In a recent conversation/gossip catch-up with my college friends, one of them earnestly said “Guys...is anyone else getting really sick of people comparing their babies to fruit on Facebook?”

“Why didn’t you post sooner??”

Yea and how you’re forced to have the same convo again and again. “Are you excited” “Omg so excited! Chubby cheeks and little shoes! I love them already!” and God forbid you say “not yet, I’m actually terrified and don’t feel any emotional connection yet”. It’s not so much being pregnant in public as being forced to…

CONFESSION: I am 20 weeks pregnant and still haven’t told my grandmother (whom I love dearly) or the majority of my closest friends (who do not live in my city). I am truly, genuinely excited about this baby, but something about calling people up to say that I’m pregnant just feels weird to me.

I don’t think she is criticizing pregnant women in the public, I think she is criticizing how other people are with pregnant women. They always want to touch your belly, ask about when it is due, names, gender, blah blah blah.

You’ve been very lucky with your bosses if this doesn’t ring true to you.

As a preggo, UGH. The only things I can eat mashed potatoes and buttered pasta. My post baby body will be a round, squishy mass and I'll smile and wave at all my fans.

“But if you give her your vote now, you’re never going to be able to negotiate with her neoliberal side of the party, and you won’t be able to extract concessions to move the country left. Which is why, if you let Trump win this time, the Democrats are going to woo you and concede stuff to you in order to gain your…

Of course it's not just her— she has to think about her entire crew. I'm sure there are many young women of childbearing age in her show.

Read her will.

BECAUSE CHRISTIAN VALUES!!!!!

I took a class called Assisted Reproductive Technologies and the Law and my mom got phone calls or text messages like that every Tuesday after class. Just, “Hey, in case anyone ever needs evidence of my intentions, you are not allowed to harvest my eggs from my dead body and then use them to have a grandchild. If you…

I could *almost* understand this if it were frozen embryos, because people have different views on those. But just eggs? If you die before menopause, god forbid, you’re gonna have a shit ton of eggs in there that aren’t going to become “babies.”

For me, it’s more that it’s without clear consent from the daughter. Yes, I would think it was slightly weird for a daughter to ask a mom to be a surrogate simply because of the age issue, but this woman is dead and there’s no explicit proof that this is what she wanted. It feels more like the mom wanting a grandchild…

That’s not a problem with the study, it’s a problem with the media.

Oh my god, this should come with a warning: do not watch if you are heavily pregnant lest you spend 10 minutes crying because HAPPY BABY BOOK AUNTIE DOLLY OMG

I’ve literally never had any piece of furniture come with instructions to secure it to the wall. This is the first I’ve ever heard of an expectation that people secure their furniture to walls.

Of course, I haven’t bought anything new in the last several years, so maybe it’s a new thing to come with instructions…

Dolly is LOVE.

How did they think “secure it to the wall” was a good enough option? What percentage of ikea furniture is owned by people who also own their walls?