Does watching porn during pregnancy affect the baby in any way?

I am trying to stay positive as I look at a new position. I am older. I had to take time off to take care of a family member. I am scared and trying to stay positive. I just had to share. Keep me in mind

I work at an NGO where I am overworked & grossly underpaid. After a year on the job search, having been a finalist for multiple positions, none panned out & I am burnout and possibly severely depressed. I doubt COVID will make things any better. Throughout, I realized that providing a rapid response to horrible things/everything broke me & I'm not clear if I want to keep working in either field. Is it normal for other NGO's to burn through comms people like this? How do you cope?

S/O, kid and I getting the Pfizer vaccine on Monday. Parents got there’s last month. Wish us luck

Anyone ever dyed their baby hairs? I have light ones that make it look like I have a severely receding hairline & was hoping that dyeing them brown (to match the rest of my hair) would help! TIA

This would be my 3rd, but need some input. I am 10 dpo (guess) and I just wiped some reddish brown discharge. It’s like mucus/veiny consistency. I have had cramping pain yesterday and today. I’ve never had implantation bleeding, but could this be that? Baby dust please. It’s been a 4 month journey up until now from getting off the minipill and no positive or af…this is the first sign of anything.

Y'all my biggest dating challenge so far is that I do not want kids. I keep running into people who are good people but they want kids 🤦🏾‍♀️

For 🐠, who choose to be child-free, how do you navigate. What kind of advice you can give me?

Does anyone have travel tips for carrying supplements on the road? Do you tend to just fork up the extra cash to buy single serving supps? What is your favorite vitamin carrier and shaker container?

Has anyone figured out anything creative for a baby shower in a pandemic? Is it still okay to send out cute invites for a virtual one??

Why is the annual deductible so high in the health insurance plans provided by pwc. For employee + family which plan is everyone choosing. I am afraid to choose HDHP since my child has some expensive medication. What do you all recommend ? The insurance seems far better at Accenture

Can we discuss the sad state of affairs that is the Publicis maternity/paternity leave?

How to deal with visa related depression?

Ladies, what are some good daycares in the Dallas area - my baby is now only 3 weeks but I’ll be returning to work in about 4 months and want to get started early. I live near downtown but moving to the suburbs soon (Plano/ Irving etc)
I’m looking for quality activities for my little one and good teachers as well as quality food. Any recommendations or websites I can use that rate daycares? Thank you!!

Feeling super pissed off right now. My very pregnant Wife and I (and toddler) are living with my bro in law and his wife (who’s also pregnant) until our house is finished in the beg of sept. Well my wife is due in 6 weeks and my sister in law just bought a plane ticket to visit her sister in Arizona for her baby shower in like two weeks. I feel like this is super selfish of her because she’s not only putting her life at risk but also my wife and baby’s! Debating moving out and Air BnBing it

New dad here - what are some good cartoons for my kid (and I) to watch that are both entertaining and educational?

Freelancers - for those of you who are single and thus can’t get spouse benefits, what do you do for health insurance?

How are the coronavirus numbers in india so low? It’s practically gone there. Family tells me they are no longer hearing of any new cases near them and things are getting back to normal.

5 month ago I joined Ceridian IT as remote. Due to nature of work, I have very little to no involvement with other parts of my team. I like what I do, pay is ok, manager is not so involved. That’s pretty much my life rn. With all the news about recession and what not, what do you think about Ceridian’s future?
I found a few including Dropbox, Uber, Shopify hiring for the similar role that I’m in. Should I consider those or where would you place Ceridian among these companies?

Does anyone have any advice on how to raise some issues during an appraisal? I'm a the only woman of colour in my department (apart from one freelancer who almost always works from home) and I there are things I want to address but there is a history of being called unprofessional by my manager for voicing my opinion, made me feel like I'm an inconvenience when asking questions or clarification and called sloppy when making a minor mistake. My appraisal is coming up and it's making me anxious

Angular Developer at Samsung Noida or React Developer at Optum Noida. CTC is almost same.
Current role - Angular Developer

What would be a “normal” time frame to change roles/company? Interested to hear different viewpoints

If you want to retire early, what is the benefit in maxing your 401k yearly? I am currently just hitting my company match % so I’m not leaving money on the table. Otherwise, liquid assets in a brokerage account makes more sense to me because it can grow and is accessible. Am I missing something?

As an Independent consultant, to move on to MNCs, How would be the BGV? As I am/was the owner of all the projects handled for a decade. Apart from invoice raised for the companies and source code built on my own, don't have any other proof.. How BGV will go in that aspects?

Hi, im looking for an opportunity in finance & accounts, i am senior associate accounts payable. Please help if someone has any opportunity.

Thanks in advance 😊😊

I need good Netflix recommendations. That’s my confession

Any ladies 30 and above wanna talk?

Advice needed: I started with a small company ~6 months ago and one of the big selling points for me to take the job was to get my clearance back. I previously had a TS but left the public sector for ~a year which made it inactive. I was told by the recruiter several times that they would put me in to have my TS reinstated but if it couldn’t be, Secret at minimum. Fast forward 6mo and I received a clearance lower than Secret due to the nature of work. (Cont in comments)

Hi Fishes,

I will be joining Cognizant in January as a Sr Associate.
Yoe -7.4
Tech stack- Oracle Apps DBA

How are the projects here and will I get project allocation once I join ?
As I dont want to be in PDP.
Also even after getting offer I got many calls from different HR teams for the same openings, so I assume there are many projects.
So kindly need ur guidance please.

