God bless you, Jilli, for not being one of the people who goes, "Well, it can't be me!" and changes nothing. I can tell when some people come to work by the "fragrance" that goes through the room.

Yes, emails have gone out. The main culprit--a guy--isn't around often enough for him to remember that he's the problem.

Sweetie, Jilli, no, honestly. Trust me, an email with a "I'm so sorry, I really didn't know, I'll leave it off and please, please do tell me in future if something is a allergen" message will make it all right.

Hell, I have the allergies and I tend to forget that I might have cat hair on my clothing, to trigger reactions in my allergic friends. We all forget, if we don't suffer from it - after all, it isn't in either our psychic or physical awareness banks.

I wish I could remove allergies from the world. Would make life so much nicer.

Steph, is it me?? Cause, I'm like, totally preggers. (Also, Rygel Ohmlet appears to be puking in the other room. Feh. Cat vomit.)

Why is it that my scheduled 20 minute OB checkups ALWAYS seem to take about an hour, of which, at least 35 minutes is spent waiting around reading whatever freaking reading material is on hand, usually ancient issues of Vogue and Elle that I read the last time I was there?

So not your fault Jilli, and while I'm sure the first e-mail was meant to be polite, it probably would have been better for the supervisor to have just told you in the first place. It may not even be how much, but a what. Perfume doesn't bother me at all unless it's a few kinds. I don't know what they have in them, but the make me nausous. They don't even smell bad to me.

Oh, and by the way, what Ginger said about the star in the east? Me too. So very much NOT pregnant, thankyouverymuch.

Plei, at least you get magazines with girls in them. For some reason, at my gyne's office, all the magazines are fly-fishing themed. I've seen young pregnant Latina women, peering at them suspiciously.

It may not even be how much, but a what. Perfume doesn't bother me at all unless it's a few kinds. I don't know what they have in them, but the make me nausous. They don't even smell bad to me.

This is so true. I'm not generally allergic but artificial rose scent makes me wheezy. I had to ask a co-worker once to not wear the perfume she always wore because of it. It was a little awkward but I tried to emphasize how I didn't think her perfume smelled bad it just made it hard for me to breathe. I think it helped that I could be specific. She stopped wearing that perfume to work and we were fine.

Oh and Head & Shoulders shampoo does the same thing. I can always tell if that's what someone is using.

Why is it that my scheduled 20 minute OB checkups ALWAYS seem to take about an hour,

Because your time is not as important as your doctor's.

Not that I'm bitter.

Because your time is not as important as your doctor's.

Except for the people that don't show up on time and get seen anyway.

Not to mention the people who show up unexpectedly bleeding to death.