tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post8114490430560955528..comments2023-09-18T09:06:45.445-04:00Comments on The Unlikely Life: It makes me physically ill (TRIGS!!!!!!)KatieMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01788333330983257409noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-556302385596099332008-05-20T20:29:00.000-04:002008-05-20T20:29:00.000-04:00Hi there--found you over on Sara's blog. This pos...Hi there--found you over on Sara's blog. This post just made me cry. How awful. I never knew that's how they performed selective reduction. <BR/><BR/>I went through 3 natural pregnancies that ended in miscarriage and all the fertility treatments right up to IVF which finally resulted in a live, healthy baby. <BR/><BR/>In my desperation I actually begged the RE to transfer all 9 embryos, so I do understand the irrational infertile brain. Thank God he didn't do it. He gently explained that it was just too risky, and although it did increase the odds of pregnancy, it also increased the risks. <BR/><BR/>I never had to think about SR as only one of the 4 embryos transferred "took". I don't think I could have gone through with SR at that point. Today, as a mother now, I know I would never consider it, having seen this amazing little person--my daughter--who was created through the science of IVF. These embryos are real, actual people and I think we can lose sight of that through our heartbreak as infertile women. We get caught up in the odds and statistics. <BR/><BR/>I'm so sorry you're having to think about this while 12 weeks pregnant. It's very upsetting! Please let us know what happens to her. <BR/><BR/>Congratulations, too, and I'll be following your journey to motherhood!Monkey's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10885039774064575644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-47990197382217476542008-05-16T11:32:00.000-04:002008-05-16T11:32:00.000-04:00I am still processing the phrase "7 unwanted babie...I am still processing the phrase "7 unwanted babies." I am certain JAG in wincing in my belly.<BR/><BR/>I am sorry, after the first attempt failed, I could not go back to try again. Those are two strong babies. It is so hard to keep a heart beating in my world, I cannot imagine such persistence to stop two.<BR/><BR/>Granted, I am biased.<BR/><BR/>And I believe all women should have complete control over their own reproductive system. That doesn't mean I have to always approve, however.Dr. Grumbleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448780702110352118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-49386960522696407862008-05-15T22:01:00.000-04:002008-05-15T22:01:00.000-04:00Just a lurker here popping in to say this is total...Just a lurker here popping in to say this is totally HORRIBLE, how dare this woman even have the right to be a mother. She is not reducing, she is ABORTING those babies, and the procedure she is having done, its been said that the fetus's feel it and it basically makes them burn to death (a chemical burn), f*ck her, I wish I could adopt the two she is about to brutally murder!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-58619742340196276062008-05-15T13:17:00.000-04:002008-05-15T13:17:00.000-04:00The whole story makes me very sad. I hate stories...The whole story makes me very sad. I hate stories where you want to feel bad for someone but the situation they find themselves in is one of their own making.K @ ourboxofrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633428907297371867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-33862753350358758052008-05-15T11:09:00.000-04:002008-05-15T11:09:00.000-04:00Wow. All this is new news to me, I haven't heard ...Wow. All this is new news to me, I haven't heard anything about any of this. And all I can say is wow.HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6837616451075676425.post-5710736780488067522008-05-15T10:41:00.000-04:002008-05-15T10:41:00.000-04:00Wow. I haven't seen the latest, but I'm shocked t...Wow. I haven't seen the latest, but I'm shocked that she is going to still go ahead and reduce the quads further to twins. I find this whole thing so disturbing and so unnecessary if she had only listened to her doctor in the first place.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00985331491572039777noreply@blogger.com