Here’s The Ugly Truth About Pooping After Four Kids

Time for some very, very real talk.

May 26, 2022

Here's The Ugly Truth About Pooping After Four Kids   Are you ready to get extremely real? Well, today we've got an anonymous mom talking about the current state of her pelvic floor: "Here I am, sitting on the porcelain throne after pushing out four beautiful babies over a period of eight years, and the reality of this scenario is — well — it's bad."  She's dealing with a condition called "rectocele," a specific type of pelvic prolapse, and she wants you to know about it — because we should all be talking about this stuff: "These issues we have to keep quiet about are important. If people talked about them, we could all be more prepared." Maybe, too, we could force modern medicine to come up with some better options. It's brutally honest – and hysterically funny too. Give it a read.  — Kelly Faircloth, Executive Editor   Read More

WFH WOES What Am I Supposed To Do With All These Office Clothes Now That I Work From Home?   "Honestly, it bums me out to look at them, since I'm never going back to an office. I work from home now, and plan to do so forever." Read More   LAST-MINUTE GETAWAY Looking For A Last-Minute Locale For Memorial Day? Try These Top Getaways   A few suggestions for family-friendly destinations you could still make happen. Read More   ZIP IT! Why It's So Important Not To Interrupt Your Kids' Play   "Similar to adults, kids get into a state of flow," writes Alanna Gallo. "When someone interrupts their concentration it makes it harder for them to get back into the flow of whatever it is they were doing." And yes, that means compliments, too. Read More

How To Talk To Your Kids About School Shootings   How are we supposed to talk to our kids about something as horrifying as school shootings, which we can barely process as adults? Scary Mommy reached out to Reena B. Patel, parenting expert, guidance counselor, licensed educational psychologist, and board-certified behavior analyst, for insight. "We need to prepare them for this reality of mass shootings we are living in. However, overexposure can cause acute stress," she says. Here's some help in walking that line.   Read More

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