Lolz. I'm definitely not one who cares about the "birthing experience." I'd like us not to die and not be overly stressed out and that's where it ends for me. I'll leave your badge with the nursing station.

I'm due this week! I'm just not telling anyone that I've gone into labor. Everyone can find out when my Dementor (she was demoted from fetus back to dementor yesterday for not getting the show on the road in a timely manner) actually appears. Problem solved.

You should look into local non-profits. When I taught in San Francisco there was a non-profit group that would send volunteers to classrooms once a week to teach about sex ed during our advisory period - they were trained by their group. I can't remember what it was called but it was great because the kids really…

I turned my perfume making hobby into a pretty successful Etsy business (iO9 was kind enough to post about one actually) and to be honest, the only time people are ever condescending about what I do happens in those magazine trend pieces. I had worked as an Associate Editor for a few years and then got a Masters in…

Congrats to you too and I hope you have fun at the wedding activities!

Hey! I'm your height and currently 36 weeks pregnant. I started to show around 23 weeks but by show I mean it looked like I had a big lunch. I didn't really pop until about 4 weeks ago when all of a sudden strangers on the street all of a sudden had something to say about it lol. I fit into my regular clothes (with…

Agreeed. I did not end up choosing her.

I am also in King County. My bebe is due next month and I decided to hire a doula... not because I'm especially crunchy or planning to birth at home (hospital all the way for me) but because I'm an anxious person so need a lot of hand-holding. Anyway, a doula I interviewed came with a list of all the vaccines I could…

I have really bad issues with crowds, and Coachella is really not so bad. You can definitely hang out at the outskirts of the big crowds and have plenty of space to breathe. With the tents...a lot of times they appear like they are jam packed full of people, but if you actually worm your way in, there are lots of…

I miss Coachella. I went 2006-2010 and the last year I went was when it really started becoming this. It used to not be so ridiculously crowded and people genuinely cared about the music (if it was your favorite band, people would totally let you pass through to get up front). I've been enjoying Sasquatch up in…

Something to look forward to then! Hahaha

It's like certain guys need acknowledgement or something. I don't find it charming though, I just get scared when people do that because I have no idea what their intentions are. Sorry that happened to you though, that sounds awful.

I was catcalled twice today. I'm 8 months pregnant. I found it to be more obnoxious than usual because I'm pretty sure they were making fun of me. I'm a tiny pregnant person but it's still 100% noticeable. This shirt would have been amazing.

Graduate school is short term...you should give it a try and if you don't like it, you can always go back :)

When my husband wanted me to move to Seattle from Los Angeles I had a panic attack. One year out and I still feel like I live in a magical green fairy tale land. My life has improved so much. And now news that the state itself has my back should I need it?! Seattle, I will never leave you.

I graduated college in 2006 and had about 2 years to get job experience before the recession made everything suck...and even then I thought like this and developed a severe case of anxiety/panic attacks. I don't have an answer for you about a job, but one bit of advice I can give you is not to look at it in terms of…

Agree with what others have said. My husband got me an antique pearl engagement ring which I absolutely adore, it wasn't super expensive, reasonable for an engagement ring, but now I wear a $50 ring from Etsy with a fake pearl because I get paranoid about the antique ring breaking. My $50 ring is adorable and I love…

My doc is really opposed to that book. She said it has a lot of misinformation. When I first got preg I tried reading a chapter and was too scared. I was happy that she validated me.

I had a Pronovias too. It was amazing. I loved it.

I had bought a cute little vintage 60s dress for $120, but my mom really wanted her wedding contribution to be my dress. So the one I ended up getting for the actual wedding was $2500 but I probably wouldn't have spent that much if I had to buy it myself. I wore the vintage dress to the rehearsal. I don't think it…