Oh, yes. I am sorry; that is a very different scene than the one I entered graduating in 2002. The recession did hit me hard when I was between jobs—I left a secure firm job voluntarily in order to relocate right at the absolute wrong moment - two weeks before Lehman collapsed— and was out of work for most of 2009. …

I loved law school, and have loved most of my 12 years of practice, too. But as to whether I am not right in the head, I guess that's a matter of opinion.

Law school without cold-calling is no fun at all. #lawschoolnerd

Right? Perfect way to get the jury to think "well, there MIGHT be reasonable doubt, but we KNOW he's a murderer, so it's not like we'll be convicting someone innocent."

In NY, you are not eligible to sit for the bar exam without having taken a law school course in professional responsibility (as well as the MPRE). I

I totally agree. Why is this not possible? I haven't watched the show but I don't see how it would be so hard to have done this.

Yes, exactly. I can remember moaning to my baffled husband through my PPD tears "I could have kiiiiiiiiiiiiilled him!" (I tend towards the overdramatic at the best of times.)

"At least poop is the devil you know" might be my favorite quote about childbirth ever.

I'm so sorry about your experience. That is absolutely horrible.

Haha! I love that attitude. Will adopt. Yes, the facial bruising and his poor face was so swollen, he looked like a prizefighter. (I had people tell me " c-section babies are always so swollen.") I've never met anyone else who experienced the head contusion - even the new OB I had with my second baby seemed mildly…

Do you really think hospitals and doctors suck? I had two babies in two different hospitals in different cities, and I thought the hospitals/ staff were pretty damn awesome, actually.

In my experience (my own birth and that of numerous friends), they often do not. In fact, pre-labor enemas are one of the "unnecessary interventions" that the anti-hospital crowd often cites as an invasive assault on the pregnant woman's autonomy.

Isn't it infuriating! And it's always offered in such a faux-sisterly way, it is hard to refute. Truth be told, my (female) OB was incredibly patient with me — I mean, she stayed with me for THREE HOURS of pushing, telling me that I could push as long as I wanted unless the baby started to show signs of distress. …

Thank you for this. My first baby was born under the emergency c-section circumstances you describe — after 3 HOURS of pushing. As it turned out he was "sunny side up" and mis-positioned with an upturned chin, which caused his forehead to get snagged on my pubic bone. He was born with a bloody abrasion on his head…

Yeah, I think now she's just the very public face of a woman (and a woman of color) being extremely cool and capable, and at the top of her game in a pretty much white-male-dominated field. So that makes her worthy of notice, and , in my view at least, props. She is certainly not without flaws though, as many have…

I actually dislike her shows, but I think she's a pretty badass person. Here's a quote from an NPR interview:

This survey was nationwide, though — and a full carat (decent quality diamond) is not considered "modest" in most places in the country.

Me me! Clay Pot in Brooklyn, $1500. (I don't live in NYC anymore but I did when I got married.)

Is the book worth buying?

Amen to that. *Laughs bitterly*