Thank you. She's so totally underwhelming.

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And this my friends is why you never want to become popular with hipsters. Once you become popular amongst the unwashed masses, the hipsters will turn on you.

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With all due respect to MIA, there are 4 million births in the U.S. each year. 75% of these women work. So, I think MIA looked great, and "rocked it", etc. - but let's face it - that is her job, and there are millions of women out there doing theirs for a lot less pay, TV time, and hair & makeup staff.

She had to show up for one night and do a performance for a few minutes. Plenty of us did 8-hour days, plus a commute, and listened to our bosses whine "how long until you think you would be available by phone?" until the contractions started.

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40 weeks in 9 1/4 months.

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Thanks, we're having a boy.

Also, sure it's her job, but dancing about on stage while shouting out lyrics on your due date is not something anyone in any movement oriented profession tends to do and to do well. That is most likely why you do not see many knocked up Sugarplum Fairies prancing about.

And no matter the math of it all (and we can also throw in that it's all an estimate, etc...), at that point in time, it feels like a lot of weeks and all the fun stuff is over.

I merely pointing out, that the woman is WAY pregnant and she did a great job, not to discount at all the millions of women who have also been pregnant.

And yes, there are still pudding pops...mmmm, but also make some pudding and stick in the freezer. Good stuff, too and highly recommended in a pinch!

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@FreddieBietzsche: And that six-week-long no-pokey-pokey period after birth feels like 10 months to us! So we're even. [ducking and running]

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