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clevernamehere
08/12/09

In reply to Unlucky Duck Gets Orthopedic Sandal • Overuse Of IVF Due To Sexism?
I really get annoyed at how little we talk about male fertility. 40% of the time the problem is the man, 40% of the time its the woman, and 20% of the time its both (or they just have no idea). Male fertility does decline with age even though it doesn't drop off the way it does with women.
Before I was born, my parents spent 6 years trying to conceive. This was just about the time that IVF was invented, but it wasn't being used outside of research labs yet. They were just about ready to cut my mom open so they could root around for a problem when my old Irish granny (who hadn't even graduated high school) mentioned to my mom maybe it could have something to do with the pills my dad took. My mom scoffed, if that were possible, the doctors would have asked! But she asked anyway and found out my dad's high blood pressure medicine caused temporary infertility. No one had ever asked anything about my dad's medical history and his doctor had never mentioned that side effect. My dad went off the pills and I was born less than a year later, despite my mom's advanced maternal age of 36.
I don't think all that much has changed since then. If anyone is having fertility problems, they should get their partner into a fertility specialist.
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Maritsa
08/13/09

@clevernamehere: Good doctors examine both patients. Times have changed, some. My regular GYN had my husband give a sample for a sperm analysis before she even put me on Clomid. He had another complete work-up when we were referred to an infertility clinic, which is standard at clinics.
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TRexstasy
08/12/09

In reply to Unlucky Duck Gets Orthopedic Sandal • Overuse Of IVF Due To Sexism?
A survey says the average woman spends 16 months of her life crying
This Jezegay is thinking that for me it's more like two and a half years.
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SomeAuthorGirl
08/12/09

@TRexstasy: Heh. For me (jezegirl) it's more like 4.5 years (1994-1998 and half of 2002). 16 months, my patootie.
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LowClassInk
08/12/09

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That duck isn't the only one! (There's a whole slideshow in the Telegraph.)
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sybann
08/12/09

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You just KNOW the rich ducks are footing the bill for that gimpy lucky ducky.
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wtfox?!
08/12/09

@sybann: I bet he doesn't even work.
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nerdycellist
08/12/09

@sybann: he's probably an ILLEGAL!!!
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Runaddict
08/12/09

@sybann: Nah, I bet he has AFLAC.
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fluxus flucker
08/12/09

In reply to Unlucky Duck Gets Orthopedic Sandal • Overuse Of IVF Due To Sexism?
I decided that IVF and fertility drugs were being over used when a family member, who already had one kid, decided to use them. She'd been unable to become pregnant after trying for, wait for it, 3 months. Her Doc let her pump herself full of drugs and now she has triplets (would have been quadruplets, but one died in utero). A bit Gosslin-esque.
As for the actual story. That sucks. I mean, really, really sucks. Those drugs can really mess with one's mind.
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Maritsa
08/12/09

@fluxus flucker: Shitty doctor. Wow. My clinic will only let you do IVF if you've been trying for 12 months and have unexplained IF or have a diagnosis of IF (because of PCOS, etc.).
Dr. David had valid points, though this is one place where I don't see sexism (which is shocking, because I see it everywhere). I do think docs resort to IVF a bit too quickly because the results are so much better (generally speaking) than other methods, like IUI or ZIFT and GIFT (I don't know if those two are even used any more).
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

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I've been keeping an eye on a duck with a leg problem at the park where I ride my bike.
First off, no one would help because he's white, and techically a 'domestic' duck, unlike a mallard, which is wild. And domestic ducks don't belong at the lake.
But Delano the Disabled Duck (I named him after FDR) has been slowly improving. He couldn't walk for a while, so I brought him food. Now he can amble about -- slowly -- and swim. There are always a couple other ducks -- the same ones -- with him. Delano's posse.
All of the ducks are ruled by a giant mallard with a majestic white chest. His name is BaQuack Obama.
Yes, I need more human friends.
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TRexstasy
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: I love you for this.
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pond-side-over
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: Somehow the world seems like an ever-so-slightly better place having read that.
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mfnher
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: You must take pictures of this.
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midwesternmom
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: So you're saying no aid is available for the white, male duck under the current plan? I think the right-wingers will be squawking about this.
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WashingMyHair
08/12/09

@NewsBunny: I love you for this. AND, I want you to name my kids.
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

@WashingMyHair: There wasn't much I could do. The city's expert on duck wildlife (I shit you not, this position exsists) said if I was able to CAPTURE Delano, and take him to a vet, maybe the vet could could help him. Or the vet would put him down.
But Delano has been slowly improving since mid-winter. He's going to be okay, in my non-educated view.
I am also friends with Moe the Mallard. He has a band of white around his neck. He's cool, although I'm afraid he's mentally retarded.
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

@mfnher: Both BaQuack and Delano are on my Facebook page!
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shorty63136
08/12/09

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That totally looks like a Teva sandal.
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Blueberry26
08/12/09

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It's a Jesus sandal!
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shorty63136
08/12/09

@Blueberry26: That's fowl.
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wtfox?!
08/12/09

@Blueberry26: Birdkenstocks?
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sequined
08/12/09

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That's my old PP! But they were nice to me, possibly because they didn't get any money from Medicaid.
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BeckySharper
08/12/09

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"Once again, 40 percent of infertility is male factored. So why is the woman being pumped up with the drugs to correct the male factor?... bottom line is you should be seeing the man, sending him to a specialist. And frankly, that's the sexism."
Yes, but if a guy has immature or slow-moving or very few sperm, the only way for conception to occur is through IVF. Unfortunately, the woman often has to get pumped full of hormones even when the problem is the sperm, not the eggs.
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Maritsa
08/12/09

@BeckySharper: Yeah, that seemed like a weird thing for a doctor to say. Some male factor problems can be fixed by IUI and sperm sorting, etc., but if the problem is more serious, IVF is the only choice. Outside of surgery to correct something like a varicocele, there isn't much else to do.
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clevernamehere
08/12/09

@BeckySharper: If the guy has a testosterone problem, a blockage or some other medical problem you don't always have to do IVF. You can fix the guy's problem and conceive naturally. The problem is that the whole thing is so woman focused when either partner can be the issue.
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
08/12/09

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Awww look at his foot! It's all limp and squished! I'm glad his alive but poor baby!
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k_wood
08/12/09

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i wasn't aware cobblers still existed.
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gaudette
08/12/09

@k_wood: Whitey, the old cobbler in my neighborhood, died last year. After he passed they found out he had about twenty years of shoes in his shop. I always kind of wondered how much work he was doing with all the random neighborhood guys who would hang around inside his shop all day and in the bar next door. Kind of glad I never took anything to him, as I'm sure I never would have got it back.
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NewsBunny
08/12/09

@k_wood: They do! My favorite cleans up my cowboy boots every year.
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Gavagirl
08/12/09

@k_wood: a close friend of mine is married to one. He makes orthotics, custom shoes and boots, all kinds of stuff. It's actually a pretty lucrative business for him.
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Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
02/16/09

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Karl can't even order from Amazon without an assistant showing him how? My mother could do that and she can barely use a computer. I guess that is why one hires legions of 'little people' - to keep you from having to experience the mundane.

And Posh - no ass needs a ruffle. Ever.
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bangers
02/16/09

In reply to Agyness Deyn Keen To Kick Habit; Zooey Deschanel To Design Glasses
ok actually i really love the butt ruffle dress. as a booty girl, i don't need it, but i think it's cute.
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Eleanor Ramilly
02/16/09

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...who are glad to see the "No ethnic models" signs retired.

Wait. I haz a confused. Those signs were used at casting calls??
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