Not everyone gains weight. I would say 5 pounds of water/bloating weight is typical, but it usually goes away when you're done.

Jeez, why so mean?

Don't believe the crap doctors tell you about PCOS. Many women with PCOS do not have trouble conceiving, especially once they balanced their hormones enough to ovulate. A safe herb called Vitex can help regulate many women's cycles. Acupuncture helps. Clomid helps. Personally, I was given doom and gloom from doctors…

Sorry, all 10 Jezzies who jumped on me — I have no idea why my humor meter was off on this one. It's not an issue I'm particularly sensitive about. Maybe it's because the rest of the article wasn't funny?

"I know, I just blew your mind."

Please explain how the "Democrats" are the only people who don't think that the Twin Towers weren't demolished by explosives. Go ahead.

Especially odd since Rhianna already has breast implants.

Worse, this article has it wrong. Ryan doesn't believe in abortion under any circumstance. The "life of the mother" shorthand is Romney's position, which Ryan has to go along with publicly. Ryan believes women who get abortions should be criminals.

Agree; the article has it wrong. Ryan does NOT believe that there should be abortion exceptions for rape & incest. He very clearly stated that it was Romney's position and didn't directly address his own position.

Dorian Gray would have been *fine* if he hadn't stabbed that painting.

I work for a social justice nonprofit. Pays better! ;-)

That was my response too! If publishing houses were making an 8% returns on their holdings, perhaps they would not be facing financial failure! I wonder though, are these sorts of interest returns stipulated anywhere in the publishing contracts?

Oh, dear. Publishing was struggling with severely failing profits and a resigned desperation about eBooks when *I* worked in the industry, 12 years ago. I got out fast. Considering entry-level salaries in top NYC publishers are still in the $20,000s, any investing in grad school for this career would be completely…

Thank you for writing this. When "lazy birth" proponents actually experience child birth, they might find out that being lazy isn't as easy or fun as it sounds. They don't just "knock you out and take it from you" anymore.

Yes, epidurals enter your bloodstream. They just do so in a much smaller proportion than drugs injected intravenously. However, not everything that enters the mother's bloodstream has time to make it through the placenta and into the baby. But it can. Epidurals have been scientifically proven to be present in some…

True — I know several women who asked for an epidural when it got too painful and got laughed at by the nurses — it was far too late in labor for that! They had no idea.

Well, the only plus there is supposed to be is attachment and connection. It's really not more dogmatic than that at its core. Fostering a strong and non-punishing bond while the infant is totally dependent on adult care so that you have a strong and deep attachment to weather the storms of childhood and…

I agree — I find Jezebel's point of view these days to be very hostile toward unmedicated childbirth, and attachment-type parenting principles, too.