tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post4701167750275688230..comments2024-03-22T03:02:16.520-04:00Comments on Slaying, Blogging, Whatever...: Book Tour - Handmaids TaleDelennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12567889031642608101noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-46927026168873864232007-12-16T04:42:00.000-05:002007-12-16T04:42:00.000-05:00Suffering recurrent miscarriage puts you in the th...Suffering recurrent miscarriage puts you in the third group of pigeons. A positive HPT, however doomed, is a positive motivator. <BR/><BR/>However, even the most dim pigeon eventually gets to realise that the chances seem to be dwindling.<BR/><BR/>I was so lucky a friend offered me her eggs.Drowned Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930956007436787200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-45218794499479218402007-12-15T12:11:00.000-05:002007-12-15T12:11:00.000-05:00"I think that sharing our voices in this cause wil..."I think that sharing our voices in this cause will make a difference to the next generation." - I do too. I think we are definately a trnsitional generation when it comes to infertility and hope that the next generation won't have to face things like no insurance coverage, or insensitive comments from others.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836457802063761425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-28017234753586343552007-12-12T14:01:00.000-05:002007-12-12T14:01:00.000-05:00"I feel that people have moral compasses whether o..."I feel that people have moral compasses whether or not they have religion."<BR/><BR/>It's such an interesting point. I mean, yes, they discussed the fact that members of other religions either converted or left, but there are so many variations within Christianity that theocracies can become a scary place where religion is used to suppress rather than engage.Lollipop Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-59767517050817549902007-12-12T11:19:00.000-05:002007-12-12T11:19:00.000-05:00I am a pigeon of the 2nd group. Although devastat...I am a pigeon of the 2nd group. Although devastating at the time, the odds of success with ART were so miniscule that we went on to adoption. I am fortunate that we weren't in a gray area.<BR/><BR/>Good answers!Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-9521210510022528582007-12-11T22:30:00.000-05:002007-12-11T22:30:00.000-05:00I like your answer to the first. I also agree thi...I like your answer to the first. I also agree this is a transitional generation. As time goes on, ethical issues get sorted out and people become less "freaked" by the technology itself, just as anaesthesia has gone from being controversial to being a routine part of medical care. It will be better for the next generation, I think.<BR/><BR/>BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-13090559392376926042007-12-11T19:59:00.000-05:002007-12-11T19:59:00.000-05:00I also thought I would be in group 2 of the pigeon...I also thought I would be in group 2 of the pigeons. 3 tries, and we were moving on. But that's all easy to say since it worked for us on try 1. I can't be so sure I would have given up.<BR/><BR/>I'm with you on the religion thing as well. I'm completely against organized religion, and it scares me terribly that the leaders of our country make decisions based on religious beliefs that I don't share. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your honest answers.Cabahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164597797727112635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-78284390815689000042007-12-11T19:39:00.000-05:002007-12-11T19:39:00.000-05:00I agree that we're a transitional generation. Even...I agree that we're a transitional generation. Even in the few years since I stopped infertility treatment, there have been so many medical & technological advances. Now if only society's knowledge & attitudes would catch up...!! I agree with you that sharing our voices through the Internet & other forums will help.loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-85016430613536612822007-12-11T19:32:00.000-05:002007-12-11T19:32:00.000-05:00I, too, think we are a transitional generation. I ...I, too, think we are a transitional generation. I hope that the science is in transition (as it certainly needs to be!), but I think societal attitudes are definitely turning more in our favor. It seemed the only time infertility was mentioned was as a sidenote to those wild stories about baby-crazed women ending up with sextuplets, or hearing that a couple started on meds because they just couldn't be patient with nature. Though people like my dad haven't made the transition (ie: I "promised" him I would *never* let my RE put me on meds, because he thought it was so crazy and risky), I think many other people are hearing our stories and realizing it's mostly average couples dealing with infertility and they're not taking the easy way out by seeking intervention. They're taking a long, sorrowful road that deserves compassion and empathy, rather than judgement.deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05208971949811803163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079611.post-9890933806421191802007-12-11T16:38:00.000-05:002007-12-11T16:38:00.000-05:00Nice answers. I always figured I would be in that...Nice answers. I always figured I would be in that second group of chickens, and be able to do the "three cycles and you're done" but the idea of not trying again when I didn't succeed has turned out to be a more difficult pill to swallow than I originally thought. There's a lot of thoughts of what if. Yet, I don't want to end up in the that third hen group. Like you said, you don't want to end up in a situation of trying simply for the sake of trying.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799401502134619497noreply@blogger.com