Yup. I love how in the rush to defend spurious claims made by the husband of a woman who was clearly seriously ill and should not be traveling, so many on here are ready to shit on Hungarian doctors and/or medical system and explain why she wouldn't get care in Germany because, you know, Germans be nazing. A pregnant…

I come from a country where women either waited or married the first man, because they thought they should. Nope, it doesn't make women happier.

I was planning on bringing up my four-day labour for birthdays and all major holidays, but yeah, I guess I could muster up the energy for a guilt trip about picking up his shit.

To be fair, no doctor has ever said that to me. But for most of my 20's I went to a university clinic where they knew I was doing a PhD, so they probably thought it was unlikely. My doctor just asked me over and over again what field I was in, what my diss was on. But it seems to be a big complaint on Jezebel.

Although, all that said, let me add: the headline to this post is ridiculous, but so is the whole post. Why would I want to be like Beyonce? She's a talented successful woman, fine, but I don't want to be her. And how can I even tell that the baby is "a little princess" (as if that were a good thing) or at all…

I've always thought the expectation ridiculous that mothers, or parents in general, feel absolutely great about their kids all the time. I imagine adopting makes that a million times worse, since you've gone through such efforts to get the kids. I know from quite recent/current experience that it's awful to have…

I think that's very often true, though when it comes to women — I'm like a broken record on this — there's no easy way. I think women are basically judged to be selfish whenever they make any kind of decision that is not utterly self-sacrificing. You don't want to have kids because you don't feel like it, or don't…

Well, let me ask you this: if you were among a group of women who weren't your close friends, say, at work or at a conference or in some public space, would you go ahead and express your genuine thought and feeling that women who have kids are "dairy animals"? I can see two options.

The "I'm so getting my tubes tied for Christmas!"-type comments are thoughtless. The internets is the internets, and the standard for self-expression are pretty low, and that's fine the way it is. But it does sound like something a woman in her early 20's would say. Not because of the decision itself, but because once…

Hmmm.... frankly, and this is my post-birth realization, I don't think there *is* any way of navigating being a woman. I think all the options are shitty. Well, let me rephrase that. I think there are a few women who know what they want in terms of kids, who are right about what they think they want, who do what they…

Right on, sister.

I think you're right. I just read the comment more generously that some people on here because it seemed to come from such a place of hurt. You're absolutely right that, upwards of 35, you might not have had a kid anyway. And yet I think if I were facing the prospect of a hysterectomy, even if I 100% did not intend to…

My my, it seems to be raining inside my apartment.

The hype is due to them looking like you, but a million times cuter. Also, they smell better than dogs. And eventually, you stop having to pick up their shit.

My son is 8 months old and has a lot in common with a puppy. He's basically the puppy I never had. He follows me from room to room on all fours, usually carrying some kind of ring or toy in his mouth. I think if he had a tail he'd wag it.

I'm really sorry. I can't imagine how brutal that is — not only knowing the options taken away from you, but what you're about to go through physically, hormonally, all of it. I spent about half a decade thinking I wouldn't be able to carry a child to term (due to cervical stuff), and even though I tried to come to…

Me too. This is the kind of horror that women have had to suffer so often in the past, but it is unacceptable today, especially in any country purporting to be developed. It's enough of a tragedy when women's lives are lost because a country is too poor to offer them decent health care. But when a woman is sacrificed…

Um.... the extreme version is the kids will never be independent. Mom will be emailing their college professors (i.e., me) to explain that baby is having trouble getting the assignments done and could we work something out. Example from real life.