I had an addiction. I freely admit that now. It was an addiction that lasted throughout the entirety of my first pregnancy and for most of the first year of my daughter's life. It was an addiction that I could not shake, even though I had moments of clarity when I knew that the object of my addiction was not good for me. Because even though I knew that it wasn't good for me, knew that it undermined me, knew that it kept me in a state of panic, I really believed that I couldn't go on without it.

You may know Kristy Sammis from She Just Walks Around With It as BlogHer's own former Events Manager. For those of you who only know Kristy as our Events manager, and not as a life blogger, you have been missing out! And we are thrilled to introduce you to her comic stylings via this week's BlogHer of the Week post, Making It Work for Me and My Pelvix.

I'm not the only one who thinks that David Letterman owes us all an apology. But it seems like there are only a few of us.

As the April Rose hoax unfolded last week and anger and grief unfurled itself from the readers of her defunct blog, this energy has been festering in blog posts and exchanged emails with the question about what to do with the tidal wave of emotions. And my advice is to redirect it.

Since it's Baby Week on Discovery Health I thought I would do a little blog round-up on pregnancy nutrition. As much as I would love to claim that I had great eating habits during my pregnancies (16 & 19 years ago), I have to admit that I made my share of pregnancy nutrition fopauxs. For example...I didn't drink even one glass of milk (I hate milk), and I gained over forty pounds each pregnancy. But enough about me, here are some posts by women trying to get it right.

On Thursday the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the first flu pandemic in 41 years. But there is no need to panic, the H1N1 virus (swine flu) has not become any more lethal, it's just being recognized as a pandemic now because of the numbers of cases and areas affected. From The Wall Street Journal - Flu Pandemic Is Declared...

Are you getting enough vitamin D? Would you know if you weren't? Apparently, most of us are deficient in vitamin D, and that is putting us at greater risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, some types of cancer, diabetes, and possibly other chronic medical problems (like asthma, arthritis, and multiple sclerosis). You might be surprised to learn how important vitamin D is to your overall health, and how easy it is to make sure you're getting enough.

Have you heard about the controversy surrounding the impending motherhood of Elizabeth Adeney at age 66? Is she too old to be having a child for the first time? Is it fair to the child? Is it selfish of the mother? Is it fair for us to sit in judgment of her? At what age is a woman too old to be a first time mother? Would you have a baby at the age of 66?

It's understandable that hearing pregnancy announcements would be difficult for someone experiencing infertility, but making one during a pregnancy after infertility can also be an uncomfortable situation. Not only do people agonize over the "how," trying to keep in mind how they wanted to hear announcements when back in the trenches, but also the "when." Infertility's reach doesn't end with the double pink lines or positive beta.

I don't consider myself a religious person. A spiritual person, yeah, sure, but not a religious person. I'm a lapsed Catholic who hasn't been to confession in years. Hell, I haven't been inside a church in years. I struggle with the very idea of organized religion.But I still pray. And I'm convinced that prayer has helped me maintain my sanity during some difficult times. Ativan, too, but I'm pretty sure that the prayer helped.

Nearly 46 years ago, my mother gave birth to a boy. She was barely 20 years old, she was alone, and she was terrified.

Janet Fraser, a home birth advocate and founder of the site Joyous Birth, recently experienced a personal tragedy when her baby died at her home in Australia on March 27 during her free birth or unassisted childbirth (where a woman gives birth at home without the aid of a midwife or doctor).