No one was asking why people feel sad about a miscarriage; we're talking about why miscarriages don't get discussed a lot. If talking in detail about women's experiences seems pointless to you, you are probably in the wrong place.

Ugh, geez. I am so, so sorry. ...And that's interesting, to think about it as the beginning of Everything Is Mom's Fault. (As a non-parent, I feel like my mom friends have constant guilt! I've heard every one of them say, "I'm a bad mom" at least once. And all of them seem to be wonderful moms to me.)

Oh my God. That's really terrible. I'm glad you could at least intellectually recognize the "I'm a bad person" feelings made no sense...but it's still awful you had to experience them.

We've already gone over this.

I know this is very ignorant, but I never even thought about a woman blaming herself...as if things weren't hard enough! I guess that might be the bad flip side to how much information about prenatal health we have now. I'm glad that nurse was there for you and knew the right thing to say.

Exactly what I meant; thank you.

Interesting. I wonder if there's this bullshit feeling that there's something wrong with you as a woman if you can't conceive or if you miscarry? I could be mistaken...I am child-free so I'm not an expert here, obviously...

Have you met him? I'm kind of crazy about him. I was so impressed by his honesty and insight, and his determination and seriousness about his art, in Decoded. (I don't mean to minimize Dream Hampton's work on the book, obviously.)

@padme: (your comment wasn't long enough to reply to): No, the dog survived the trip. Romney thinks it's a funny story.

Oh, thank you. You are really understanding! I so appreciate it.

It's awful, because the company can always claim, "We had no idea! We're shocked, SHOCKED!" Meanwhile, they give the job to the lowest-priced vendor.

This has inspired me to start following Clean Clothes on Facebook to see if there's anything I can do about working conditions in the garment industry.

I buy about half my clothes on Ebay...but only from sellers who list all of the measurements. I just compare the measurements to clothes that fit me well. Sometimes I'll ask for extra info, like the diameter of the upper sleeve or whatever, to make sure it really fits.

I'm looking into that, and/or hiring ladies on Etsy to make me dresses for a fair (i.e. expensive) price. But my concern is that overseas workers need those jobs, and they need those jobs to be higher paid and with better working conditions. So, I don't know.

I just can't get over how he once took a 12-hour road trip with the family dog in an airtight kennel strapped to the top of the car. How can you trust a guy who would do that?

@slickanicka Ah, you're too kind. I think it must be much harder on people who have been in situations of repeated abuse. The worst thing for me (besides a lasting physical issue, which I still think about getting surgery for) was believing my parents knew it happened and just didn't bother calling the police or…

I just found out recently that the guy who raped me when I was 5 was only 17...I thought he was older, probably because I was little and because he had a bit of a mustache (and because he raped me, I guess). I also just found out he got convicted of raping another little girl, a neighbor, and went to jail. There were…

Thanks, Axe, but there are a few companies that already make things to make me smell good.

I for one would never pose for a picture with a bear midriff.

No big parties until the recession is over! It's unseemly to give business to caterers and bakeries and such in this economic climate. If you have a party, everyone has to eat saltines and drink instant coffee.