A woman from Las Vegas has filed a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, The Cosmopolitan Hotel, after they allegedly fired her for saying "bye bye" on the phone instead of "goodbye." Aside from the fact that those two terms mean absolutely the same thing, should a woman who is 8 months pregnant really be told how to end a phone conversation? I think not.

And if being terminated on those grounds doesn't make the Cosmopolitan sound like a pretty crappy place to work, then the additional poor treatment she received while pregnant really seals the deal.

How did we ever make design, food, and photography decisions without Pinterest? Why, back in my day all we had was a slightly terrifying lady named Martha Stewart, and in order to get her advice, we had to buy her magazines or watch her on TV. Uphill, both ways, in the snow!

Now, of course, Pinterest is there to fill the creative vacuum in our lives. We all know Pinterest is the go-to place for party ideas and recipes, but did you also know that it contains a rich treasure trove of maternity-themed photo and craft ideas—and some of them are downright deranged?

Here are 10 awesomely over-the-top pregnancy ideas to copy (or ... not) from Pinterest:

After the most popular baby name list was officially released, so many of us scanned it looking for our baby's name or inspiration on what to name (or what not to name) our little bean. But even more fascinating is the list of the top baby names for twins. Of course, being a twin mom I would think that. But naming twins isn't an easy thing to do -- you need two names at the same time! It's hard enough to come up with one name that you and your partner both like.

Looking at the list, I want to say that twin parents are quite creative, we like to rhyme, and we love alliteration. I have boy/girl twins that I named Hunter and Penelope -- they didn't make the list though Hunter did show up on the boy/boy twin list with the name Hayden. Love that. Take a look at the most popular twin names, broken down to show girl/girl, boy/boy, and girl/boy twin name pairings.

If you're already ridiculously jealous of the generous maternity leave policies mamas overseas get, this latest move is going to make you positively green. In the U.K. a new plan will give all women one-on-one care from a midwife before, during, and after their babies are born.

According to The Guardian, the plans recently unveiled by the National Health Service are meant to offer better care to women and to better help identify and support women who suffer from postpartum depression. Under the plan women who have miscarriages or stillborn babies will also receive increased care. How bloody brilliant is that?

How adorable are these two?When I was pregnant with my son, I never would've dreamed of wearing anything that would show off my bare baby bump. I think I have one photo of myself with my shirt pulled up during my last month or so, and I only took it so I could email it to my mom to show her how huge I'd gotten. I'm usually not terribly modest or timid, but something about being pregnant made me want to keep things under wraps.

There are plenty of women, however, who aren't shy at all about displaying their pregnant bellies for family and friends. And quite a few go one step further and decorate their bumps by painting cute pictures or henna tattoos on them -- and some even write sweet messages. This is such a fun way to commemorate a pregnancy, and maybe if I'd thought of a cute design or phrase when I was expecting my son, I wouldn't have been so scared to put my bump out there.

When I heard about three police offers who wound up using a taser on a pregnant woman in Seattle, my first thought was that the story was some kind of a joke. Cops tasering a pregnant woman? In some sort of attempt to subdue her? For real?! You gotta be kidding me.

Apparently these three officers became enraged when they pulled Malaika Brooks over for a moving violation while driving her 11-year-old son to school, and she refused to sign the ticket they gave her because she didn't want to admit being guilty when she didn't feel she'd done anything wrong. But in the state of Washington, it's a crime to refuse to sign a ticket -- so they proceeded to arrest her. When Malaika then refused to get out of her car because she was in her last trimester of pregnancy, the cops must have felt really threatened -- because that's when they tased her on her leg, arm, and neck.

In what I believe may be a first, one of the Real Housewives is going to become a real grandmother. While there have been rumors circulating in the last week, today sources confirmed that Briana Wolfsmith, daughter of Vicki Gunvalson of The Real Housewives of Orange County, is indeed pregnant.

According to Us Weekly, she's currently four months along, which means she and her husband, Ryan Culberson, didn't waste any time after eloping in Las Vegas last October. I can only imagine Granny Gunvalson's reaction when she found out.

Going into labor at home when heading to the hospital is part of your birth plan can be a pretty scary thing, but one woman in Britain wound up having a shockingly calm experience after her 7-year-old daughter delivered her baby! The mom, Rachael Dennis, started having contractions in the middle of the night, and when she started screaming, her little girl came to the rescue.

Most 7-year-olds would probably panic and have no clue exactly what was going on, but Chloe Dennis took hold of the situation like a true professional, and calmly began coaching her mother through the birth. Good grief! I had my husband and a couple of labor & delivery nurses trying to get me through the process and they didn't even seem like enough, so I can't even imagine how incredible this little girl's relaxation techniques must be. And her midwife skills didn't end there.