Sorry, it wasn’t clear and a lot of women don’t know about the afterbirth cramps. I don’t think one’s cervix could necessarily hold the IUD in if the uterus wanted to expel it. I have more than one friend who has removed her IUD herself by pulling on the strings!

Your uterus has to contract back down to its normal size after birth, a process that typically takes 1-2 weeks. You can actually feel it sometimes, after my 3rd I had awful “afterbirth pains” worse contractions than when I was in labor (I had 2 unmedicated births) so I imagine those contractions/cramps would pretty…

There are other scrubs that use exfoliants that aren’t microbeads though- rice bran and silica (what the St Ives green tea scrub has) based scrubs are better options. The rice bran is great but pricier than the cheap microbeads are going to be.

The green tea scrub is the BEST! I live for that stuff! I also like the citrus-y brightening one, but the green tea is #1! I use it on my armpits too, to help get a better shave and remove all of the antiperspirant before shaving.

Thank you, it was an incredibly sucktastic time, but I was very lucky to receive top notch medical care at a very well regarded hospital and be supported in my choice by my regular health care providers (I see midwives for my regular on-gyn care and go to a maternal-fetal specialist for prenatal testing.)

I am with you!

I am not in Texas, but as someone who terminated a wanted pregnancy for medical reasons, I was offered the opportunity for cremation of the remains and it was $40 or $50 a funeral home/crematory local to the hospital where I had to go, offered it as service to patients and it was organized via a social worker at the…

There are only 4 doctors in the US that perform 3 tri terminations, they are in CO, NM and MD. Most women making this heartbreaking decision already have to go to another state for this procedure.

I think he would resign (a la Agnew and Nixon) before being impeached and removed from office. I wonder how long he will be able to hide his shady tax and business practices once actually elected. Pence would still be in office but I don’t think we will have to wait for the full impeachment and removal from office…

There is obviously money to be made as there are franchises of childcare centers. Most daycares are not not-for-profits, despite holding fundraisers.

I am sure it is simply symptomatic of the fact that I lived in NYC from 2001 to 2007 but I hope this happens and that Tins rises from palm beach ashes like a shiny blonde phoenix!!!

Really? Her best friends are 2 African American twin sisters. I think calling her racist for wearing her hair in braids is a stretch.

Well at least Khloe isn’t racist! And feel how you may she was very compassionate and caring when her not quite ex-husband basically od’d in a brothel. She basically took over and made sure he got great medical care, that his kids got to see him, etc.

Also FWIW I have 3 kids and had my last 2 with midwives, zero drugs, zero complications and my midwives recc’d basically 2 weeks of modified bed rest after such a birth. By letting your body really rest for 2 weeks (which yes is hard to do when you have other children, but you do the best you can) then you really do…

Plus the general soreness of your back & pelvis, the cramping of your uterus still returning to normal size (which only gets more painful with each baby you have!) the unexpected hot flashes from hormone levels crashing! Oh and I almost forgot the bleeding, which is worsened by activity! I imagine passing clots at the…

William and Kate (and George and Charlotte) have Lupo, a black English Cocker Spaniel.

I was on Southwest flights out of and into BWI this weekend and specifically recall the flight attendants requesting that any and all owners of the Galaxy 7s to power them down for the whole flight and not turn them on until they had exited the aircraft. Clearly powering them down isn’t enough.

He shook Obama’a hand when he and Michelle visited.

Well Prince George shook Obama’s hand very nicely... Ooh burn!

In some ways the frozen concentrate may be more natural than the not from concentrate, which is usually stored in tanks for up to a year (it is de-oxygenated first) and then it is re-flavored with flavor packs or essence/fragrance as the chemicals that make it taste good are stripped when the oxygen is removed.