Eggs don’t divide after meiosis, and all the mitochondria have to go to the egg and not the second polar body for it to survive long enough to implant. That being said, there are 7 billion people on the planet. I wouldn’t rule out that somebody out there was a freak fertilized polar body that lived. As the great Jeff…

Plot twist again! Douche brother is a douche because he’s secretly gay! And was scared to say anything. The wedding scene includes a shot of him and his lovely new boyfriend, and Greek mom is thrilled to see him happy.

So I recently learned that the Olsen twins are non-identical and my mind was blown. I mean, when I was 8 I could tell them apart, so I guess it makes sense. Still.

When even the president sleeps in a separate room from his wife, possibly already with his next wife, how do you judge a “real” marriage? I have a good friend, married and in love, that’s polyamourous. They sleep with other people, long and short term, per their private negotiations. Are they less married than the…

But insurance fraud can be...

I can’t remember where, but I did read a long piece on this phenomenon. Basically, we focus so hard on teaching girls how to be social, that girls on the high-functioning end of the spectrum can pick up enough skills to fake it enough to not be obvious about the “classic symptoms”. Where, boys don’t get the social…

Why are we still so shocked that these women, whose whole career is based on their appearance and weight, are not horribly changed by pregnancy? Kate Middleton appeared the day after giving birth and looked amazing! Gee, wonder if that had anything to do with the styling team, and the dietitian, and the personal…

I’m moving and have to find a new OB, and I’m terrified she’s going to call me on my weight gain. This is literally the only reason I don’t want to relocate - I want MY doctor! The one who looked at me during my first pregnancy when I was freaking out over the scale and said “well, you’re on a fast track, but you’re a…

If you attend your child’s drop off, you’re doing it wrong. That’s for the (white) nanny.

I have much to learn...

Is this what I’m doing wrong?? I went to a work dinner with a male coworker and we spent the whole time discussing our research collaboration.... would my paper be more likely to be accepted if I had had sex with the coworker? What if he is a reallllly nice guy who kind of smells and has gross long nails? Do I still…

Yes, this is acceptable. Intercontinental moves are good reasons to need to be showered with stuff for later babies. Also good reasons: “surprise” babies with significant distances between pregnancies, and first babies for 1 parent but not the other. Twins+ is OK if the couple in question isn’t well established or did…

A Baby Story!!! So, pregnant me wakes up early. Like, I know when I conceive because I immediately start waking up at 4am. TLC used to show old episodes of A Baby Story at 6am, and one morning I caught MY DOCTOR on it!! That’s when I knew she was The One.

I had a teacher in HS who combined names for their children only. So dad was Smith, mom stayed Johnson, kids were Smithson.

Ok, I’m totally team “why can’t women over the age of 30 work in Hollywood pretty please?” That being said:

Ok, but - the best maternity leave I am sure I will have was from a start up without a maternity leave. Why? Cause my boss was completely at sea about what to do, so he just asked me what I wanted. Ended up with 12 weeks at full pay (could have taken more, but was climbing the walls to get back at that point). Nobody…

So I read the article a couple days ago, and it mentioned that women in Cambodia usually only breastfeed to about 6 months, then switch over to other sources of milk and solids. It was mentioned as a positive that, because the bank only took milk starting at 6 months, the women involved ended up breastfeeding longer…

My consolation on her behalf is that she almost certainly has very little to do with him on a day-to-day basis. She has FIVE very small kids that are probably her whole world - I know Michelle abandoned her younger kids to her older ones as soon as they stopped being snuggly babies but a) Anna’s kids are too young for…

I mean, are you sure your husband is actually taking the kid to daycare, and not just dropping off a similar-sized doll? #menbelike #eyeroll

I actually watched a very cool doc on sleeping/sex habits of the monarchy. The interesting part was that prior to say Henry VII, kings had to constantly be basically making the rounds, staying with different nobles so people saw the king’s power/legitimacy. Henry VIII was one of the first that actually stayed put most…