A friend of mine had just gone through a serious appendix rupture so I was hyper paranoid and just decided not to risk it.

After going off the pill I DID go to the ER during my first ovulation because I was convinced my appendix was going to explode.

I honestly thought I was the only one that had this terrible painful sex thing happen to them! There just isn’t much medical literature or knowledge out there!

I stopped taking it because of this. I feel your pain. Girl, just use condoms and the pull out method.

I had to stop taking BC because it really adversely impacted my sex drive. SO I guess I am one of those woman that stopped due to side-effects. I also heard that it may have attributed to my chronic yeast infections, but I have not found any sound science for that. Since I have stopped taking it, I am at my normal…

I got A GOOD ONE.

This is great! Why have I not been thinking like this??? That is right up my alley. Every time I hear it now, I will imagine they are saying to me "Hello, Future Executive".

I want to relive my life and wear more sunscreen!

I love you. But I also hate you? I want to be mistaken for a college student! Some guy ma'amed me like 8 times yesterday.

I think people should leave her alone and everyone alone. But I just want to be clear that this abounds with irony.

Tracy, these pieces are really thoughtful and are a great read. You are the best!

So true!!!! If a woman only has one child, it is assumed that they didn't have another for reasons aside from simply not wanting one. And alot of those reasons are assumed to start with "can't".

Yes! I told my mother that my reasons for wanting children were selfish. She couldn't understand because parenting "is just so self-less". But having children is a choice that you make for no obvious benefit except validating the worth of your own genes/skills/capacity for love etc.

MMM... I think that if you are really good about returns, then shopping with the caveat of potentially returning is ok, for certain items and from certain places. Like clothes are an easily returnable item. And buying online from target or from gap is ok since you can make the return in person. Now amazon....I think…

The "s/he" made me feel like this was from Websters.

I feel like she shaded herself.

My god Kara, you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

As a former heavy smoker, I was so much better at my job after I decided to stop smoking every day and just limit it to the weekends.

Now if I could only watch myself drunkly yell at my boyfriend.

I probably think about it everyday. I think about it in superficial ways, like how my skin or hair looks. I think about it professionally "am I am track to be where I want to be". I think about it in terms of reproduction. I think about it all of the time.