Yeah but he also made it very clear, right there in the texts, that because of that refusal he would like to cease their relationship. Which is his right, even though he's a douche. If I am her, I say "good, and good riddance"—but she continues replying to him, and then eventually leaks his private texts? This, to me,…

I have to agree with you. Stein is SUPER gross and creepy (seriously, barf) but why on earth was she taking these texts to the media? You see very clearly in the tweets that he acts butt-hurt about her not wanting to fuck him, and very clearly ends their relationship:

Not really though—the kid asked permission to go to the park instead of sitting in a McD's all day doing nothing. mom said yes. That's the definition of "letting".

If you're willing to come out to deep Alexandria (like the last stop on the blue line deep), the gas station near me was $3.52 this morning. I was so excited. Then I was sad that I was so excited to be paying so fucking much for gas. (When I got my license in 95, gas was .98 a gallon, and didn't get above $1.20 or so…

Is that what's going on there? I squinted at that picture for a couple of minutes (I am not proud) and I couldn't figure it out. I thought at finishing powder flub or something but the rest of her face looks normal.

At least he didn't take it out right at the table?

The miracle is that you grew the baby inside your body for 9 months.

Good for you! And depending on your pain you won't even be thinking about the needle. Just about the glorious nap you will take.

Haha, now that I am thinking on it, we couldn't get the Netflix to work, because like most publicly available wi-fi, the hospital's couldn't support streaming. But I did have a couple movies downloaded to my iPad. I watched Inglourious Basterds.

I'm so sorry, that sounds awful! Particularly feeling the stitches. Shudder! I actually also felt them stitching me up (not completely, but it had worn off enough that I could definitely feel something and it was NOT pleasant, ugh) but I imagine feeling them sewing up your abdomen is far worse than feeling them in…

Oh, man the insomnia! Being pregnant again I am dreading that kicking in again soon. Currently 18 weeks so I figure I have about 10 more weeks, tops, of decent sleep if it's anything like last time. So sad. And yes, I will go to my grave saying I never would have been able to push out my son if I hadn't been able to…

Not projecting, I simply misread your first comment. Apologies for that.

It's so weird, but several women have brought up getting up to walk around and pee immediately after birth as a plus for going drug free. But even having had an epi I also got up to walk around around 45 minutes after giving birth. And I also felt like a million bucks after, you get the endorphin rush either way. I…

My endorphins lasted for like two days. I was so sad when they left and then I started actually feeling sore! Ouch! ;)

Oh calm down. I said that as a joke because I couldn't think of a reason why on earth someone would put themselves through unnecessary pain—I'm obviously aware that's not the actual reason people choose it. I believe YOU are the one judging by calling the reasons people choose drugs "stupid". My reason? I didn't want…

That's what I did too! I was sneaky, it took my mom a while to realize I was gross.

It depends on the anesthesiologist of course, but my epi was great in that I could still feel a little. I could tell when I was having a contraction, just wasn't painful at all. And I could still kind of feel my legs and move them around a little. As for the needle, I never once saw it. Feeling it go in a little was…

Yes! Everyone is different of course. The moms here who went drug free are mainly saying that their pain wasn't that bad. Which, seriously, good for them! I wish mine wasn't that bad haha— but it was horrible. And before the epi I was moving around plenty and nothing helped lessen it. I also wouldn't call it…

I pushed for an hour only because I insisted. The epi was wearing off and the pressure and urge to bear down was awful! My OB would've had me wait so I was pushing for less time definitely!

Mine was interesting because it had worn off enough at the end that I definitely still got the "movie birth" experience—the pressure was so terrible that I was sweating and screaming through the pushes like a dying animal, but for the hours of increasingly strong contractions leading up to the pushing? Didn't feel a…