I just read a post on the LJ pregnancy group that made my eyes cross. A woman's water broke this morning; she has an appointment at 1 already to discuss induction (she's at 41 weeks) and is having decent but relatively mellow contractions 10 minutes apart. But she's going to the hospital now.

*sigh*

This is the absolute best advice I can give to ( Read more... )

Once again, the comments over on Jezebel drive me crazy. Sure, I understand the sentiment about not wanting to hear your neighbors scream for 40 hours during a home birth. But it makes me really sad that so many women my age are under the impression that birth is like that - screaming and pain for days and days. Births can go on a long time, and ( Read more... )

Thing I like: Genius playlists in the new iTunes. Hell YEAH if I want to listen to "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper I'll also want to listen to Heart, Wham, and Til Tuesday! Love IS a motherfuckin' battlefield, Pat Benatar, thanks for pointing that out!

Thing I don't like: That Nancy Botwin keeps fucking stuff up with her hot shirtless ( Read more... )