This was great, thanks. What got me with breastfeeding was that there was almost no freedom for almost a full year. Sure, i could spend a few hours away from my baby or even go out ( once i went away for an overnight for a casual softball tournament)! But inevitably, the fun ends early as my breasts became so sore…

If you look at this person’s comment history, you’ll realize they’re probably a troll and most definitely not a 25 year old grad student or a young single mother.

I 100% agree with the article. It’s all super valid. I also haven’t had a pregnancy but I teach reproductive system to students so I’ve experienced the two extremes: students who have no idea and rose colored classes and students who are ready to drop their birthing horror stories.
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I come from a very troubled background. I was born the year that the Supreme Court legalized birth control in Griswold v. Connecticut. My mother never wanted children and experienced 7 pregnancies. She aborted the first herself. The second was stillborn after a beating from my father. The third had a clubfoot. The…

And 10 years after having my son, I finally realized why the celebrities were “too posh to push” and had cesareans. Natural childbirth is hell on the bladder control.

It's funny, I can go on and on about the joy of motherhood but because I was born before birth control to parents who never wanted children, I fully supported my children's decisions not to have children.  I really wanted grandkids but that's a terrible situation to put a child in.  So I settled for grandkitties.  I…

I think that there is truth to that idea that you forget the pain when you hold your child. I remember begging for pain relief (I had natural childbirth) I remember how much the episiotomy hurt. I remember times that breastfeeding was agonizing. And yet, looking back, it was nothing compared to the love that I felt…

When my wife was pregnant with our only child it was night and day depending on where we went. Normally we went to a large hospital about a half hour away that had exceptional maternity care and they treated her like you’d think they should - a pregnant woman who needs care. However there were some concerns and…

If people are considering age, then Schiff is not young either. He will be 64 on Election Day, 2024. On the same date, Porter will be about two months away from her 51st birthday. 

I’d add that given the Senate’s seniority rules, you’re punting on a key perk if it’s a given that you’re going to be one and done. There’s a reason why Senators who have been around for a billion years are on all the key committees.

It is 100% ageist and I recognize that, but I would have a really difficult time voting in a primary for someone who will be 80 when their 6-year term starts, especially in the CA primary where there will be lots of democratic talent. The California senate seat is as close to a lifetime appointment as a Democrat can…

The Grammy’s have had difficulty for decades delineating between the desire to recognize what is clearly the most popular music of a given time, and what the voters would consider the “best” music of a given time, as the two are neither mutually inclusive or exclusive of one another.

It’s made even more difficult when…

I don’t know maybe because TJ was knocking down the whole building putting the whole company at risk for a harassment suit...while she just had a relationship with an co-worker of equal status...of course there’s that other thing too, lol, but I ain’t pulling that card for TJ, he was out here wildin, he earned his…

There’s a Dominican sisterhood near me that offers retreats and space in their motherhouse for short term stays. I had worked with the sisters previously and took a tour of the spaces when my husband and I split up and I considered spending a weekend or two there in silence surrounded by older women to heal, even…

They will still get a lighter sentence than you or I if we murdered someone with four of our friends.   I bet little to no reform comes out of this because the judicial system and the government like having out of control cops to brutalize people.    They need the pigs to be ready to murder union workers if they start…

There is never a time where it’s ok for cops to do this. If a person was actively fighting them I, and most, could grant some leeway but there needs to be proportionality.

Bad PR: the only thing that will make corporations even gesture in the direction of doing the right thing

i’m trying to think of a scenario where it was okay to beat the shit out of this dude for a traffic stop, and can’t find one.

What’s horrifying is that the company may have effectively covered its ass by saying missing teeth were only prohibited if “unrelated to a disability.” In general, in the U.S., it’s illegal to fire someone or take other adverse action (and yes, this includes “constructive firing,” i.e. forcing them to quit) based on…

Of course she would. It’s why she didnt drop any names.