I think you meant tap water is better than bottled? You said bottled both times.

How about IUPUI?

31 and currently pregnant with my second kid and have kept up with ballet all my life...and so glad I have! Lucky to have a decent (if small) community of experienced older dancers around.

Yeah, genetics. I lucked out, and other than a few extra pounds I didn't care about, looked basically the same postbaby as I did pre baby. No saggy skin or stretch mark issues, and I hope the same holds true after this pregnancy. To say EVERY woman get stretch marks etc is not true. But also, if your body is gonna get…

orrrrr we could have just let nature be nature and it would still be light in the morning now, and slowly our light in the PMs would get longer without a jarring change. Last week I woke up to the sun. Now it's barely light out when I am driving into work. It's gonna change no matter what because SEASONS....so how…

"probably because there's no drugs in existence that can actually make your vagina bigger — if the three children she previously gave birth to hadn't taken care of that already."

that is NOT A THING. right? while it may change a teensy bit, the whole "oh look at all those kids your vag must be sooooo loose" thing is…

Anyone who had problems (mentally...depression etc) with hormonal oral BC do OK with a hormonal IUD? I don't really want the heavier periods associated with the copper IUD. I need something after baby #2. I have heard from some that bc the IUD is a low dose and in yout uterus already, the hormones don't enter your…

This is the way I understood the "viability" test thing. Not is it viable NOW, but are you aborting a baby who would be born perfectly healthy in a few more months, or does it already have flipper hands or whatever. Both are uncool, but I didn't understand it as "if this baby is born today at 20 weeks, it will live"…

Le Creuset is probably the most famous brand of enamel cast iron dutch ovens. They are also pretty pricey, so if someone owns a Le Creuset rather than a plain boring other brand dutch oven, they will tell you.

I have a 3yo daughter and hate that movie, but Sven is cute.

What movie is that?

On one hand, it's stupid to name them that bc they are for toddlers. On the other hand, it's an accepted name for a style of women's pants that I know, so I instantly knew what kind of pants they were talking about.

fun: so they had that dog show at Thanksgiving this year that I somehow ended up watching. My dog is part beagle/hound, part I dunno/mutt. So I was totally rooting for the bloodhound. Meanwhile I am also 2 months pregnant. I LOST IT when the bloodhound won, bc it was sorta like my dog I guess? Like actual tears. (And…

Warm milk with honey, sipped slowly really helps. Source: sopregnant

Though my parents are religious (or at least my mom is - she grew up very Catholic but never attended church as an adult...honestly have NO idea what my dad's beliefs are, but his family is religious), other than a very brief push to put me in Sunday school basically as a form of daycare, religion just wasn't…

So I actually got a free subscription to this somehow for a while, and I REALLY liked the magazine. It did have a certain viewpoint for sure, but I truly enjoyed it. huh. (FWIW I am a 31 yo mother of a toddler who is not very fabulous in the income department.)

Well normally, no. But she got pregnant by a very wealthy man. So presumably, she can count on some sort of probably pretty nice child support agreement from him if she does, in fact, have his child. If she wasn't totally averse to having a child going in, even if she didn't necessarily want one right then...having…

I totally get him "sweetening the pot," too. Whether it was her intention or not, she was basically guaranteed being taken care of for quite a while the moment she found out she was pregnant by him. Him offering her the house etc almost evens it out, so she wouldn't have to choose between a baby and a nice life being…

it KILLS me how every time she says "my" on instagram she types it "mai". I cannot decide whether to love her or loathe her for that. I've never watched her new shows, but used to watch that Style Network (I think) makeover show she did.

I am not a federal employee and am currently 16 weeks preg with prob my last, but my god I hope it passes. We need this so badly. I must reply on 6 weeks at 60% pay and also use 1 week of leave before that kicks in. It is not enough mentally or physically. But I have no choice!