smoking:

She's leaning against a wall to do that. It is really not that difficult for anyone who is even in just OK physical shape. If she could do it without leaning against a wall that would actually be impressive.

Also not hard: a handstand against a wall, playing airplane, doing a plank

LOL at crossfit hole. That's what they should be called.

The gym I go to doesn't have special bars for women. They're all 45, so I assumed that bar was.

They're compression socks and supposed to improve performance somehow.

Whyyy did I decide to read this while in the throes of unending pregnancy nausea?

Of course they registered for a book called "The Juicing Bible."