Recent content by St. Nobody

kassierossiter, I have usually had very, very regular periods and they normally make me very sick. I started feeling sick really early for the period, and then it was late. I was in the dollar store and impulse bought a pregnancy test thinking, 'better safe than sorry, and it's just a dollar.'...

You scared him into considering adoption because you were considering abortion because you were "backed into a corner". And you don't want to raise the baby together, and you don't want to raise the baby alone, and you don't want him to raise the baby alone even though hew wants to raise the...

Do you mind if I ask how your mom and sister recovered from placing the children? In most states, an open adoption isn't legally enforceable, and i'm glad to hear your sister has a good relationship with both the family and the child. My husband and I have discussed it and he wants to have an...

Thank you, kassierossiter. That's definitely some food for thought. Is your stance- honest question, not being snarky- about keeping the child and not placing it for adoption due to concern for sad feelings from the child, from the parent, or both? (For example, a child feeling abandoned, the...

Using contraception is not the safest way to avoid pregnancy, don't be so stupid, the only safe way to stop pregnancy is occurring is to not have sex. Which you clearly knew as you have abortions planned for the future! I am NOT stupid. Name-calling is the last resort of those who do not have...

Coming back to this again, I have not threatened my husband with abortion. Being fifteen weeks pregnant, I wouldn't consider abortion at this stage, anyway. I don't understand the belittling of my dreams, either. Honestly, I don't understand this reaction at all. I was hoping for a well...

I don't think my friend ever would've <I>actually</I> put a baby carrier up there and afterward, she laughed and laughed at the thought she'd do that. She was a first-time mom. :D

My husband isn't the issue, it's his family. They have subjected both my husband and his nephew to horrific abuse, and the child would spend large amounts of unattended time with them. An adoptive family is NOT going to rub the child's face in a dirty diaper. My husband's father or mother or...

You realize when you say 'stop smoking drugs,' most people think marijuana or crack, right? It comes across as imperative, rather than as a suggestion. =P

All the women I've ever talked to have had a silly thing they were afraid of during pregnancy. For example, I worry I'll move the wrong way, strain myself, or something similar and pop the baby like a water balloon. I know that's not possible, but it plays in my head over and over. A friend of...

I figure this has the potential into turning into a debate- albeit, I hope it's friendly- so I put it here. My husband was previously uninterested in adoption, and since the mother can make the decision to abort by herself, but not the decision to adopt, I was backed into a corner. Now, he...

My mother-in-law tried to set my husband up with another woman while my husband and I were engaged. She's a religious zealot, too. She's a Christian. I'm an agnostic, but I did study Christian doctrine and texts for six years under three different teachers, all with doctorates in theology...

m2m, I have a LOT of experience with bipolar. If you need to talk or have questions, PM me and I'll be happy to share.

Some of my fondest and most beautiful memories are of working with Down's syndrome children. It's a shame that children with chromosomal mutations typically experience a shorter lifespan, but you know what they say about how the good die young. One of the things that make me proudest about...

Hey, I learned a lot about baby showers in this thread! I don't know if it's because I'm from an impoverished area or just that, where I'm from, there is NOT a lot to do and reading the obituaries is a major hobby, but usually every baby gets a shower. I love my culture, lol. :D