I definitely agree with you about say, half of my prego complaints. But the other half took considerably longer to sort out, and it definitely left me feeling less healthy. The hormones also soften your bones (not just the pelvis. Sadly, they don't differentiate), which I found took months to finally harden back up…

She may indeed be motivated purely by jealousy rather than racism, but the *way* she chose to mock her is completely racist, whether she herself understands that or not. It manifests through a racist lens which she sees the world. If she has always seen the world through that lens without it being challenged, there's…

As do I! Somehow I weigh less than I did at the same point in my last pregnancy, and only 10 pounds higher than my non-pregnant weight, and yet the fat face. Total bummer! Skin is looking all glow-y at least.

I named my first daughter after her!

Oh please! There were plenty of openly female pirate women! I named my daughter Gráinne after one. The 16th century Irish pirate Gráinne O'Malley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

Oh please! There were plenty of openly female pirate women! I named my daughter Gráinne after one. The 16th century Irish pirate Gráinne O'Malley. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

Yeah, it's a totally different situation in the states that has nothing to do with the way it's done in the UK. Tips are the lifeblood of servers in the states. There's just no comparison.

The whole idea of reading for enrichment at that age, developmentally speaking, is so that they develop the skills to put themselves in other people's shoes.. not put other people in their own. It's imperative to critical thinking and empathy that they learn this. Putting themselves at the center of the story is the…

Not to mention, this is very obviously an article that will attract a lot of people with fertility issues, so to see it here as well.. I can only imagine how shitty that'd be. What's so wrong with erring on the side of a little empathy, I wonder?

Not to mention, how can you blame HER for Woody Allen taking up with their daughter?

And I think you're feigning reading comprehension problems.

Yes! Also, Blasian, I think you are confusing Booker with Booker's intended audience. The people he's speaking to who don't think the poor legitimately have a voice of their own that should be listened to are the very people he disagrees with, and is attempting to change with this whole exercise. He sees that as the…

Wow! That must be pretty damn greasy. I had seriously greasy hair for several weeks in the beginning but it went away before the second trimester. I just wound up showering and using shampoo every day (instead of my usual once or twice per week) and not using conditioner. I can't imagine using dish soap on my hair!…

Absolutely! I've often thought Hayden Panettiere has a chameleon-like quality about her, where in certain lights she can looks like a TOTALLY different ethnicity, so it stands to reason I'd see her in someone else. She really looks like a dark-skinned Hayden!

That's so true. I had it and no antiemetic shots or pills ever even took the edge off. Nothing to be done but keep pumping me with electrolytes and nutrients as they kept fleeing my body at regular intervals.

Wow, lots in common here, too! Had hyperemesis the whole way through. Had a 63-hour labor with no painkillers but that was because it was twins and labor stalled because the uterus was just too exhausted after one for contractions to be productive anymore. I could only eat food with a shit-ton of hot sauce as well! I…

I had severe hyperemesis in my last pregnancy with twin girls. I felt like I was actually truly dying. I remember soo, so many nights spent in the hospital getting IV fluids, then stealing away in the middle of the night because I felt I'd had enough and just wanted to take a taxi and slip into bed in my own home next…

Yes! I think you zeroed in on exactly why it's so awful!

That's a fair point. I should rephrase that I don't understand the media's general breathless tone regarding how beautiful they think she is, when all I see is a somewhat plain woman with terrible makeup application and rather mumsy styling.