I have cleared all the technical rounds in HCL and now HR mailed me that they will call for further process.

My LWD is 2nd sep , could anyone please let me know if HCL would be able to close the process by then .

What can I do to make this process faster

Someone found out I was into anthropology and said "did you know they can carbon-date a book and be off by 500 years?" To this day I regret not saying, "in the scope of millions of years, 500 isn't even a blip on the radar"

Care coordinator with 5 years of experience living in NYC. Sitting at 56k right now…am I being underpaid?

When does appraisal happen in nagarro and what is the typical window defined for appraisal process??

Hi all! I’m a social media strategist at a multicultural ad agency and I was looking for some resources (books, articles, podcasts, etc) about marketing from a multicultural perspective.

Thank you in advance!

I need to vent. I’m not getting any younger (32) & I’d like to meet someone who actually wants something real - shocker that’s hard to do in NYC let alone Covid. A few weeks ago I met a really attractive guy while selling something on fb marketplace (an organic connection in 2020 - what??) & we exchanged numbers as he suggested we hang out due to being neighbors/similar interests. Well last night we finally hung out & I had a great time but after a couple drinks & some making out he made it

I absolutely hate this job and dread every Monday. Any suggestions on exit opportunities?

Can anyone suggest a high quality shampoo and conditioner to use for thin and color treated hair? I would love something that keeps my hair from looking frail and isn’t filled with chemicals.

Do most people return items or just keep? My SO infuriates me. He would rather keep an item that he bought than return it even if it’s damaged/dislikes, etc. I said that most people return items that aren’t a good fit and he started going off on how I don’t have data to back that assertion. It seems obvious to me.

Guidance needed: I am a mother to a 10month old. Before going on ML, I was staffed on a project which was a stretch role and successfully delivered the project in spite of politics within teams and fellow team leads shrugging their responsibility. The leadership on the project was supportive and told me I was performing at high standards at check-in. At YE I received ratings which were not in sync. I am disappointed at the lack of transparency and feeling jaded about pushing myself at work

Ladies- Truly need opinion how to better our situation.Husband and I have known each other for over a decade .I am 5 feet 1 inch, about 129 pounds and he comments on me being overweight every single day. I feel so irritated because he comments at every meal. He is a great dad , our kiddo is on spectrum and he is a v supportive parent. But as a spouse; places his emotions and persona superior, emotionally stone walls, silent treatments are his thing instead of discussing issues to resolution

Anyone else wanna sit in the client bathroom and cry but you can’t cuz then you’ll fuck up your makeup so then you’re teary-eyed all day until you can just let loose in the car ride home?

Good habits to help overcome body dysmorphia? I was overweight and lost 30 pounds in the last year to a healthy weight now, but sometimes I fixate on parts of my body, how I look, and how I compare to others. What are some good ways to train myself to snap out of this and develop more positive thinking?

When was the last time you fake-laughed at a client's inappropriate gender joke and felt stupid of yourself? 😞 And how did you handle it?

My boss's boss is asking for anonymous feedback about my boss. I have things in mind to share but wondering if I should. What would you do?

I'm worried that if I share feedback, it may come across as me complaining. If you were to share, how would you fo about it?

I was molested by an older male relative for years when I was a child. I now find myself aroused by movie depictions of sexual violence. Anyone else relate? :(

I’m in the middle of a home renovation and I feel like my husband doesn’t respect my opinions. Even though I’ve been managing the entire project, he randomly steps in and messes things up constantly.

Am I reading too into things? Had a zoom meeting just now. Every time I said something, no one reacted and just moved on. When other people spoke, other callers acknowledged them and smiled. I spoke 3-4 times and got the same reaction each time. This wasn’t work-related, it was a recruiting-type event. Can’t stop thinking that I might be doing something wrong without knowing it.

Anyone here in an inter-racial relationship? Would love to hear some advice on how to make it work. I’m Asian and I like a guy who is African American, but I’m concerned I might do or say something that could hurt him.

Couldn’t post this in any other bowl coz I know I’d be judged hard but as being a woman of Indian descent it’s very common to be in joint families. I can’t seem to keep up - too used to having.. contd

Hey, anyone of you from business background who have learnt how to write crisp yet persuasive documents? In Amazon, writing is a huge thing. I am decent at it but I want to get better and quicker about writing documents in a manner that is story telling. Any tips or experiences in your life?

Anyone doing Learning and Development work that might have some time to talk?

I’m starting to realize that my favorite parts of my job is developing training and figuring out ways to engage others to help teach them something new. Also creating training experience to encourage growth and leadership development.

I’ve started to do some research on L&D and I’m strongly considering pursuing it more seriously for my next role, but want to get some perspective from someone in that type of role 😊

Is it okay if your husband and his ex follow each other on SM (IG). Like she posted something on her story and he responded “haha”… nothing serious but should I be worried that line of communication is open?