@nex0s: Thank you. I am very anti pseudo-science, but in this area, people who do home births are supported by science. No, not if you are a high risk, no, not if you have no back up plan, but in your case, it was clearly the best decision for you and that doesn't make you a crazy granola eating alterna-nut.

@Gemoftheday: No, they compared those women to low-risk women giving birth in a hospital.

@bluebears: I'm most bothered by the high c-section rate. And please don't think I am not pro-science, and pro-modern medicine. Get vaccinated and drink your pasteurized milk, it will keep you from dying. I just think that generally, in this area, hospitals do more harm than good when they drug women and push…

@bluebears: No, I think the current process of hospital birth (not doctors themselves) is disturbing. I mean, the old process was as well, but currently I think birth has become a business and that women suffer. From the medications used to the rate of c-sections, to the lack of doctor patient relationship, our…

@Gemoftheday: I'm not trying to say that hospital births are bad, but that there is a lot of information missing form the process. A study recently came out that said the health outcome is equal in a home birth as in a hospital birth, however, there is a far greater occurrence of complications and interventionist…

@dammit.girl: I should have been more clear, the mainstream process of giving birth, which is in a hospital.

@bluebears: To begin with America's rate of C-sections was 31.8% in 2007 (a normal/healthy number should be around 5 to 10%). Basically hospitals are pushing woman who don't need C-sections to get them to make up time and money. There is also a greater emphasis placed on the health of the baby, but at the expense of…

I have a good friend who is a midwife and when we were discussing the risks of home birth she explained how she does an incredibly thorough analysis of a candidates background, and will turn the woman down if she sees any potential for complications. She also always notifies a hospital or doctor that mother will be…

@JinxyMcDeath: My mother in law. She TiVo's episodes when she knows we're coming to town so we can watch it. 'Cause we like comedies, see?!

@lolita7b3: Everything.

@mosaiclobster: I had them for... ugh, months, maybe a year? They bite you at night but their saliva has an numbing agent in it so you can't feel it. Then the next day (if your me) you have terrible itchy bites all over, or (if your my husband) the bites aren't that bad at all.

@fridaphile is tequila's momma: Also: DON'T MOVE TO THE COUCH. Bedbugs will follow wherever the food source is and instead of tricking them you will ensure your living room gets an infestation as well.

@elliotellsworth: I think it's because they took away her hips, which, dear London Fog, are half of the famous hourglass equation. It's confusing.

I'm sure there have been a lot of bad things in my life, but thinking back, I'm pretty sure bedbugs are the worst thing that has ever happened to me. We could not get rid of them. For MONTHS I didn't sleep through the night. I was constantly itching and feeling covered in insects at all times (brain insects, I only…

When I first saw this photo I thought it looked really...stupid. Her boobs look HUGE, and, yes, they are large, but they look right on her frame. Like this she looks porny.

@Ack: I understand that as a parent it would be scary, but I think the situations where the girl "simply doesn't want her parents to know out of shame or whatever" are as important as an abuse situation. When a teen is in it, something that might seem unimportant (in the grand scheme) like a loss of trust or feeling…

Tip number 2: Stand up straight! Good posture can make you look up to 10 pounds lighter!

Mr. Frost and I were JUST TALKING about this. Getting pregnant has always been an incredibly charged and political exercise. His mother loves to tell us how when she had him all the experts said to use formula and not breast feed, and of course all the experts disagree now. We also watched The Business of Being Born…

@dnarcidy: But there is no difference between killing a mouse and a cat, except that we place a personal value on cats. People kill raccoons or badgers which probably have the same intelligence level as cats, but are not domesticated. I would be horrified by people killing cats but that's because our culture keeps…

@dnarcidy: Basically what Katxyz said. The argument that one is different than the other seems pretty lame to me. Either killing animal s is unethical or it isn't. Either torturing animals is unethical or it isn't. My friend's cat routinely walks into walls and is about the stupidest animal I've ever seen but I…