Puck’s line in panel four is a direct quotation from my wife at a similar stage in the birthing process. It was an utterance that gave me nightmares long after the trauma had passed. Because it was horrifyingly accurate. September […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For those unfamiliar with the concept of a baby pool, it’s a group bet where a number of people place wagers on the birth date of a baby, or the gender and weight, or some such combination. Usually the winner […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
That doctor’s had it coming since strip #68, in my opinion. And though Puck’s rather famous for her violent tendencies, this is actually the first time that she’s ever landed a punch in-frame. She’s dangled people off buildings, strangled people, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ll just say this: the fact that society at large will gleefully judge a woman based on the presentation of a part of that woman’s body which society at large should rightly never see is, in my opinion, totally, completely […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
True story. When looking into this ‘too late for an epidural’ thing online, I actually found that it’s yet another one of those totally grey areas of medical science where there’s no such thing as consistency. Some hospitals refuse to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Despite the punch line of this strip, the ridiculous restrictions on women don’t end with the pregnancy. Even after giving birth, they still recommend women abstain from drinking because (SHOCK! HORROR!) some of the alcohol can actually transmit to the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Advice for fathers-to-be: CALM THE F$%# DOWN, MAN! Men do all sorts of weird things in this situation. They panic, call 911, run away, you name it. My wife knows a woman whose husband immediately ran to get a bag […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Fly, you fools! FLY! FYI: In works of fiction, a woman’s water breaking is always the first thing to happen in labour. In movies, there’s never a slow build-up of contractions or anything. Just BAM, water breaks. This does sometimes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
True story, man. Well, I wasn’t pregnant at the time, and I didn’t assault any mall security, but I DID go to my usual cinnamon bun supplier at the mall a few months ago to find it had closed down. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hereby announce that this is the beginning of the end of the pregnancy storyline. Baby by strip 200 or bust, man. The legends about various pregnancy-inducing foods are legion and, in my opinion, all totally false. That’s the problem […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
