I mean, on the one hand, not surprised, on the other hand... it should be unusual?

God bless, don’t wear a bandage dress if you don’t want every single inch of your body to be fully evident through it...

Right, a few of them gaped in the bosom or just looked like they were hanging loosely (MANDY MOORE I AM LOOKING AT YOU); a smaller size or shortening the straps would fix those problems...

... kind of shocked at how badly a bunch of the dresses in the slideshow fit, though. Can they not be tailored because of the way they’re constructed?

*whispers* men naturally have estrogen too and excessively low estrogen levels can lead to erectile dysfunction and loss of bone mass...

That includes economic losses too, I’m guessing? Which, right, nobody is suggesting that we comp them for lost revenue.

AHAH, you have fallen into my clever trap! You are WRONG and Pacific Rim is the BEST!

How did Guillermo Del Toro hurt you? Are you still mad that Mako and Raleigh didn’t bone?

What’s your source for that? A number of sources seem to think it’s in the neighborhood of $10-15 million.

Momma it’s your choice and I hope it works out perfectly for you.

I mean, to be fair, Harvey Weinstein does NOT need Peter Thiel’s financing...

Frickin’ word. My second (both procedure and recovery) were SO much harder than my first, and ended up being a mid transverse incision rather than a low, which means that they would go straight to c-section for any subsequent pregnancies. Fortunately I am also quite happy to be done with two. High five to us for our…

lol this was how my first birth (an induction) went. “So, you’ve been in labor for three days, and you’ve pushed for 3.5 hours, and the baby hasn’t descended at all. Do you want to push for another half hour, or should we just get you ready for the c-section now?” Easiest decision I ever made. Frickin’ lazy-ass babies.

Scar tissue can make such a difference in how subsequent c-sections go, too! My first C-section was easy-peasy, I remember being calm throughout, but the second one took an extra half hour at least and felt like they were literally pulling me apart (oh right, they were) because there was so much scar tissue that they…

Right. We’ve gotten planes, just not... working planes. (and that is a great explainer.)

FOR THOSE INTERESTED: the total defense budget for the U.S. for FY 2015 was apparently $598 billion [citation: Wikipedia.org]. Given estimates of $10-15 billion for the Puerto Rico recovery effort, this would put it at 0.25% of annual defense spending. I apologize for the error.

The F-35 program is the one that we haven’t actually gotten any planes out of yet, right?

I would honestly like to know what *fraction* of a percent of our yearly military budget the Puerto Rico disaster response has cost so far. I’m betting it’s under .01%.

OK. To be clear, I really appreciate the time and knowledge you have put into this thread, as well as your career as a midwife- you guys are, in fact, the real MVPs.

This is a good breakdown. Thanks for sharing.