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Flackette Goes Retro
11/05/09

In reply to New Genetic Test Could Spot Infertility Before It Starts
I've known for many years that I might be susceptible to premature ovarian failure, as my mom ran out of eggs around the age of 32. I'm 30 now and, while I'm not really wild about the idea of having kids in general, I think that if kids *were* a priority for me, a test like this would make me miserable - because it would increase the likelihood that I would have panicked, rushed into a bad relationship just to get knocked up, and possibly be resentful of both child and partner today.

As it is, I've always taken what I view as an appropriately fatalistic view of the whole thing - *if* I find the right partner, *if* we both want kids, *if* I can biologically have them, then, well okay. If any of the factors don't line up and I still want kids, there's adoption (my dad was adopted, so it's not a foreign thing to my family). Even a generation ago, people just accepted that sometimes one's biology is not meant to reproduce itself, and they found other ways to have kids in their lives.

And yes, a "family" can consist of partners and their relatives - no biological kids necessary.

Personally, I'm much more comfortable with the idea that what is supposed to happen will just happen.

Of course, right now it looks like I'm not keen on having babies anyway, I'm in a relationship with a wonderful man who has one child and wants no more, and I've always prioritized a partner relationship over the idea of a parent-child one, so perhaps I don't understand the mindset of someone who wants parenthood above and beyond all else. #fertilitytest
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MargaretMoony
11/04/09

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Couldn't they do something similar to this a long time ago? It wasn't the same but before I was born they did some sort of genetic testing and said that when I had children I would most likely have twins. Which was later supported by the fact that when I ovulate, I usually drop multiple eggs. #fertilitytest
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
11/04/09

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If I could freeze my eggs and know that if I didnt want kiddies when the time came Id be able to give em away I would be the happiest XY ever. #fertilitytest
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sweet_communist
11/04/09

@ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): You must be a true genetic anomaly. #fertilitytest
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
11/04/09

@sweet_communist: Sarcasm? #fertilitytest
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sweet_communist
11/04/09

@ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox): I think you meant XX, unless you're a dude with eggs. #fertilitytest
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ImDatNinja (loves her Red Sox)
11/04/09

@sweet_communist: oh yes, thanks for helping me out. BTW I got an A in human repro, Im not a complete idiot, Im just bad at typing. #fertilitytest
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clevernamehere
11/04/09

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But what about the menz? Only 40ish% of infertility involves the woman alone. #fertilitytest
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femme-bot
11/04/09

@clevernamehere: Very few people pressure men into have kids before they're ready. Also, there seems to be some weird myth that men can have a healthy child no problem no matter what age they are. #fertilitytest
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boxspelunker
11/04/09

@femme-bot: Oh, man, there totally is. People ask me when I want to have kids. The answer is "never", but to avoid an argument, I say "Well, now isn't really the time for me. I'm in school, I don't have much money, I'm stressed out, blah blah blah...".

"But what does your boyfriend think? Soon, you'll be too old to have a baby."

...I'm 22. "Uh, he agrees with me."

"Well, the clock's a-ticking!" (I like to insert a LOL here, because if they were typing, I think they would add one instead of punctuation)

My "boyfriend" never gets that. He is also reminded that my "clock" is ticking. THANKS GUYS. #fertilitytest
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Penny
11/04/09

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Too late, I've already pickled my ovaries with wine and vodka. #fertilitytest
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morninggloria
11/04/09

@Penny: I dyed mine and hid them for the children of the neighborhood to find. #fertilitytest
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boxspelunker
11/04/09

@morninggloria: If this were true, it would be terrifying. #fertilitytest
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morninggloria
11/04/09

@boxspelunker: "What did you find, honey?"

"A gummy worm!"

No... that's not a gummy worm... #fertilitytest
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slowpoke.r
11/04/09

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Regarding the Fail photo: I think she's weighing whether the sperm "wasted" through oral sex will be regretted in the coming years, as his potency diminishes. Maybe they should freeze some now... #fertilitytest
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McBroken
11/04/09

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I don't know, this seems like information I would rather not have. I was still confused in my 20s on who I was and who I wanted to be - not a time to be making lifetime decisions because the clock is ticking early. The test doesn't seem like a guarantee that I wouldn't be able to have kids later, or that I would - it just sounds like more pressure where it isn't needed. #fertilitytest
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spamanda
11/04/09

@McBroken: Exactly. If someone would have told me that it would take over a year to get pregnant with babe #1, would I have started earlier? Done something differently? I have no clue, but I definitely couldn't have made that decision at 20ish, before I was married or ready for kids. #fertilitytest
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spamanda
11/04/09

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There are so many factors that contribute to infertility. It's just not as cut and dry as this research tries to make it. Sure it would be wonderful if we could just plan "I'd like a girl first, in October of 2012, and then a boy next in January of 2014." But if everything was easily planned I wouldn't have baby #2. #fertilitytest
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serreca
11/04/09

@spamanda: Exactly. There are tons of different possible causes of infertility, not just a lack of eggs. #fertilitytest
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msmoneypenny
11/04/09

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When will science identify the douchebag gene that makes certain guys freak out at the prospect of raising children after they're born and a propensity toward sequin tiger t-shirts? #fertilitytest
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prettycool
08/05/09

In reply to Child's Play: Time For Luh-unch!
My favorite thing my French teacher ever said:
"Why do the French only eat one egg? Because it's un oeuf!"
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NotChoinski
08/05/09

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That egg probably didn't need to be non-range free, as the 1964 egg farm was far less industrialized.
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Scout
08/05/09

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Michael Pollan talked about Julia on NPR's Fresh Air earlier this week. He loved how she actually cooked, unedited, on her shows; waiting for butter to melt, veggies to be chopped et al
Today it is mostly Dump N Stir shows which don't really teach you about one of the most important components of GOOD cooking....patience.
To me, it is the equivalent of comparing an extended sexual session, complete with many orgasms (female) versus a "quickie" - the former being so much more satisfying.
I'd like to think real cooking will make a comeback
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Alohamaid
08/05/09

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Fuck me I love the incredible edible egg. This reminds me of that episode of Nigella on nostalgia cooking where she made eggs with cream in a little custard pot (the french name escapes me but Julia made them there) because that's what Nigella's mother always served sunday evening. I loved the idea of this socialite married to a big deal politician making her children eggs herself for sunday dinner after teh big sunday roast lunch. Stars their just like us they have breakfast for dinners on lazy sundays too.
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andBegorrah
08/05/09

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And yet no one wants to watch my reimagining of "Eggs With Elegance" for the 2009 set: "Ovaries With Oafishness."
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Mary McCarthyite
08/05/09

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Can you imagine how dispiriting it must have been to deal with crappy supermarket produce after the farmer's markets of France?
Yes! She talked about this in My Life in France...thank god American food options have improved since then.
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belle TL
08/05/09

@Mary McCarthyite: She did much to change that--people started demanding more foods like fresh herbs and more lettuce types other than iceberg at their grocery stores.
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