Bristol-Myers Squibb contributed to the development of the following sponsored content from BlogHerThere are four stages of breast cancer. The stages refer to how extensive the cancer is in the body. The staging system is determined by both the size of the tumor and whether or not cancer cells have spread from the breast to other areas of the body 1,2.

Don't fret if you're not part of the adoption/loss/infertility community because this year, our annual list has been expanded to include everyone in the blogosphere.

A woman named Lynsee just gave birth online and I didn't watch. Perhaps it is a testament to how greatly I'm affected by the stories of loss I've read, but knowing what can go wrong in birth, I didn't want to witness a live-feed of emotional anguish. Also a testament to how greatly influenced I am by my own story and those of others in the community, knowing what can go right in birth, I didn't want to witness their enormous joy knowing how out-of-reach it is for 7.3 million Americans.

The convergence of H1N1 and the upcoming movie, 2012, has brought out the eternal debate--how will life on earth end as we know it? Will it be a virus or massive flu that spreads through the population, leaving behind only a small subsection of those with immunity (because aren't there always some people with immunity--usually highly attractive people with great make-up or biceps--when these things play out in the movies)?

Every Friday for the last three and a half years, I've written a weekly roundup of the posts that stick with me after I click off the blog. I read a lot of blogs and I noticed a few months into blogging that I was finding posts that were comment-less and I was unsure if others had seen the same post and simply clicked away without commenting or if I had the sole knowledge of the post's greatness. So I started the roundup so others could see what I had noticed and hopefully, we could have more discussion on those posts.