So I've only been at this parenting thing for 2 years now, but in my experience, just do your best not to push an agenda one way or the other. This means…

Instead of "pro-vaxxers" can we just be "normal people" or "rational everyday humans?" I don't want these anti-vax people to be given any more ideas that this bullshit is a two-sided "debate."

Yeah, I was pretty much not finding it cute for this exact reason.

Yeah, you guys won't be laughing when you go to Target to try on this swimsuit and it makes part of your crotch disappear.

That's what my gynecologist said to me.

37 days? Virtual hug from me. That sounds unbearable.

I don't know why everyone is giving you a hard time. Back before college when we shared a bathroom in our parents' house, my brother used to complain that the bathroom smelled faintly like period...when it did...because it did. It was part actual whining, part teasing. But it wasn't as though I wasn't clean and…

Without clicking through, I bet the woman who came up with this idea is pretty well-to-do. Nobody manifests entitlement like rich people.

This times a million. Just because a woman can't have biological children doesn't mean she's a good candidate for fostering or adopting. The children available for adoption need parents who want them and not parents who think of them as a backup plan.

I posted about this book upthread, but seriously, it is just the best possible guide to this kind of family planing! It shows how to track your temperature, how to test your mucus with actual pictures of the color and consistency it is at different points in your cycle and descriptions of the texture and firmness of…

I'm surprised at all the hate for Natural Family Planning. It's actually pretty effective, given that you use it correctly (which applies to all forms of birth control). Yes, there are some pre-requirements—you have to have a regular cycle, be willing to use a barrier method or abstinence on your fertile days…

@Peppermint: show me your (Sarajev)-O-face!