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Etoille_sl said:
well thank god you knew what you were talking about before shooting your mouth off and saying something really potentially offensive. Infertility is a heartbreaking and expensive struggle and you saying ignorant shit like that surprise actually comes off as you being an asshole.

The blasts themselves are actually graded once fertilized. And due to egg retrieval being in lots of cases more than one they are able to transfer the best looking blasts in a lot of cases.

It was a douche thing of you to say. Calk me a fat cunt all you like. You're still an ignorant douche for saying what you did.
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Oh boo hoo, shut the fuck up. I explicitly said don't do IVF just to select the sex, but if you have to do it anyway go for it.

Tech:IVF Linked to More Birth Defects | TIME.com
 
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When I read the literature a couple of years ago, it was suggested that because IVF doesn't allow the normal competition process for sperm to reach the egg, and instead the sperm are just put there and fertilize the egg in the manner in which they do, you are eliminating one of the gating mechanisms to weed out weaker/slower/unhealthy sperm.
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I used to think like that. My first one was a result of the pull out method. I was mortified because in my mind, I felt that my daughter was not going to be the result of a full team of healthy competitive sperm. Today my daughter is sharper and superior to her peers.
 
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Rhuobhe_sl said:
I used to think like that. My first one was a result of the pull out method. I was mortified because in my mind, I felt that my daughter was not going to be the result of a full team of healthy competitive sperm. Today my daughter is sharper and superior to her peers.
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Heck I'd say if you were attempting to pull out and some of them still made it, those are some extra resilient/strong swimmers.
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Rhuobhe_sl said:
I used to think like that. My first one was a result of the pull out method. I was mortified because in my mind, I felt that my daughter was not going to be the result of a full team of healthy competitive sperm. Today my daughter is sharper and superior to her peers.
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I'm not sure if it's just me or both me and my wife, but there is some super fertility between the two of us. I have came inside her twice in 2 years and both times she's ended up pregnant. The first time she supposedly wasn't due to ovulate for a few days. This time (6 weeks ago) she was supposed to have ovulated 3-4 days prior.

Once this baby comes out healthy I'm getting my shit snipped immediately.
 
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So, my son played violin for his kindergarten class yesterday. He was clearly nervous as all get out, but he said he'd do it, and he did, and he did great. At his school there are two other sections of kindergarten, and he doesn't know those kids or those teachers, but his teacher asked if he'd play for the other kids, too, and he did. The poor kid was literally trembling, but he didn't complain, and he immediately said yes when asked if he wanted to do it.

So, this got me to thinking...My kids see me perform all the time, and I push them fairly hard to learn instruments. Does his willingness to play despite his obvious terror at the thought of doing so mean he's interested, he likes performing, or I'm pushing too hard? I didn't push him to play at school at all, it was his idea. Thoughts?

(I ask merely because I think I could easily become the kind of parent that pushes too hard, though I work to resist that...)
 
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If you want him to have a shot at being a concert violinist you'll have to push him crazy and you'll have to push him young -- that's just a shitty fact of life. He's exactly the right age. If you just want him to have an appreciation for music, nudges should suffice. Asking him if he wants to try this thing (even when I'm sure he knows that you'd want him to try it), that's a nudge rather than a push.

Encouraging the little dude to play in front of a group doesn't sound like pushing too hard at all. Forcing the little dude to practice his scales for 3 hours a night -- that would be closer to crazy football dad pushing too hard.
 
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Yeah, I don't really want him to be a concert violinist. I know what that lifestyle is like, and screw that. I just want him to learn to play well enough that he plays into adulthood and enjoys it.

It was fun to have the kindergarten kids sing twinkle with him.
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What a difference 5 months makes
Top pic: couple days after birth, 2.5 lbs, 10 weeks early. Bottom 2: this week, 5 months later. 14lbs and perfectly healthly
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Haha lovely.
That first picture you posted still gives me the shivers, must be damn frightening to have such a fragile little thing to take care of.

in this post: baby making funny face. also does her best "RAAWWWRR" sound. Twelve teeth. Sharp pointy little things.
 
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Your pics never show up for me, including lots of empty posts in the FSR. 'Course looks like you're linking from a porn site? So /shrug
 
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