Human Placenta Smoothies: Popular in Brooklyn
Welcome to the terrible nexus of Foodie and Earth Mama culture: In "The Placenta Cookbook," New York Magazine reports that the placentas of Brooklyn are no longer content to be buried in gardens, or ground into powder and consumed as nutrient-rich dietary supplements. (That is so 2009.) Every placenta who is any…
Megyn Kelly Destroys Guy Who Called Her Maternity Leave 'a Racket'
Did Fox News host a momentary feminist triumph today? Why, yes, I think it did. Megyn Kelly invited blowhard radio host Mike Gallagher on her show, and played back audio from the time he scoffed, "Megyn's still on maternity leave, isn't she? Boy, what a racket that is." Select excerpts from the verbal pillaging:
Parents Demand to Take Photos That Will Traumatize Child in the Future
Laurie Shifler got so mad when the hospital said they couldn't allow her husband to photograph the actual birth of her eighth child, Kaelii, that she started a petition. "It's about our rights [to baby-in-vagina photos]," she says. [NYT]
Study Finds Abortion Less Traumatic Than Childbirth
A new study that examined how frequently women sought mental health care before and after childbirth and abortion indicates that having a baby may, in fact, be more traumatizing to women than having an abortion.
Longest Delivery Ever
Meet the British woman who just had a baby after spending 20 days in labor.
Tila Tequila Tweets Pregnancy: Will Spawn for Family as Surrogate Parent, Probably Get New Show
In what's inevitably a bid for another TV show, Tila Tequila announced on Twitter that she'll be carrying the child of her brother and his wife as a "present" for them. I can't wait for the show. I have ideas.

