Just found out my newborn is going to need surgery and to wear a helmet for a year. I feel numb about the whole thing, like I should be more scared or sad, not "whatever". Obviously, this is a big fucking deal and I'll have to face it, but I can't help but feel like these things don't happen to me so this isn't real.…

But this isn't just about (though it is a large piece of the puzzle) how westerners view the workers that make their cheap goods, it's also about a culture of corruption and disregard for the lives of poor working class in Bangladesh and South Asia that causes these problems. Not viewing working class poor as having…

except not every baby is born at 40weeks. 41-43 is common as well, though most Drs don't advise going past 42.

Pumping is much harder than breastfeeding and harder on your breasts. You have to be really motivated to make it work. It's much easier to teach a baby how to breastfeed or switch to formula (which is also more time consuming but you can share the workload).

She was trying to make conversation and added how her daughters gave them to her as well, but it was awkward and strange. She definitely wasn't trying to shame me about them or medicalize them in anyway. It's something like this: my sister is thin and has stretch marks from her kids and knows which kids gave her which…

My best friend is a doctor and I find she holds quite a few fat biases particularly with regards to herself (she's rail thin and pretty phobic about gaining weight), though she never directs any of it my way. I'm always worried about how it might affect her interactions with patients.

I am overweight and pregnant and have only received one comment from an OB about weight and that was at the beginning of my second pregnancy because I gained 4 pounds in a month. However, I knew that the previous months weight they had for me was off and should have been more because I hadn't eaten lunch yet or drunk…

Having never fired a gun, I can only speak as an outsider, but I think it is more important to encourage ownership of the good results of their shooting (marksmanship, hunting, etc) than the gun itself, if that makes any sense. I think using a gun and demonstrating responsibility and understanding of its power should…

Anal is an India name. It means fire. In researching names from my current fetus I came across this gem. It goes nicely with Ishat, which means superior. Ishat Anal. It's my first choice ;)

You can teach a kid lots of dangerous and useful skills under supervision. It's another thing to give them a weapon as a toy. Hell, at 5 I was barely allowed to operate safety scissors by myself. I don't think that we should be marketing guns towards a demographic that is still wearing pull-ups to bed.

All I could think about was when was the last time they took a shower and how musty everything must be wearing those heavy clothes and trekking great distances every day. I like soap....

This is not an easy question to answer and many Jewish theologians have debated over this for centuries. A typical response is that trying to understand God's motivations is an inappropriate activity in some respect because it presupposes that we can understand what is greater than us. If we could understand why God…

Your perspective is that you're denying yourself something because you personally don't see what is to gain from following these laws. You aren't looking at what motivates the persons actions. The Orthodox perspective is that they are gaining something by following these laws that turns the practice not into denial…

It probably wouldn't be too complicated or difficult (depending on where you live) to find an Orthodox rabbi willing to convert someone born of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother. The hesitation would be, will this person continue to be Orthodox or will they become Conservative or Reform further down the road.…

It isn't denial, it's about modification and sometimes it's challenging but most of the time it's about making conscious choices.

most would say they don't abstain from those foods because God cares, but because *they* care. It's about making all aspects of daily life about your relationship to God. This means making sacrifices and choices that might make life difficult, but that's the challenge.

I noticed that too. She also skipped Sikhism. Seeing as these are the two religions in my family, I couldn't help but notice their absence.

Is this a lace up crotch? I'm not going to lie, I think this outfit is hot.

Did you not watch the clip? She says she wants to get married, but no one has ever asked and probably wont after seeing this clip. She's drunk and being silly. No one is single shaming. Sorry if I can't tell that you were being sarcastic or something, but it's in the clip so this comment isn't out of left field or…

My experience has been very similar. I wore my pants till about 4-5 months, then switched to maternity pants. Most of my tops I could wear until the end, I only bought a few maternity or nursing tops and those I was able to wear after the baby as well. I tend to favour longer tops and sweaters, so those just rode up.…