Comments on: A 3 Ring Circus Involving Sperm

By: Shana

Shana — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:29:07 +0000

Oh gosh, congrats with the OFFICIAL start of TTC Noah’s little sib. How exciting! How nerve-wracking! And oh my, what a hassle with the sperm. But you made it into an amusing slap-stick comedy nonetheless. I hope all goes well with your estradiol next cycle so you’ll have a chance for a little junebug.

By: Liza

Liza — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:25:13 +0000

I **never** look at the needles.

I have enough of a phobia that I only recently have been able to sit up during blood-draws, and I can only be around about 1 minute of shot/needle conversation.

So you win, in my book. I don’t even need to know any more.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:41:30 +0000

oh i’ve had the dildocam! AND they brought a gaggle of medical students into the room during the test, without asking my permission.

actually, i think i can out-do most of y’all in unpleasant medical experiences. ever seen the needle they use for a lumbar puncture?

By: Liza

Liza — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:56:06 +0000

Kate, I had to read your comment out loud to Jill, I was laughing so hard. I don’t think you’re thinking about cat litter. My guess is that YOU are thinking about the Internet, or the animals themselves (I can’t believe you have another cat!), or your lovely wife.

Jen, happily the least fun doctor’s appt was one time only — the rest are pretty routine. Although I think it’s fair to say that no one ever really gets used to having their ovaries examined via the internal ultrasound, aka “dildocam.”

By: ktjrdn

ktjrdn — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:40:44 +0000

My fingers are corssed that things go swimmingly (9ha) for you and Jill!

By: Kate

Kate — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:20:09 +0000

I’ve spent at most a week of my 32 years of life even thinking about contemplating the off chance that I could get pregnant…the product of a couple of one-night-stands with boys in my early 20s.

It really blows my mind when I think of how much internalized thought about that topic is assumedly experienced by my heterosexual counterparts. What am I thinking about while they’re mentally counting fingers to their last/next period?

“Do we have enough cat litter?”

Well, plenty of them have cats too. So do I think about cat litter twice or four times as much as they do?

The mind boggles.

I’m keeping my conceptual fingers crossed for Smudge The Second.

By: Lizarita

Lizarita — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:37:34 +0000

Weeeeeeeeee!! Frozen swimmers transport? COMPLETE!!! Congrats to you and Jill and good luck on #2.

By: jen

jen — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:48:08 +0000

i think about that too… how it’s so weird that i went to a not-fun doctor’s appointment to make sure that i’d never be able to get pregnant, when other people, such as yourself, go to not-fun doctor’s appointments TRYING to get pregnant. but i’m sure your appointments are much worse than mine was. getting a tubal is pretty easy, i’d much rather have to go through that again than, let’s say electromyography.