There's a Planned Parenthood near me. Every so often, the anti-choice hate groups like to go stand out front and "pray."

Wow, I wish the best to both of you - bazcat and Penny.

I hope you both get away from your abusers and are able to establish a healthy, happy new life for yourself (and your children, in bazcat´s case).

More ::hugs:: for the pile.

I'm glad your friend stepped up to help you so much. I really think some of us theoreticalldo don't like preggos/babies, bit when push comes to shove, we get over the ick factor. Because that parasitic host is still our friend!

To the BFFs + Baby. I have a lot to impart here. I was the woman who hated all things related to babies, children, toddlers...anyone under thirty, really. If it wasn't a cat, I didn't know how — didn't care how — to deal.

Ugh re: the baby-hating friend. Look, I don't like babies. I think pregnancy is kind of gross and inefficient for such a highly evolved species (stupid walking upright). When learning that someone is pregnant, my first instinct is to feel sorry for them. HOWEVER. These issues are mine and I DO NOT VOCALIZE THEM to my…

I am a mom; I have been pregnant. I think pregnancy is hideous and ugly, and newborns are shriveled alien freaks. But, I realize that's just my drama queen opinion and usually don't tell People. But, I've always been happy for the people I love who go through this process. Your friend will get over it, or she'll…

I consider myself really lucky to have had both the book smarts but also the street smarts to know that I just had to ace everything and play to the teachers' standards to get ahead. A few kids (including one who was infinitely smarter than I was) I knew in the gifted program didn't do this and, as you say, they…

In addition to robbing sweet young girls who've been sexually molested of the thing that helps them recover, there's a lot of neocolonialism in the anti-religious atheism. "Religion" is not just the Catholic Church

Look at my ugly baby drooling all over herself.

Well... since we're sharing...

My little girl at two weeks.

Boom.

Fur baby!

"What's the best, top-of-the-line preschool?"

Great article. Can I just say...don't give one inch the kind of people who think talking about sex with teens is "scary." It's not! It's a responsibility, it's awkward, it's annoying because it forces you to look at the contradictions you embody in your own life, maybe...but scary?

I'm a runner, a slow one, and I've only made it to the half marathon mark. But I just moved from Boston last year, and my favorite thing to do every marathon day was to go for a run in the morning and then watch the finish. I cried every time, because I knew just an inkling of the dedication it takes for the runners…