The irritating thing is that detection of abnormalities is one of the main reasons for getting ultrasounds. So unless this woman decided to have no scans for the duration of her pregnancy she is basically a hypocrite.

I used to have cassette tapes with the first 3 or four of his major standup shows on them. Including this one. I used to listen to them in the car on long journeys, I was probably a hazard I used to laugh so much.

It's 25 in England, 20 in Scotland, 3 yearly.

Never co-sleeping on a couch is one of the main bits of advice given out by advocates of co-sleeping for this very reason. It is a very well establish risk for neonatal death.

Yes, and I love that she was completely unfront about it at the time and completely poked fun at it.

I watched it a few weeks ago, I grew up in Aberdeen and my aunt and uncle live not far from the site. The relentless, illegal harrassment that those residents have gone through is shocking.

And thank you from the other side of the Atlantic. You 'mericans did good

Except she isn't without action and agency.

Me too, I hadn't heard any of these rumours, just always thought he was creepy and unpleasant. I turned to my husband and said 'why is it I am not surprised by this?'

Have you had hormonal profiles done? Doctors usually advise waiting at least 3 months after coming off hormonal contraception for the blood tests to be accurate (even though the drug leaves your system straight away.) So you would be about there now. I would never rely on 'pretty much' if you are not ready for…

I have one and LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Am definately planning to get another when this one is up next year. The thought of going back to regular periods is yeuch...

This is a hugely common fear, I blame the sitcoms that have to have at least one couple with fertility problems, which is great for awareness, but has led to a huge cohort of young women believing they will be infertile.

Yes, all types of hormonal birth control have the aim of letting you have full sex, whenever you want while greatly reducing the risk of pregnancy. As others have pointed out, they don't protect against STIs.

I used the handmaid's tale for my Higher English 'review of personal reading' - basically a super extended book report for my final english exam before going to university. I picked it up as I was a sci-fi/fantasy fan, creeped the hell out of my teachers.

Sorry but this is not true, medical abortions are the method of choice here in the UK for those over 14 weeks, surgical termination is only offered to those between about 9-14 weeks (I am not at work, so I can't check the information leaflet we give to women we are referring to the clinic, but it's about those…

Nope, here in the UK a medical abortion will be the proceedure of choice further along. It will induce early delivery. Surgical abortion is offered in a window from about 9-14 weeks here but most are done medically (ie not surgically.)

General bafflement from everyone I know here in the UK too. Nobody understands why he gets any attention.

And for the converse position, my didn't have a tooth in his head at his first birthday, watching that boy gum down his birthday cake was a sight to behold, should I have kept him on milk only til then?

There was a bit of a lottery here in the UK initially when they first came out. Now they are pretty much universally available on the NHS. Another arguement for 'socialised' health care.

My uncle has MS, had it for about 20 years, he is well, when not in an attack he looks normal and works. When he has an attack he cheifly gets bulbar palsy and can't swallow.