Just turned 36 and I’m consistently amazed how frequently I’m getting asked if I have children. I helped three families have babies by being an egg donor, I lived with my neices and nephews for long periods of time, and also with a man who has two teenagers. I don’t call myself a parent, or mother, but boy do I ever…

I want to tap into the collective knowledge here to see if anyone can answer question I have. I read The Emperor of All Maladies this summer, and it referred to HeLa cells but did not name them. Does anyone know why this is? It seemed so weird while I was reading it.

I'm living down south right now, but I've been gleefully telling this story to people to show just how odd my home territory is.

I was in Toronto when it happened, visiting my elderly and very religious grandparents. It was big news there too. I remember having to explain some of the sexual content to them and we were all just trying to process it. So horrible. I think one of the most horrific canadian crimes of the last decade.

Just a thought- it may happen that a girl child will get his last name as a nickname in sports/playground years. It will be her last name after all :)

So sorry to hear. It’s so hard. My doggie has been gone almost 4years now. She was 15.5. It doesnt hurt to think of her anymore, I just feel the full honest and devoted love she gave to me, and I to her.

Do it. Maybe be willing to take a lower -paid job for a short while? I’ve done this before too. I moved up north to chase my dream (which cane true) and moved in with family for a short while. Is there any chance of using your friends’ house to crash in? Might be a good way oo figuring out co parenting too?

I was a 3x egg donor altruistically and I can say that not every child born of donor gametes will have no access. My egg babies will. We are all still in touch.

I never really looked forward to pregnancy. I just thought it was something I was going to have to do at some point. Long story short- I had the realization a few years ago that parenting was probably not going to be in the cards for me. I wanted to go to medschool and was in my 30s.

Me too. I’m just about to start my exams for the end of my first year of med school and I’m having trouble keeping my mind off my love life drama. Three year relationship just ended but also have gone on two low-key dates with someone new- totally not my normal type and very different. But my heart is still healing. I…

I dance bachata and kizomba. Kizomba crosses the line sometimes. But so fun and beautiful. My current favourite: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dm_TzK…

Yes, possibly, but that’s not necessarily the whole story. I’ve been an egg donor three times and I think every time there was some sort of male factor infertility involved as well, even though there was obviously a female factor if they needed me as a donor! And two embryos is not a whole lot. I just think there may…

I'm not sure about that. I don't think there's any info anywhere that his sperm is totally fine. He could very well have fertility issues, especially considering he went through treatments with an ex

Thank you so much for putting the Canadian prices on there. I’m thinking of subscribing to one for my sister for her birthday but it’s been annoying to go looking for the “real” price every time. :)

I agree with you in a way, but..., I didn’t care about heels but a few months ago I started salsa /bachata/ kizomba dancing. I bought a $200 pair of suede-bottomed Latin dance shoes. I’m a feminist, but I have spent my entire life hiding my body, hiding my sensuality, and I finally feel free to express myself through…

Thank you, that was really well said

I’m really curious and I’m not cool enough to know this on my own...

I'm bi, and I don't think I've ever had this conversation with any guy I've been in a relationship with. Maybe because for me it just wouldn't really matter

I'm in my first year of medical school, and I'm trying really hard to notice this sort of attitude among my colleagues when it happens, and trying to point out when it does happen. Fortunately the small group I'm with seems to actually be really good about this sort of thing.

I especially love it when people come in and call CO2 carbon MONOXIDE. CO is carbon MONoxide, CO2 is carbon DIoxide