I had a miscarriage and then couldn’t get pregnant again, despite all kinds of fertility treatments. I was terrified I’d never get pregnant again or that if I did, I’d have another miscarriage. It was definitely a dark time. LONG story short, I now have a very active 2 year old and am 22 weeks pregnant with #2. I know…

Oh they’ll be outraged all right. Because his last name is Ortiz. 

I definitely felt that way. But that’s just what you have to do if you want to breast feed and have a job. Or even for stay at home moms- if you want to ever be able to be away from your baby for more than 3 hours at a time.

Hence why once again, I’m reading through it on Sunday morning instead of Saturday night :(

I think I need to be friends with your friend. 

I’m white and I really don’t get why anyone would think it’s ok to touch anyone’s hair (or any other part of their body) at all, stranger or not. I...just.... it’s not something that would ever even cross my mind. But, now being on my second pregnancy and once again being subjected to people thinking it’s totally ok…

Seriously! What the hell did ANY of the stuff he said have to do with honoring the life of Aretha Franklin!!? It’s like when Trump goes out to give a presidential address and just stands up there spewing nonsensical sewage about “Crooked Hillary.”

For me I always just knew I was supposed to have kids. And not in a “being a mom is my LIFE!” way or societal pressure to have them, it was just what I’ve always felt drawn to (I loathe “mom culture”). So when we thought we might not be able to have children (went through some infertility stuff) it was REALLY hard to…

Same here.  Never got around to finishing Dexter and Breaking Bad, and only watched the first 2(?) seasons of Shameless.  We haven’t started the new season of OITNB yet and I’m predicting we probably won’t ever get around to it. 

Oh yeah, with this one I was showing by 9 weeks already (last time I kept it pretty well hidden till 16 weeks or so). As soon a you get pregnant again your body gets waaayyy too enthusiastic about it.

I’ve pretty much had to do all maternity shopping online this time.  I can get a FEW basics (like t-shirts) at Target, but that’s about it.  And I’ve found a few things on Zulily but shipping takes so long the kid is in middle school before your order arrives. 

Yes! I HATE the over the bump ones- and with my last pregnancy as I got to the later stages, the over the bump leggings and pants were just TOO tight on my belly and I felt suffocated.  This time around I’m noticing some stores (like Old Navy) have bottoms with side panels that I really like. I’m only 20 weeks right…

Different song, but same video series. Little Baby Bum, ABC Kid TV and a few other channels all have versions of both songs.  All equally annoying and creepy. 

Ughhhh! We first encountered this musical gem via the ABCKids TV version on YuoTube. There is also a version with ABCKids TV family with the parents in which the mom and dad body shame each other for eating unhealthy snacks. If I never hear this damn song again it will be too soon!

I work in K-12 education (but considering leaving at the end of the year-my 13th) and have had several colleagues leave the field (after Act 10in WI there was and continues to be a mass exodus) and all of them have found great jobs in the non teaching realm. So I’m confident the same will be true for you. Good luck!

Eyewitness testimony is incredibly unreliable, even when people think they are absolutely certain about what they saw.  

Yup, I’m also a social worker and I think you’re right on. Plus pregnant women get positive attention, even from total strangers, and that makes him feel threatened and jealous. 

And Mollie Tibbetts was white.  If she were a woman of color the case wouldn’t have gottenany news coverage. 

Was the job for a public school teacher by chance?

I’ve had it done at an old school mom and pop shoe repair place before, but those are hard to find these days.