Joni Edelman

I did The Today Show, and after that spent 45 minutes talking to Inside Edition. If you're confused, imagine how I felt.

A weekly trip to Walmart would end in tears — first theirs, then mine. Them pining in the toy aisle. Me saying no. Over and over. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to buy my kids whatever they wanted, it was that I couldn’t.

Let's get to it—a primer on The Sex.

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Help. Me. Please. And by help me, I mean, bring me my jumbo size jar of

Compassion for myself is not a thing I do. It is not a thing I have ever done. It is not a thing I feel comfortable doing. It's time I stop for compassion.

My decision to bed-share with my children despite potential SIDS risks has less to do with studies, and more to do with instinct.

As long as I can remember having paid attention to the media, I can remember a woman's weight—or body in general—being a news story.

All boobs are good boobs. And all areola too!

When I had my first child, I couldn't have prepared for the way it would make me feel.