Wow!  What a total jerk!  He reminds me of someone I have to deal with myself.  I can't believe he didn't even believe his parents and accused them of siding with Hermione.  And that crack about Hermione and Arthur... I'm glad Molly slapped him so hard.  She should have pulled out her wand and done some hexes afterward.  I have confidence that he'll get his.  As for Hermione, I understand her sadness, but a-holes like this make me angry.  She should be thanking her lucky stars that he's gone and she can find someone worthwhile.  Let Lavender have him.  Either she's done something to his mind with a spell/potion, or she's blind. 

Beautiful. You made me cry. (^_^) I've not seen anyone handle this aspect of a relationship before in fanfiction and am hoping some excellent storytelling comes out of it.

What  a great first chapter, I really loved your plot and you write it very well (I am writing this assuming that at some point Ron will be in Hermiones past, that she ends up with Severus and either he helps her find a cure or they are perfectly happy adopting someone who needs them). The only fault I found was the "once in a week update", I am absolutely sure that three times each week would be much better:-)) But, I will wait for however long it takes, finding so interesting WIPs always makes me happy!

Oh, I get the feeling Ron's not going to like this one bit.  Poor Hermione.  Hopefully she can figure out what to do to be happy.

This is a nice start.  I'm a little afraid to see how Ron is going to take the news.  I hope he doesn't make her feel responsible.  She is already going through enough with the miscarriages alone.You want some constructive criticism, huh.  The only thing I would suggest changing, is instead of adding a chapter to the queue once a week, you should do it twice a week ;)  Or maybe you could just have Jessamin owl me some info on fanfic addiction groups.Looking forward to more!

Interesting start. I'm looking forward to the rest.

This is a really good first chapter.  look forward to the updates.

I think it's a very good beginning.  There's depth to your characters and hints of an interesting back story.  Am looking forward to your next installment.  Thanks for your work!

A very interesting start. I am interested in where you will take this story. I look forward you your update.

please please update soon, really want to see where you take this

Do you keep an email list to notify readers when you update this story?  I'd love to keep up with it.  You are a very talented writer

I think I would classify Bastard!Ron stories as a guilty pleasure, and this one is splendid - if you were a Brit I'd say it qualifies along with eating French Fancies, but I don't know what the US equivalent is! And I love medical mysteries.

Oh, yeah, you were right, Hermione is in for a rough time.  They say karma's a erm, witch and I hope Lavendar and Ron get what's coming to them in spades.  Grrr, they truly deserve each other.  Thank goodness Harry and the Weasleys are standing behind her.  I can't wait to see more of the elusive Professor Snape.  Thanks for the wonderful update, I loved it!

Oh no!!! Can this possibly get any worse?  Something tells me it will!  :(  Poor Hermione.  hopefully the light at the end of the tunnel will come soon.

And Rita raised her ugly head. *grin* This keeps getting better with each succeeding chapter. Way to go!

I wonder what it will be like when Lav and Ron drop in for the next family gathering. Who will hex them first? Poor Hermione.

I'm glad that Harry and Hermione have each other to lean on.  And while I hate that this happened to Ginny too, it is kind of nice that they each have a friend who knows what the other is going through.  I hope there is something sinister going on of which Ron is unaware.  He can be a little slow sometimes, but not really vicious like he is in this story.  I guess I'll just have to wait and find out.

I've been so angry with Ron I forgot to think that maybe...just maybe magic is involved? Perhaps he is under some kind of curse...maybe he is really like this but he is worse because of some spell Lavender has him under....Or maybe he's just a creep!

sampdoria - I am right behind you!!!   I thought I was the only one wanting to visit the utmost Hell on Ron and Lavender.  I also have a sneaking suspicion that there is more to the affair between those two than we are aware of. Lavender was always a dab hand at glamour charms and that sort of thing...I wouldn't wonder that love potions and aphrodisiacs were easy for her also.  I wonder if Ron has been dosed - he sure is off the deep end even more than he usually is!  Wouldn't that be a fitting punishment though...Severus fixes the problem, saves Hermione, they fall in love of course and have a baby.  Lavender gets busted for drugging Ron.  Severus happy - checkHermione happy - checkRon and Lavender alone and miserable!!!  definite check!!UPDATE QUICKLY AND A LOT!!

Thanks for the update! That Ron! He and Lavendar deserve each other! I can't wait til he finds out the truth and goes crawling back to her, only to find her happy with Severus! Ron Who? LOL!

Hmm...whatever started going wrong with Ron happened during the Asian tour...and Lavender was there with the team...hmm.  That's the key, I think, but I imagine it will be a while before things settle down enough to allow Hermione or Harry (or Severus, once he knows) to begin to connect the dots.I dread finding out what Rita Skeeter publishes in her little so-called "interview".  I have no doubt that Ron and Lavender will doing their best to make it sound as though it's Hermione's fault that they're getting divorced, probably implying (or outright stating) that Hermione was self-aborting her babies and Ron just couldn't stomach it anymore.  Certainly, Hermione could deny it but unless other witches who have had the same problems agree to allow St Mungo's to release their information to the public, it would be difficult to show that she's not alone in her problem.I see Howlers from complete strangers in Hermione's future...I hope I'm wrong!  Post the next chapter soon so I can find out if I'm wrong! 

Please, please let me into your story so I can neuter Ron, in public, with a blunt fork, humiliate him beoyond repair and throw him to the spiders in the forbidden forrest. For Lavender I want to remove the hair on her head, tatoot "married mens mistress" on her forhead and make everyone treat her as the slut she is. I want blod, I want revenge, I want so much pain and hurt thrown at Ron-ron and lav-lav, I can taste it! Please, at least let him loos his family, make him be treated by everyone the same way he has treated Hermione. And Hermione should live happily ever after, with as many children she wants to have, with Severus!!!

This is such a heartwrenching story.  I love Harry's senitivity towards Hermione.  Even though he and Ginny are going through their own devistating time Harry is still concerned about Hermione.  I really hope that Ron eventually grows up and realizes what is going on around him.  Please update soon.

Oh, honestly! Rita running smear campaigns again?

OMG.  Looks like things are going to get worse before they get better.  WOW.  I can't wait to read the next chapter!