Basically there's no proven benefits at this time, but it's not exactly popular enough right now to get any sort of real information on possible benefits. Honestly I would guess the benefits are negligible, but if the placenta is safely prepared, I doubt there's harm in it.

Thanks for the information.

Heh, that's weird, it was through drama stuff that I found out that blackface was a thing. We were doing a play where one character was typically played by a black person (but could be played just fine by a white person, seeing as how our school was lacking in black people to play said role). The young lady who had…

The fuck? People are mad that white people make POC video game characters?! Uhhh. Hrm. I don't even know what to think about that, besides being flabbergasted. I make POC characters all the time because, especially in fantasy RPG settings and such, I get sick to death of seeing all white people. My main character in…

I cringed.

Yeah. I've got to figure out how to say that without snapping "gtfo my body NOW." I know there is a way but I have all this annoyance built up about it, heh. Good point.

I totally want a lying in period...with like, constantly available milkshakes, Netflix, video games, and masseurs at my disposal.

Wide calf boots! I have some made by Naturalizer that are totally beautiful and fit like a dream! They were about $150 about 5 years ago. They need a good polishing but after that I imagine they could go another 3 years at least.

I love bad puns. Did you ever go back to that doctor or did you gtfo?

Lol.

Yeah I think it's the intimacy thing that drives me nuts. The only person who normally kisses my belly is my husband, when he's about to go down on me. So just no.

I really should. I feel guilty because I'm so prickly about touching/person space and I think it makes me seem like a jerk, so then I try not to make a fuss. But I see her several times a week and it just keeps happening. Ugh!

What about people you know groping your belly? One of my close female relatives (who I see often) kisses my belly and pats it and I want to scream and kick every time.

Damn! Beat me to it.

That's especially ridiculous because anything under 200mg/day of caffeine (2 cups of coffee) is perfectly safe for pregnant women. I'm pregnant with twins and I have a little caffeine several times a week - I'm a sahm with an energetic toddler and a difficult pregnancy, i want/need it to function well. My high risk…

I don't quite understand - where was the snark directed at Simone? I saw snark directed more at the Today show and the grandstanding proposal than anything. Obviously everyone here, including the author, was much more interested in her work than an awkward public scenario. Personally I would have loved to hear about…

I know how you feel. On one hand, spontaneously stopping by the jewelry store to order rings and my then-bf saying we were "sort of officially engaged kinda" (not verbatim, but damn close) was very, uh, relaxed, but I do miss that I never got ANY sort of story, nothing to tell the grandkids, not something planned or…

Shudder. I have a friend who named her kids Aidan and Jacob. Like really????!!!'

I'm truly sorry you're dealing with that.

He seems very considerate and empathetic.