You won’t know how you feel until you’re in that place. Childbirth and taking care of a newborn can make you not give a fuck about body issues, or it might exacerbate them. I will say that if you are in your own house, you don’t owe it to anyone else to make THEM comfortable. You know what’s uncomfortable, sore…

Lean into it! There are few times in a woman’s life when she has the upper hand over a judgemental MIL. Milk it (no pun intended) for all its worth. Enjoy it as she huffs and puffs away.

These are the people who will scream about the fear of Obama implementing Sharia law when in fact they would probably be on board for a lot of it.

RAGE!

Was “here” in your own damn house because that’s the question I got from my in-laws when they came to our house for a visit. Because it would scandalize my FIL, I guess. I wish I had told him to sit in the bathroom.

What was it that she wanted you to do? Not nurse or go hide yourself like a leper whenever you did?

Nursing tops are great. Just a cami or shirt with a flap under the boob that lets you whip it out when needed, but the rest stays pretty covered. Don’t bother with those tarp-like nursing covers. It’s hot and dark underneath and no one wants to eat like that.

A lot of women can’t or don’t for a variety of reasons. I exclusively nursed for 14 months, but the first month was BRUTAL. After that, I dont have any judgement for how a woman feeds her baby, as long as she is keeping it well-fed and healthy.

WHAT do they think is going to happen if a man goes into the women’s bathroom? Because that’s their supposed “concern” right? That’s the crux of the whole issue? Is it possibly going to give a rapist one more possible venue for attack? Is that the thinking? If you live in a home with someone of the opposite gender…

Wait, did he makes candy cane cross? What did he do with the snowflake? I have to know.!

I went to Law and Order for undergrad but then got my Master’s at Dateline/48 Hours in Murderous Cheating Spouses.

Check out a recent ep of the Spontaneanation podcast. Josh has a great and funny talk with Paul F Tompkins.

I’m gonna be that weirdo right here that tells you they loved being pregnant, because I did. Now of course there were aches and pains at different points and discomfort. I barely had any morning sickness with my son, so that certainly helped. I think the main thing is that I was so happy to be pregnant after all that…