Whaaat. My son wasn't even remotely drugged up post c-section. A spinal or epidural doesn't really drug the baby up at all. Did you have IV pain meds as well or something? Though I know in general c-sections make it a bit harder especially in that first 24 hours just because holy shit it's not easy on your body.

Yes, of course she worked a full time job. What does that have to do with anything? My mom worked more than full time and raised six kids, including several who have varying levels of special needs, and I still managed to learn basic life skills like how to sweep, mop, scrub a toilet, do laundry, etc. That's part of…

He had like a weekend a month with his father, and his father had zero involvement beyond that and child support, and they're now estranged. If his father had any sort of actual influence on his upbringing then I would blame both of them.

Thank heavens for spouses who actually give a shit, eh? I'm a stay at home parent at the moment, but the second we get home my husband takes the baby until bedtime (which unfortunately is only about an hour, but that's his damn job, not him). We share cleaning and childcare responsibilities on the weekends and trade…

This sounds almost exactly like my husband and I when we first got together. Same story, really - I came from a family where cleanliness was extremely important (in fact we all held various cleaning jobs - yes, even the teenagers in high school - so we knew how to do just about everything). Meanwhile he came from a…

Well, yeah. But this, of all the incidents, puts me in a blinding rage as opposed to just the usual angry seething. Last straw and all that. Grumble.

I don't know why this makes me want to break some dishes right now, but it really does. Ugh, I'm SO FUCKING MAD. Fucking STOP, assholes!

YES.

Idk, his voice is great but I like the whole package. He's a big guy and looks like he has warm, capable hands. Not that I've thought about this.

I want Charlotte to be my bff. She is funny, has a soothing voice, and has excellent taste in eyeshadow.

Maybe I'm just unobservant, but did we ever learn what the "indiscretion" actually consisted of? I kept waiting for that to be revealed. Was it fully a fiction made up by Caroline or what?

Whoa, I see the resemblance now! I kept wondering who she reminded me of...

Does...this person on Tumblr not understand how acting and the general gist of the LBD work? Also, WHO slut-shamed Lydia when the video thing went down? We've seen Lizzie's problematic attitudes about Lydia in the past (which she's copped to and realize her mistakes at this point), but no one has slut-shamed her about…

Ahh! I was so excited to see her. She's kind of grating in LBD (which...she's supposed to be, obviously!), so it's nice to see her in something else.

GAH thank you! That man was DELICIOUS. I believe his butt MUST be the original inspiration for the phrase "dat ass", because really...oh lord. He's like my only male celebrity crush.

Well I wrote three paragraphs. In the third paragraph I state that there's no perinatal mortality rate comparison anywhere in the paper. I didn't see one. If you find proof otherwise, let me know. That's pretty important when one is talking about C-section rates and how much is too much.

You speak the truth, my friend.

Perhaps not all of them, but that doesn't mean there isn't a big lean that way among doula culture, or so it seems to me. Believe me, I would be happy to be proved wrong with some evidence, because every doula blog I've ever read has been a gigantic turn off to me, which is sad because I very much like the idea of…

There's that, too. Ultimately I ended up very happy with mine as well. Perhaps it's corny, but I think it's important that people like you and I share our stories when we can, because there really is a culture of fear surrounding "interventions" in birth now, at least on the internet if not among real life folks.…

It's a possible complication, but like most complications it's not a common one. I'm so sorry that happened to you.