That said, as a general rule, there are subtle differences between pregnancy and garden-variety PMS that can help you suss out which one you’re dealing with. Here are a few signs that you may have a baby on board, and how these symptoms differ from a period:

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On Friday (August 5), Reddit user thedoctorsclara posted a pic of a RipNDip care tag that is seriously on some 1950s-misguided-notions-of-gender-roles shit. For those unfamiliar, RipNDip is a pretty popular brand sold at stores like Zumiez — they’re most famous for their “Lord Nermal” gear. “What lovely, subliminal sexism, RipNDip clothing,” the Redditor wrote. A photo posted by Annie & Birddog (@cuddledogs710) on Feb 4, 2016 at 6:31am PST “Wth is this?...

While your honey is soapin’ and scrubbin’, sneak in there and write a little sweet note. And if he comes out before you get finished … well, that’s not so bad, either. It might get even more steamy, and I’m not talking about from the shower. Do you ever write on the steamed mirror? Image via PunkJr/Flickr

Paul* and Anna* have been married for seven years. They have a son who is 3 and seemingly have a happy marriage with no issues. And they are happy — very happy Anna insists, but a little incident last year has made Anna concerned now. She allowed her husband to sleep with another woman. And he did. Just once. And they hadn’t talked about it much until recently. I’ll let Anna explain....

Jacob ultimately beat his cancer and went into remission, but when he was 13 and Sophia just 4, doctors discovered that she had a brain tumor in the exact same spot as Jacob’s. “I’m like, ‘Why her? Why not me, again?’” Jacob told CTV News after his sister’s diagnosis. “Because if it was me again, I’d be able to do it, it wouldn’t be too hard because I’ve already been through (it)....

“To be honest having a sister that’s always been much slimmer than myself — along with a mother that always questioned, ‘Should you eat that Soph?’ — then with nearly every girl being super-slim in the magazines, etc., it really did make me question my beauty and even my worth at times,” she wrote in the caption. More from CafeMom: Finally: A String Bikini That Actually Works for Plus-Size Women This necessary shift, which also includes her as a curvy model, has helped her realize that beauty isn’t defined by the number on the scale or on your clothing tag....

Cheesy Parmesan Risotto Recipe Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups arborio rice 1 qt chicken stock 1/2 cup white wine 1 medium shallot or ½ small onion, chopped (about ½ cup) 3 Tbsp unsalted butter 1 Tbsp vegetable oil 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese 1 Tbsp chopped Italian parsley Kosher salt, to taste Instructions: Heat the stock to a simmer in a medium saucepan, then lower the heat so that the stock just stays hot....

Easter Bunny Cake Use a cake mix and store-bought frosting, or make cake batter and seven-minute frosting from scratch. Martha Stewart’s Lemon Cake Batter Ingredients: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pans 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 large eggs plus 3 large egg yolks 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 cup low-fat buttermilk Mixing and baking directions:...

Whatever is safe and works for the baby’s family is the right thing to do, of course. But I think we can take some pointers from parents around the world to try new tactics when it comes to our babies’ sleep. Check out these fascinating sleep habits of babies around the world. More from CafeMom: 17 Weird Tricks to Get Baby to Sleep That Moms Swear By More from CafeMom: The Stages of Holding a Sleeping Baby (GIFS)...

In Rhode Island, teens can’t drive until they’re 16, vote until they’re 18, or drink until they’re 21, but they can work at strip clubs, taking off their clothes for a bunch of men who feed them dollar bills. Scary stuff considering a study that found that 60 to 70 percent of strippers have been sexually assaulted. So why isn’t it against the law? Because no one ever thought about it—until police found a 16-year-old runaway from Massachusetts working at a strip club in Providence, Rhode Island....

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Instagram/nicoladallasen Like me, you ride that very thin line between the two, and if there’s one item more difficult to find than any, it’s lingerie. Lacy everyday bras are everywhere, sure — but I’m talking specifically about that edgy, strappy, see-through nonsense we admittedly LOVE to wear (bae or no bae) when we’re feeling sexy. Luckily, there are a handful of brands that DO make that lingerie for curvy ladies....

“Mommy’s vagina is sick,” is what they told the Doc. And it’s also what they told my mother when she came to visit the next day. For the record, my vagina is not sick thankyouverymuch. The doctor didn’t have to take any ouchies away because — remember — this was just a yearly exam. But of course my mom hears my daughter saying my vagina is sick makes her mind wander....

Some parenting advice is sound, and some is really unhelpful. Everyone has had someone tell them the old wives’ tales like “Holding a baby spoils them” or “Babies need to cry to clear out their lungs.” But when I asked around for infant care advice people have been given, I was shocked at some of the unique and borderline-crazy things I heard. ivansmom07 mentions hearing the idea of putting pee in a baby’s eye to fix a clogged tear duct....

For someone who loves books, I sure hate the school book fair. I’m talking about the Scholastic one that takes over kids’ brains for days on end as the entire school focuses on getting every student worked into a rabid lather over the chance to spend their parents’ hard-earned cash on things like the Super Mega Must-Have Star Wars LEGO Character Guide That’s Filled With Eight Thousand High-Resolution White-Background Photos of Toys and Like Maybe Five Words and Pokémon-branded pencils (merchandising motto: “Gotta beg for them all!...

When it comes to trying to jump-start labor when you are due or overdue, there are plenty of old wives’ tales you can try, ranging from ideas that sound sort of fun (trampoline jumping, anyone?) to those that sound down right awful (I’m looking at you, castor oil). But are any of these methods actually scientifically proven to work? Or are there just lots of super pregnant women having sex for no good reason whatsoever… I put on my researcher hat to see if I could find out what science has to say about getting labor started....

When it comes to our kids’ education, hear some of us tell it, no other institution could possibly be as great as St. So-and-So Academy or This, That, and The Other Prep. There are those of us who have a tendency to turn up our noses at public school when, in actuality, some of those classrooms are just as good as the ones we’re shelling out thousands and thousands (and in my case, thousands) of dollars for our children to attend....

When Tiffany Rex and her husband announced they were expecting a baby thanks to the help of IVF, they didn’t know how many people in their lives had gone through similar journeys. Once she posted the news on Facebook, there was an outpouring of women sharing their stories, and Tiffany was inspired to share more of her experience in order to lift the stigma around IVF. “So many people have confided their journeys to me after our announcement, and I wanted to share more detail on the long road we faced to help give hope and strength to others,” she wrote on Facebook....

Enter Malaysian artist, self-proclaimed nerd, and Instagram star @queenofluna. Using only her hijab and killer makeup skills, she gives herself the face AND the hair of our favorite princesses — AND evil queens. title: “This Makeup Artist Uses Her Hijab To Turn Into Disney Princesses” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-20” author: “Manuel Cullen” Enter Malaysian artist, self-proclaimed nerd, and Instagram star @queenofluna. Using only her hijab and killer makeup skills, she gives herself the face AND the hair of our favorite princesses — AND evil queens....