Good plan.

If you want to learn more about c-sections, there is a ton of info out there! Lots to think about more before the time comes for you, if it ever does. I have read that c-sections reduce risks of complications for mother & baby if they are deemed medically necessary, whereas elective c-sections with no explicit…

Couldn't agree more. Shouting "don't shame people!" at studies like this is just silly. Shame on the American medical system!

I think the pressures that industrial hospital medicine and the workforce put on WOMEN to have c-sections and to not try breastfeeding are much more dangerous and significant pressures than the "pressures" of scientific studies and their reportage on women to feel guilty about having had c-sections, etc. Really. …

Except the diamond is conflict-free, I swear!

While we're all sharing... I had the diamond in my ring set inside out so I could cut a bitch! (Also etch glass with it.)

Story sounds ridiculous to me. Maybe she's just done with them. Tattoo removal is certainly not a condition of conversion, and the idea that you can't be buried in a "Jewish cemetery" with tattoos or earrings is a dumb old myth.

Don't worry, interns are probably not doing Fox News's photo editing. But hey, maybe.

I hate these proposed laws too, but just curious whether anyone here has gotten an abortion WITHOUT receiving an ultrasound? I thought it was standard practice. I know friends in NYC who got transvaginal ultrasounds before their abortions, because they need to figure out how old the fetus is measuring before the…

Does anyone else find all of these endless and pointless inquiries about nose jobs, boob jobs, Botox, etc... so tedious? Nearly *everyone* who is successful in Hollywood or in the public eye has some amount of cosmetic work done. Sadly, it is part of their job. Starlets do not escape the starlet machine without…

I use Photoshop every day and I see no evidence of photoshopping in that picture.

Sorry suckers, I'm not licking any Butylene Glycol! I eat organic over here.

I love how you end on the note of being really judgmental of the mom who judged you.

As far as I know, the primary effect of Vitex is balancing the estrogen-to-progesterone ratio, which is off-balance in PCOS women (who often have estrogen dominance in addition to raised androgen levels). I'm not sure that this particular balancing would help with weight gain, which is likely due to the effect that…

Have you tried Vitex? It's an herb that can be very helpful in hormone balancing. It is used by a lot of PCOS women who are trying to conceive. Tincture is better than pills. I would say that, and cutting excess flour/gluten out of the diet would probably be the two most effective options, esp. for someone who…

Great story!

Many health organizations believe that 10% of American women have it. Even this quote from the NIH is completely contradictory: "Between 1 in 10 and 1 in 20 women of childbearing age has PCOS. As many as 5 million women in the United States may be affected. It can occur in girls as young as 11 years old." If up to…

That is terrifying.

You went Vitamix, didn't you? ;-)

Depends whether you use a juicer or a Vitamix. Most juicers strain and discard a lot of the fiber, but some high-tech blenders can pulverize the veggies down to juice while leaving the fiber in.