tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post6927543054669209020..comments2023-11-03T06:28:07.108-07:00Comments on Best When Used By: HappeningsBest When Used Byhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252417951291793892noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-74545236493292218372009-10-08T07:57:26.363-07:002009-10-08T07:57:26.363-07:00I really have no idea of your sister is right or n...I really have no idea of your sister is right or not but as someone who was seriously considering egg donation, that part wouldn't really change my mind anyways. Even if she is right.......so what? I still would have done it. To be honest, now that I am done and dealing with post-birth menses, I say BRING ON MENOPAUSE PLEASE. But that's another story.........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-33212128842593465672009-10-07T04:48:49.788-07:002009-10-07T04:48:49.788-07:00How exciting to be telling your friends, I still g...How exciting to be telling your friends, I still get excited when I speak to someone who doesn't know and they notice the bump. Sharing the news always makes it seem so _real_ like a reaffirmation of the fact that it's really all happening iykwim :)<br /><br />I'm so glad your sister is happy for you, how weird for her to be so fixated on the donor eggs though. <br /><br />Lucky you finding two boys names you both like!!! I'm so jealous, boys names are so hard.<br /><br />I can't wait until you find out the gender of your bubs, knowing if you have a little prince or princess is another of those awesome gooey-feeling milestones that can't fail to make you feel amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-33258579969071524932009-10-06T15:18:34.608-07:002009-10-06T15:18:34.608-07:00Its such a common missconception that IVF will spe...Its such a common missconception that IVF will speed you into menopause quicker. It's just not true!<br /><br />We grow a certain number of antral follicles each month - usually just one of those becomes dominant and is the one egg that is actually ovulated; the rest short of shrivel and those eggs are lost too. In IVF they try to make more of those antrals mature in one cycle, but the total number of eggs (mature, immature) lost is the same each cycle. This animation might help explain it better: http://www.fertilitylifelines.com/fertilitytreatments/assistedreproductivetechnologies.jsp<br /><br />For the same reason you don't preserve your fertility while on BCPs - you still dump a bunch of eggs that don't mature each month even while you are preventing ovulation. Bummer because I was on the pill for 10 years! <br /><br />I think that if someone decides to be an egg donor they are not doing it for the money. It is done normally because they understand the pain IF can cause. It's a hard one though because they've given you the ultimate gift haven't they?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-16131997011934747342009-10-06T10:56:20.521-07:002009-10-06T10:56:20.521-07:00Oy! So much fun and goodness! I love friends, beca...Oy! So much fun and goodness! I love friends, because they're the family you choose, which means they're more likely to react EXACTLY how you want them to. Your family is just that- family, and you have to love them no matter what their weird nigglings are. All systems go, people are happy, even if they ask weird questions that in truth, dont matter to you or your situation. If anything, it just means the donor is even more awesome. <br /><br />Congrats on all the fun times!Alex Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650374437805542543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-83816393486692546892009-10-06T09:15:09.437-07:002009-10-06T09:15:09.437-07:00Love the new widget and happy that you are "o...Love the new widget and happy that you are "out"!<br /><br />optimisticallyhopeful is correct about the egg thing. I asked (and read) about this awhile back. In a natural cycle, those "extra" eggs just disappear. They could not have been saved, or stored, or otherwise kept in reserve. So, essentially, all stimulated cycles do is try to mature all of the eggs that would be there anyway.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17891984751397130045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-37823848674624424122009-10-06T07:46:32.358-07:002009-10-06T07:46:32.358-07:00I agree with Lorraine, doing IVF and recruting lot...I agree with Lorraine, doing IVF and recruting lots of eggs each time does not in any way put you into menopause earlier. All of those eggs would have been wasted during a regular, non-medicated cycle anyway. I too was curious, so I did some research and that's what I found. Isn't it interesting what people fixate on though, when they hear about things that they're not familiar with? I'm glad she's excited for you, but wish she would have not worried about the details until after your phone call.<br /><br />Yay for a pregnancy ticker! It looks great on your sidebar and I like how it gives you lots of info on how far you've come and how far you have to go.<br /><br />Well, you are definitely a step ahead of us as far as names are concerned! We've really not spent much time on it thus far and should probably start taking it a bit more seriously. I think we will probably end up taking a short list to the hospital with us and then deciding once we see her. I hope you get Dr. Green and you are able to convince him to give you a quick peek of your little one...I can't wait to find out what you're having!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-72789717289683248222009-10-06T06:54:34.566-07:002009-10-06T06:54:34.566-07:00That's great that you got such a good reaction...That's great that you got such a good reaction from your group of friends. you definitely deserve some squealing and support!!<br /><br />Interesting question about the donor's egg supply as typically these donors are college age or early 20's, and have not necessarily had their own kids yet. But my worry would be more around the effects of taking the fertility drugs vs. the loss of 20 eggs.<br /><br />But that does seem a little odd that your sis focussed in on that right away in this first phone call. I guess everyone's different!<br /><br />Very exciting to find out the gender - looking forward to hearing all about it, especially since I've delayed my surprise! :)stillhopefulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252497820828285577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-61070724793177965452009-10-06T06:41:28.732-07:002009-10-06T06:41:28.732-07:00Reading this post just makes me happy.
