Former flight attendant: On my airline, coffee, hot water for tea, and ice were made on the ground and loaded by food and beverage, so they’re no grosser than airport coffee, tea, and ice. The drinking water was bottled. We weren’t serving the passengers airplane water. That was used for handwashing only.

I work for a private insurance company that offers short-term disability to large corporations. You have to have coverage prior to going out of work for either delivering the baby, or a pregnancy complication. In some cases, the employer has purchased a disability plan that has a pre-existing condition clause (which…