Hi Fellow MotherTalkers! We just realized that there was a week-long waiting period to post a diary. That “problem” has been corrected. Our apologies to anyone attempting to write a diary post! To start a diary, create a login and password. Then click on “New Diary Entry.” Basic writing guidelines are included. Thank you for […] Continue reading →

Warning: This column is not for Tom Cruise and his ilk for we already know where the good doctor stands on antidepressants. Joking aside, both the Washington Post and New York Times ran stories on contradictory studies regarding antidepressant use during pregnancy. The New York Times cited a study by the Journal of the American […] Continue reading →

Ever since my son was born two years ago, I consistently have had purple marks on my arms and legs. Like the rings around my eyes and the drooping pouch I now call my abs, I attributed them to carelessness and my olive skin, which bruises easily. However, this column in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review got […] Continue reading →

Salon online ran a thoughtful column on Betty Friedan’s passing and what it means to modern feminists. Most refreshing was the writer’s emphasis on the need to respect all women for their choices in life, including those pesky affluent women who choose to leave a fast-track career to stay home with their children. To try […] Continue reading →

Betty Friedan, author of the Feminine Mystique — the book credited for igniting the modern feminist movement that began in the 1960s — died yesterday on her 85th birthday in her Washington home. The cause of death was congestive heart failure, according to a family spokeswoman. Friedan’s book helped dispel the myth that the typical […] Continue reading →

In the brow-raising celebrity gossip corner, cyclist Lance Armstrong and rocker Sheryl Crow called it quits after two years of dating and a five-month engagement. While People magazine offered no reason for the split, it would have been Armstrong’s second marriage and Crow’s first at the age of 43. The couple shares a ranch in […] Continue reading →

As you can tell from my previous posts, I am obsessed with the topic of family size. A part of me is ambivalent to dive into the pool of unknowns that come with another baby, but also filled with grudging respect for women who take the risk. Most recently, I got sucked into the responses […] Continue reading →