It's starting to change in the US. I just toured a L&D ward where they recently (I mean within the past five years or so) made the rooms MUCH bigger so that women would have the freedom to walk around and move. They also provided a "squat bar", a metal apparatus that can be attached to the bed for squatting support. I…

I ALMOST commented on the exact same thing before I saw yours. I think $25 is a hilarious waste of money for this particular activity, although I do like the look of the spoon.

On one hand, yeah, we're "made for childbirth". On the other hand, human beings have the WORST birthing design short of female hyenas. Our pelvises are so fucking narrow compared to all our primate cousins because we walk upright. A baby can't even come out without a bunch of twisting and adjusting. I'm not saying…

Remember that story on Jez a couple months back about men who get off on donating sperm because they really get excited at the idea of knocking someone up, even in a relatively clinical, anonymous manner? Not sure if you caught it but this guy totally sounds like one of those types.

Yes, his words struck me as very fetishistic. I was looking for the right word, and I think that's it. Just the way he dances around it and hides it, it's just...weird.

I didn't think about frozen veggies. I definitely use plenty of those. Thanks!

Oh shit, I wish I would have known about this sooner. I do the bulk of my shopping online and I JUST spend like $250 on an order for cloth diapers. Dammit!

This is me. I always get a little inspired by couponing, and want to start myself, but when I look at coupons I see a lot of processed stuff that my family just doesn't eat. My biggest purchases tend to be meat, eggs, and fruit/veg.

I think it's pretty awesome that people donate a lot of their haul, even if the extreme behavior is alarming to me. Whenever Jez shows a clip from that extreme couponing show, I rarely see someone mention donating things, which bums me out.

My dad grew up incredibly poor (his whole family worked as migrant workers, even the young kids), and he used to love buying, like, a case of tomato paste - which was something we never even used. It seems like that happens with a lot of garden variety hoarders as well; some early experience of being financially…

There are quite a few options. Dropbox, like Sandra Dee mentioned, is a good choice. Personally I just switched computers and I used my iPod like a flash drive. If your iPod isn't full of stuff you can enable "use disk space" or something like that and put a bunch of files on there. It held all my music and then every…

I really love the acne.org system. His products are really good/cheap - his 1 month supply lasts me more like 3.5 months, for one thing. He also tells you drugstore alternatives (which, imo, are way more expensive) to his products that are comparable so you can try it any which way. It's pretty easy to do and it's…

Agreed, Target's registry system is a garbage nightmare. Not to mention the stuff online is totally separate from the stuff at the store, so you basically have to register twice over in case someone wants to shop either online or in person.

It IS weird. It was definitely weird when I was your age. It's still sort of weird at 26. I'm pregnant with my first (and possibly only) child, and all of my back home friends seem to have multiple children or a child who's 3-5 years old, and some of them are on their second marriages. It's very difficult to wrap my…

Oh good, so it's not just me. I love reading bad reviews for things I love, and I've no idea why I do this.

I don't know what it is about a new throw pillow/shower curtain/other relatively cheap, fabric accoutrement, but they really make me happy.

I'm gonna chime in to agree about both HomeGoods and Overstock.com. I like this site for inspiration as well: [www.younghouselove.com] It's a cute blog and they often have really good DIY ideas.

I heard that I'd be getting a TON of stuff at my shower, so I held off, and mostly what I got were books (nice but not exactly helping me with my list of essentials) and 0-3 month clothes, sigh. The biggest thing I got was a swing, which was great. I did get a changing table from my mom and a crib from my…

I think it could go either way. I first interpreted it as porn, but after a few viewings I'm convinced they're body doubles for a regular movie. Which makes sense, because why would porn have body doubles?

Fuck that Joni Mitchell scene. Big-ass wet tears EVERY TIME. Goddammit. I can't even introduce the movie to people anymore because I become a sobbing mess at that scene.