I'm ...Reading this post just makes me happy. <br /><br />I'm not telling anyone about our (surrogate) pregnancy for a long, long time, but just this morning I was thinking that L and I will never be able to agree on a boy's name. So many congrats on finding (omigost) TWO of them.niobehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08315267454529454063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-12383370123957465772009-10-06T06:07:58.381-07:002009-10-06T06:07:58.381-07:00Glad you are telling peeps! I would have been that...Glad you are telling peeps! I would have been that psycho asking all the questions at the party LOL! Excited you have some names! Can't wait to find out what they are! Hugs!embieadoptmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00704065632782220134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-60976793129768655632009-10-06T06:00:37.626-07:002009-10-06T06:00:37.626-07:00oh so very happy to hear that you have shared the ...oh so very happy to hear that you have shared the news. It is an amazing place to be, people are truly happy for you and want to be a part of it.<br />and yay for two boy names....can't wait to hear what you are having so very very exciting. i can't believe you are already in yoru 17th week, does it feel like it has gone fast?<br />oh and I am sure that I read that baby girls develop 7 million eggs in uetero, and by the time they are born they have 2 million that will be available so I don't think your donor is in any danger of running out :)just me, dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046206651954423260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-85986966384003148632009-10-06T05:45:43.739-07:002009-10-06T05:45:43.739-07:00Oh, I am so pleased that the telling of your frien...Oh, I am so pleased that the telling of your friends went well. I agree that telling about DE would just have been overkill at that point. <br />Your sister sounds rather like mine-- singularly focused on her own thougts. But I am glad she was happy for you. I have actually read that some long-term egg donors do end up in menopause early which is why fertility clinics generally ask that egg donors have had their own children before donating. I think there is some dissention among researchers on this point though.<br /><br />Yay for name agreement. Baby boy BWUB is not a great name to go to kindergarten with.<br /><br />And I am utterly excited that you plan to find out the sex in advance. I simply do not understand people who choose to find out at delivery. The suspense would kill me!cindyhoo2https://www.blogger.com/profile/00270674009271182588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4580382827478510871.post-71005338145600314492009-10-05T22:25:45.744-07:002009-10-05T22:25:45.744-07:00Yikes! Your sister is surely a compassionate soul,...Yikes! Your sister is surely a compassionate soul, but has a crappy sense of timing. COuldn't she have waited until the phone call was over and googled herself some answers?<br /><br />My understanding is that lots of follicles "try" every month, but only one becomes an egg. Fertility drugs just encourage all of that month's follicles to make a mature egg. Women are born with a jillion possible eggs, and lose them throughout their life - even before the first period. Let your sister know that she herself loses about 20 follicles a month!<br /><br />Anyway, YAY for the name thing - it really can be stressful if it drags on forever and there doesn't seem to be a chance for agreement. (Yes, I know this from experience.) So two names is great - you can live with them for a while and see what you think over time. Good luck with some girl names - and with that sneak-peek u/s on the 16th!Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180034761243431694noreply@blogger.com