Get well ~ma for Calli's dad.
Happy Birthday, Anne!
Dawn: You're not fleeing. You're... moving at a brisk pace. Buffy: Quaintly referred to in some cultures as the Big Scaredy Run Away.
'Touched'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - Jan 30, 2009 2:37:30 am PST #4193 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Theodosia - Jan 30, 2009 2:41:35 am PST #4194 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Hippo Birdies, Anne!
I'm wondering if my car is encased in a thin glaze of protective ice, and how long it will take me to chip it out....
Jesse - Jan 30, 2009 2:57:01 am PST #4195 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Happy birthday, Anne!
The Tenement Museum is fantastic, and I would highly recommend it. You get an hour tour about the lives of a family or two, inside their apartment in this tenement. The tour we did is their original, which has a Prussian Jewish family who moved in around when the building was built in 1862, and an Italian Catholic family who lived there in the 30s, just before the building was condemned.
Sue - Jan 30, 2009 3:07:33 am PST #4196 of 30000
hip deep in pie
The woman who just had octuplets already has six kids! Why would she want more kids??? I understand that fertility treatments don't necessarily produce multiples, but I guess I just don't understand wanting more kids when you have six. t /judgey
Sparky1 - Jan 30, 2009 3:32:54 am PST #4197 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
My DH and I were discussing what we'd name octuplets. His suggestions were things he thought were cool like Zoom, Kerpow, Whoosh, Shazam, Kaboom and I was thinking Target, Costco, Microsoft for corporate sponsorship.
Jessica - Jan 30, 2009 3:47:24 am PST #4198 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I guess I just don't understand wanting more kids when you have six.
I can understand wanting one more kid. At a time.
But I can't comprehend any circumstances where anyone in their right mind would want eight newborn babies at once.
flea - Jan 30, 2009 3:47:26 am PST #4199 of 30000
information libertarian
According to the woman's mother, the pregnancy was the result of IVF, too: [link] People wanting kids may or may not be crazy, but the doctor who did the IVF - the woman is under 35 and has 6 kids - why would you transfer more than 1 or 2 embryos? Doctors are supposed to have ethics and guidelines about this stuff.
Sparky1 - Jan 30, 2009 3:52:27 am PST #4200 of 30000
Librarian Warlord
why would you transfer more than 1 or 2 embryos?
I think there's still a question of whether or not the embryos will stick, so they often transfer more than 1. (A friend had a reduction after IVF from 3 to 2.)
But six seems above and beyond.
JenP - Jan 30, 2009 3:53:16 am PST #4201 of 30000
Happy Birthday, Anne!
Anne W. - Jan 30, 2009 3:55:03 am PST #4202 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Thank you for the birthday wishes, all!
As of today, I am officially in my forties. It doesn't feel as momentous (for good or for ill) as I thought it would.