Ugh, sounds like we had similar weekends! I was absolutely leveled by a migraine (my first since junior high school!) that made me puke and knocked me on my ass in general for about 12 hours. Then my husband had some sort of gallstone attack that may require gallstone removal. We are both 35 and feel about 1 million…

Solidarity for anyone who’s taking care of a dog, cat or baby tonight! Lucky me, I’ve got all three - a 5 month old, a (TERRIFIED) dog, and two, luckily oblivious cats. After a rough start, 5 month old seems to be sleeping like a champ, the cats are fine, we just have our sweet scaredy dog to worry about, who is…

Again, so sorry for such a rough situation! Keep up the good work, sounds like you’re doing everything right. Your little one is lucky to have you.

That’s where my husband and I got married! If the weather’s decent, definitely hike Arthur’s Seat (I’m only in medium shape and found it a very easy hike with a great view!) I also liked touring the castle, and, if you like pretty churches, St. Giles cathedral is very lovely and they sometimes have classical musicians…

Is family therapy an option? I have a mom who has always been very much an ignorer of things like this and I will say, though I’m not “messed up” it took me a while as an adult to realize my feelings were real and important. I would often second guess my responses to things because my mom’s ignoring of serious things…

Ugh, I am SO sorry. I also had a rough pregnancy and then I was unable to breastfeed other than partially (I only ever got 8oz per day), then my supply basically died after 2.5 months because I had postpartum thyroiditis and my endocrinologist wasn’t able to get my thyroid under control. (Fun fact - it’s still not…

Hope this isn’t too late, because this has been on my mind lately. Jezzie moms out there, I’m a new mom and I have three questions for you:

Ha, that’s definitely true. Remember Gorilla Toddler? Here he is now!

Why does the internet care SO FUCKING MUCH about this one tragedy, that resulted in the (yes, horrible) death of a gorilla, but not the ho hum, another toddler shot him/herself or another person to death tragedies that happen constantly? I love animals. I adore them. I give freely to animal welfare groups as my…

I get a similar, really uneasy feeling when I see some of the photos of him and his rallies. Like you could totally see them in a feature called When America Had A Cartoonish Dictator (Right Before Its Collapse) in history books.

Congrats on the VBAC! (And managing a newborn with a 2 year old!) I can’t imagine a C section recovery, the vaginal recovery is hard enough! (I still at 3 months out have a granulation tissue issue on one of my internal tears. Sigh.) But other than that (which has caused little to no pain) it’s been pretty good. I was…

That does not sound ridiculous at all! These new baby times have been chock full of life changing moments for me so far, sometimes in the most mundane seeming moments. And holy hell, 14 months and a newborn? I salute you. My brother and I are 16 months apart and my brother had the colic super bad. I, to this day, have…

Oh, what a cutie! And we hung out in the triage for a while too! I had to be induced (41+1 with some low fetal movement at the end) and we just happened to be scheduled right during an unplanned baby boom. The hospital was packed! So we did the first 6 hours or so of inducement in triage, which felt like being in a…

I had kind of a rough pregnancy, rough labor and rough postpartum period, so I am probably not the person to ask, but, all those things considered I found labor to be the easiest part of the whole deal, if that makes you feel better. And with tearing, if you have an epidural, even if it’s mostly worn off like mine was…

Thank you! It’s amazing how great normal feels after feeling crappy for so long! (And thanks for the compliments re: my little one!) :)

I’m so, so sorry for your loss.

Yes, I’ve been in this situation. When we were about a year into our relationship, my then boyfriend, now husband asked me to cut off contact with a friend of mine that I used to date and I did it. To be fair, the ex of mine was an incredibly toxic, manipulative narcissist who was actively trying to win me back,…

I posted downthread, but hell I’ll brag here too - as of midnight tonight I will have officially survived the newborn phase with my first baby! And I haven’t even gone crazy! I mean I haven’t slept more than 3-4 hours in a row in three months, but I’m doing surprisingly well! *This message has been brought to you by…

Jezzies, it’s my first Mother’s Day! This little one will be three months exactly tomorrow - the end of the exhausting newborn phase, hooray!

I hope one day you find something else to do on a Saturday night than troll Jezebel posts! Looked at your post history and... yikes. I genuinely feel sorry for you on a lot of levels. Seek help.