CALLED IT.

I was really hoping that someone with some, I don’t know, education and expertise, might chime in on some of the idiocy mentioned here. Seriously, I'd rather re-arrange my sock drawer than oil my labia. But that's just me.

This is absolutely not true. Your baby will not get birth defects or fetal alcohol syndrome from having 1 fucking glass of wine.you do more damage to your baby eating fresh fruits and vegetables every day due to the high exposure to pesticides. You’re risking your babies life more if you by drive to work everyday, a…

So if one were to take the time to read the studies (and there are a ton) fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are normally caused by binge drinking, and binge drinking in the second half of the first trimester. There has been no evidence found that light to moderate drinking after the first trimester causes any harm.…

The whole “there’s no (proven) safe amount” line ignores that there are also amounts that are not proven dangerous, that almost certainly result in no harm to the fetus, but that existing guidelines forbid because nobody fucking knows any better.

But maybe it changes from having 4 drinks in a night to having a half of a drink.

My body, my choice.

There’s actually no scientific evidence that light drinking while pregnant is harmful to the fetus (all the data comes from binge drinking mothers). Approximately two thousand years of women moderately drinking while pregnant (and in plenty of modern cultures, like large swaths of Europe) show pretty well that you can…

Is it sad, I wonder? She was chosen as a model for beautiful paintings that will be celebrated likely until long after we’ve turned to dust. There’s no doubt she had her hardships, but one of the worst disservices we can do to disabled individuals is to pity or feel sad for them. She did live to 74; I hope they were…

FALSE. If I had a boyfriend I would be looking into his bowl to see if he had any more ice cream I could steal. >:(

I would say it’s cool if you think YOUR behavior should change when YOU get pregnant. I’d say it’s less cool if you think MY behavior should change when I get pregnant.

Seems like a good time to remind everyone that the “good old days” were definitely old, but probably not as good as you recall.

Turns out this guy was just popping his ears with a yawn:

When my daughter came out, the nurse went to get her a little hat and when she returned I shouted at her to “find another colour, my kid’s first piece of clothing won’t be pink”. She came back with peach and we took this photo very shortly thereafter. She has her mom’s surly face.

From my point of view, a baby latched onto a breast immediately removes any sexual connotation. But i also come from a family with a lot of women and no secrecy in regards to breastfeeding, and i live in a country where women are legally protected if they breastfeed in public, so in my eyes, breasts were “baby…

I just realized Sunday is Mother’s Day. So happy mother’s day, moms! And everyone call or hug your mom if you can!

They do belong, and it's not over-sharing. The more people are used to seeing it as routine and normal, the more parents will feel comfortable doing so when they or their child needs it. Besides I see quite a bit more skin in the images posted by younger family members than I ever saw in any of my friends nursing.

I don't see any issue or problem with it. It is a natural part of life, and honestly, I've never really understood the extreme taboo we place on nudity. Why is it that a bare-chested man is acceptable, but a bare-chested woman isn't? Why are breasts not acceptable, but shoulders are? I know it's a cultural…

Wow I'm so sorry for all the various issues all these women had/have whilst breastfeeding. I had only one child who is now 26 but it seems like just yesterday when I had him then breastfed exclusively until my doctor said it was ok to add foods. (Boy did that make my now ex-mother-in-law angry! She just KNEW I was…

Yes! That's why I wrote this piece: there's just a lot that people assume, including that it's easy, and that can lead to serious frustration.