It’s always shocking to me the kind of risks women will take to bear children. It’s like, “yes this is going to suck and be painful, and on top of that I might die/ lose organs/ etc but it is worth it to me to do it anyway”. Part of me feels like this is incredibly selfless, and I don’t think I could ever be so…

Oh girl, hysterectomies are no joke. Major abdominal surgery, with two young kids to take care of and don't get that mummy is in pain and tired (even with nannies, they still want mama obviously). Ow owowwwwww.

I lost my uterus (I like to say “misplaced” b/c it gets good looks from people) a while back, and it’s a sucky thing to go through. Since I’m sure Kim K is scouring the Jez comments for advice, wink, here are some good things to focus on:
1. You’ll never have to buy tampons again, and you can re-purpose your existing…

I actually don’t see why these quotes don’t make sense...

That’s so awful. :( And we are lucky that it’s so rare now. I sometimes get a little nuts when I hear about women railing against the influence of “western medicine” when it comes to childbirth - advances in western medicine are the reason that childbirth is no longer a primary cause of death in women.

This shit is no joke. It happened to me, and my doctor said it could happen again. If I hadn't stopped bleeding it would have needed an emergency hysterectomy. I didn't even know I had it until my placenta refused to detach after I gave birth

A friend of mine, a very healthy woman in her 20’s, died giving birth a few years ago. We’re lucky that it’s so much more rare than it used to be, but it still happens.

Poor Kim (whom I secretly love), I hope the remainder of her pregnancy goes smoothly. My friend had the same condition and had to go directly into surgery after giving birth and it was super scary.

This sounds frightening and I’m sad that she has to deal with it. It sounds like she’s handling it well, though.

My friend’s wife had this a few years ago. (Not a doctor, but another friend is, and when I asked him about it, he was like, “oh we learned that in med school, but it’s so rare, they said we’d likely never see it!”) She had to go on bedrest in the hospital at like 21 weeks, they were able to deliver the baby at 31…

Childbirth is a scary, dangerous thing, and I don’t think people pay enough attention to that. Props be to KK for going there publicly.

Every time I read about complications from pregnancy and birth, I become a little terrified for the future, and realize why moms always talk about how hard it was giving birth to us, and what a miracle it is. It’s a miracle that you don’t die! And people mistake that for smugness, but really, I’d be happy as hell too…

I know people like to hate on her, but that’s a really terrible thing to go through, and I hope she’ll be OK. I know she and Kanye talked about having a big family, so this must be extremely difficult for her.

They’ll find my knitting patterns!!!

True story. No names or locations are used.

KEEP IT OFF YOUR WORK EMAILS, IDIOTS

Have you seen After Tiller? It completely changed my perspective on late-term abortions. I still find them disturbing but I understand the need for them in the U.S. When you have to save up and drive across 3 states to get an abortion, it can take a while.

It very likely was just a mistake by the cleaning service. I used to work at an oncology center and our new cleaning service was dumping the contents of our shredding bins into the recycling dumpster out back. I noticed when I stayed late one day, told the managing physician, and the cleaning service stopped touching…

Anti-Abortion Activists Climb Into Trash, Realize They’re Finally Home

Yup. Your ass is better off single than shackled to some man-baby who needs you to wipe their ass for them. Heteronormative society telling you otherwise is 100% bullshit.