I am so grateful for my c-sections. The first was because she had to be out that day, c-section or inducement and surgery scared me less than forced contractions. The second I wanted to do a VBAC but had so many pregnancy issues that by that point I was like, "Nope, not giving him the chance to mess up that area too."…

Kelly Clarkson has a baby named River Rose*

Also, women in the military are frequently raped as well...

I just want to second this. That book is so accessible and yet incredibly informative. I had no idea how much I didn't understand cancer until I read it, and it's led me to feel comfortable reading more in-depth research on the subject.

Fellow atheist and very monogamous type here, like to the point that porn isn't even okay in my relationship unless we're both watching. I think it's pretty presumptive though to think someone is not as in love because of their views on sex. Sex can be completely intertwined with love but it can also be not so much or…

Hm, I'm fairly certain that could be the description of most TLC/Destiny's Child songs that I grew up loving so I'll refrain from commenting on this one lol

I had an IUD and understand the benefits of it, especially for long term b.c. for young people, but the insertion of it is not a little thing and I wouldn't have handled it well myself at that age. I also got scar tissue after it was removed and didn't know that until they tried to put another in and I had a very…

My god I am old today. I like the song, I don't mind the band, but I kept thinking over and over throughout the video "Look at that mess! Why are they destroying perfectly good clocks? Who is going to clean all that up? So unnecessary" and blahdy-blah-blah on and on.

I admit this is the first time I have ever actually seen a clip of DWTS. I always assumed they would all be terrible? That clip was really cool though. Might have to delve into new obsession...

We recently moved to what I consider a comfortably upper middle class town in Massachusetts. I am in mid-20s with a 4 year old and 4 month old, and virtually all of my daughter's classmates have parents in their 40s to 50s. I don't know how some of them are doing the preschool years along with their professional 50…

This makes me so so happy. Thanks for sharing. :)

It's something about the label itself, I think, which sometimes I think is just a generational connotation issue. Like to them saying someone "has" something is akin to a death sentence, like it will be on a form that keeps them from getting jobs etc. whereas to me it's just a description of the way my daughter's body…

I think that's great they got themselves tested. A lot of my family lived in areas of their state that had very poor education opportunities and ended up getting into more trouble than good due to their behavior. My mom made it to college and even she, at 51, still bounces around all the time and can't get through a…

As someone with a daughter with SEVERE food allergies and a recent ADHD diagnosis (who also, side note, is three grade levels ahead of her age in math and reading—brag brag) I get so frustrated with people having the attitude you're describing. My own family says frequently that "It's over diagnosed", "Most kids don't…

jezebel.com and scary mommy. com have helped me get through so many rough mom days

I'm in favor of any parenting technique that allows me a few minutes of freedom from the kids. I'm just going to post this now without any clarifying remarks, gonna do it, gonna do it.

Indeed. hopefully someone will challenge him again and this can be rectified. Also, how do we know for sure that water was going down his buttcrack with this darn static camera angle? I'm just saying...

My only issue is there is no zooming going on.

I've watched this four times today because, well, Chris Pratt, good actor, charity, somethingsomethingsomething. *teenage girl sigh*

I only found out about the Colin Farrell one because he was being teased about it on the Graham Norton show. That was a happy day :)