I hear you, but I don’t think this is necessarily a case of showmanship. Breastfeeding is still viewed by many as something that should be hidden, and that limits mothers who choose to breastfeed. I love the political statement that this makes; not only is there nothing shameful (or sexual) about feeding your child,…

My heart aches for you reading this. More people than you know may remember him—sometimes people are afraid to bring up subjects like this, in case it somehow causes pain. Of course, a parent who lost a child carries that pain with them everywhere, so this is unhelpful, but it means that he may be in the hearts of…

I just want to express how sorry I am for your loss of Bjorn. I have someone very close to me whose son died unexpectedly during labour. People were remarkably cruel, often unintentionally, I’m sure, in terms of not acknowledging that beautiful boy’s life and death, and the impact he had on his family and their…

I don’t know how brave it was... Mostly I was just really, really ready to be a mother. I figured I was already in chronic pain and expected labour to hurt no matter what, and figured IF it made me better, then bonus! Sadly though, my daughter rocketed out of me with extreme haste, so things are a bit worse actually.…

Yes, I do. My pregnancy and delivery was rough though, so it didn't make it better. :( my dr said it does for many women though!

I was just informed by a Brit friend that, there, “to trump” means “to fart.” I think this is highly appropriate.

A friend who got pregnant in her forties was pretty damn offended when her doctors kept talking about her “geriatric pregnancy.” Like, excuse me?! By the way, her son was very healthy despite her apparently elderly status. :) good luck!

Ha, this makes me think of how one of my husband’s friends reacted to news that we were expecting: “shit, man. That’s rough.” He was genuinely so upset for us! I could hear my husband being like, no, no, we planned this! We are so excited! I couldn’t help because I was too busy laughing. It’s funny how differently…

While I can’t imagine sticking a speaker “up there,” my singing a lullaby consistently while pregnant was actually a great decision. My baby got used to my singing voice while still inside me, and the lullaby she knew from in utero turned out to be one of most surefire ways to calm her as a newborn. Next time around,…

You make a really good point here, regarding something that was bothering me. The assumption for many people seems to be that a low libido is a sign of emotional or relationship problems that the person with HSDD is repressing or ignoring; that is actually incredibly offensive to me, as someone who has, like you,…

Here’s my thought: for some women, like myself, a physical condition has affected my brain in such a way that my libido has significantly dropped. As someone who used to deeply enjoy connecting to my partner through our sexual intimacy, this loss of libido is something I do truly consider “a loss,” the kind you…

I just wanted to thank you for this advice. I have been really struggling with the concept of rejection lately, and I know it is holding me back from doing what I'd like to do. I'm desperately interested in a particular master's program, but feel devastated at the thought of a rejection letter. Enough so that I…

Your aspic picture just made me laugh out loud thinking of how I grew up believing my dad loved aspic because my great-grandma made it for him every holiday (like Easter, fittingly). It was always a big pronouncement about how she made it just for him, and she would serve him this jiggly heap and he'd eat the whole…

I really, really hope so!

The answer's no, Jonathan!

Thank you for your support. It means a lot to hear from someone else whose situation is not unlike my own. I'm so hopeful that the sexual health therapy will help to heal my and my husband's relationship—I think we do remarkably well under the circumstances, but I'm sure a professional can only improve our situation.
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Aw, I'm sorry to hear that you are going through all of those pelvic issues. I just finally got a diagnosis of provoked vestibulodynia (which is basically another name for vestibulitis) and like you also suffer from vaginismus as a result of the pain/trauma to the area. It is so devastating to be dealing with sexual…

You don't suck, first off. You sound like you really care about these women, and I get how awful it feels to be lied to, but they are also pulling away from you for a reason. Make sure you really pay attention to their body language when you are around them, it will tell you a lot.

You don't suck, first off. You sound like you really care about these women, and I get how awful it feels to be lied to, but they are also pulling away from you for a reason. Make sure you really pay attention to their body language when you are around them, it will tell you a lot.

I'm sorry your husbands ex-friends were turd-nuggets. I know that my husband lost a few friends over me because they could not understand why he was choosing to spend time with me rather than all weekend at their house playing on the computer (he would still hang out with them, but he had some other interests as well…