I just finished watching the season last night and was telling my husband he needs to watch it. I really liked it, it’s smart and funny and sweet. I would be surprised if you think Aziz is an asshole after watching it, much of it is autobiographical.

Infertility sucks. I’ve been there. It’s also fickle and mysterious. Let me share my story only because when I was in the thick of it, I would have loved to have heard a story like mine. Started trying to have a baby at 35. Saw first RE at 37, did 4 rounds of medicated IUI and nothing. Did IVF, embryo quality sucked…

And the ironic thing is that her first husband alleges that she was having an affiar with Frank and that’s what led to their divorce...and Frank’s.

I read that his given name was Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones, apparently his parents called him Zowie when he was young and he just reverted to his given name Duncan when he was around 18.

And what about those of us whose fear is based in the ubiquitous nature of guns? I live in Central Texas, our local news station covered the President’s action by interviewing Ted Nugent, who lives here. My 8 year old’s pediatrician told me at her well child visit to “have the talk about guns, we live in Texas, she’s…

Cancer does not HUGELY benefit from early detection. Mammography has not translated to a reduction in the breast cancer death rates. Most deadly cancers like ovarian and brain can’t be detected until they have reached a stage where they are more likely to kill. Same with cancers that have lots of room to grow before…

When I got divorced I had one child, a law degree, a job I knew could support me and my daughter, and a supportive family and network of friends. And it was still one of the hardest things I’ve ever gone through. So I totally understand why it’s the lesser of two evils for many women to just stay in a bad marriage.

When Kyle said something about depression having physical manifestations I was like - that makes total sense. I think Yolanda does legit have Lyme disease but I think there’s something else going on and depression makes sense. When the show was filming her marriage was in a down spin and more importantly, her kids are…

I was raised Catholic and went to a Jesuit University. My school had mission trips for spring break. For undergrads it was a lot of Habitat for Humanity spending a week building a house and there was no “recruiting” or any talk of Jesus. My school had med/nursing schools so they did mission trips to the Dominican…

I’m just one of those women who swell, both pregnancies I had the same amount of swelling, both times no pre-eclampsia. And yeah, I was healthy, no underlying health issues, normal weight, athletic (did Ironman a year or so before getting pregnant with my first and was training for marathon when I discovered I was…

Yes, totally sure, I monitored my blood pressure every day and it was never above normal and never had even remotely elevated protein in my urine. I think part if it is that I’m petite so there wasn’t as much area for the extra blood and fluid to be disbursed so it tended to pool. My 2nd pregnancy was technically high…

I’ve had two miscarriages, my 6 week and 10 week embryos ended up on sanitary pads and, I assume, in a landfill. I did not contact a medical waste company to come pick them up. I’ve read stats that as many as 25-50% of pregnancies end in miscarriage, our landfills are full of baby remains! And not to get too picky Mr.…

Both of my pregnancies were pretty normal but I had horrible swelling at the end (last 6 weeks or so), to the point where only flip flops fit my fat feet and it was painful to be on my feet. I was lucky because I telecommuted and worked from home so I could wear flip flops and keep my feet up when I worked. I just…

No, guns don’t cause homicide they just facilitate it much more easily.

That is pretty smart of her to recognize that the gun didn’t pull the trigger itself. Instead it was pulled by a child who was struggling emotionally.

Says HSPH Professor of Health Policy David Hemenway, the ICRC’s director: “Studies show that most attempters act on impulse, in moments of panic or despair. Once the acute feelings ease, 90 percent do not go on to die by suicide.”

States with higher firearm prevalence in the homes also have higher rates of suicide by firearms. (Harvard School of Public Health, et. al.)

Yeah it does say that, right before it says that effectiveness varies across types of victims, types of offenders, and circumstances of the crime and further research is needed to explore these contingencies and confirm or discount earlier findings.

That’s not quite what it says, here’s exactly what it says.

Glad I’m not the only one who thinks this way. My husband is a university professor and I have a 3rd grader. I figure the toddler is safe with the nanny but I worry not infrequently about my husband and daughter - oh yeah, did I mention we live in Texas? At my daughter’s 8 year well child visit her ped said we needed…