Her brother Peter Phillips also has kids (as do William and Catherine, as others mentioned).

I’m also Canadian and my husband has a congenital heart condition. It doesn’t slow him down (he’s an athlete) but he’s at a higher risk for sudden cardiac arrest. He had a pacemaker-defibrillator put in, just in case, and I’m SO HAPPY that we live here and can make that decision without it bankrupting us. Our kids…

The first time my daughter tasted juice at an Easter brunch, she stared at me and did this little laugh like she couldn’t believe I had withheld this glorious nectar from her for so long.

I have a water bottle with a little infuser in the bottom (sounds fancy but I got it at Walmart) and I sometimes put oranges and stuff in there to give it some taste.

Thank you! I got really lucky with my doctor recognizing it quickly and treating me really effectively with both medication and with talk therapy. But yes, I got a lot of comments about how it would have gone away if I had just given up coffee, gluten, etc. I’m just so happy that I didn’t suffer for longer, because…

Oh man, I couldn’t handle the copper IUD. Cramps like nobody’s business. You are definitely metal as fuck.

I have a friend who sells “amazing nutritional supplements” and I think she is genuinely annoyed that I won’t buy any. She goes on about don’t I want to sleep better? I sleep great, thanks. Don’t I want a clearer head? I think my head works fine as well? How dare I be well and not buy her snake oil.

I am so sorry. I had PPD and luckily my doctor got me onto an anti-depressant and I recovered quickly, but people make you feel HORRIBLE for taking an anti-depressant. Particularly when you’re breastfeeding. I became a functional, happy mother who could care for and enjoy her kids, and that was somehow monstrous of…

That’s brutal. Oprah brought this on with that Secret bullshit.

I couldn’t agree more. I’ve even heard people come right out with the victim-blaming bullshit when someone gets cancer. Saying that “of course” they got it because they use shampoo from Walmart full of “chemicals” or they eat red meat or soy or drink Diet Coke. Of course people want control and to believe they…

Me too! I have so much aunt-guilt.

My sister is always going on about how my daughter (her niece) is going to take care of her when she is old. But she has her own daughter! I think she just thinks my kid is more guiltable (guilt-trippable?)

I love my kids, but I really miss time and vacations, in particular.

I’m sorry that you weren’t able to raise kids. I wish things had been different for you and your husband. My daughter has a set of triplets in her class and they have two dads. It’s really nice to see how much of a non-issue it is to my daughter and her peers and the school as a whole. And it’s a Catholic school! …

I have one girl and one boy, two years apart. When I was pregnant with my second, I frequently declared to people that I was done after this one because I hated every second of that pregnancy. A lot of people said things like “Oh, you must be having a boy because otherwise you wouldn’t say you were done.” (We…

I love him and his new special so much. He’s great.

P.S. I love your name and would also have enjoyed Dancy Reagan.

Me too! Lots of moms call one another “Mama.” As in “Feel better, Mama” or some such phrase. Arrghhh!

And it starts when you’re pregnant! When I was pregnant with my first and had complications, I had to go to tons of doctor and specialist appointments where doctors and nurses didn’t know my name (or take the time to read it) and so just called me “Mom.” So bizarre.

I am very much not a lawyer and I just read Kendradical’s idea of “proof” and laughed. Confessions. Something like 800 people confessed to being Jack the Ripper. Case closed.