Posts made in January, 2009

Antibodies Do NOT Produce Immunity � Exploring Vaccines

Posted by on Jan 31, 2009 in Life or Something Like It, Vaccines | 0 comments

Antibodies Do NOT Produce Immunity � Exploring Vaccines

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The View Talks About IVF

Posted by on Jan 29, 2009 in Infertility, Life or Something Like It | 0 comments

The View Talks About IVF

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aYAkRvxDy4&hl=en&fs=1]Today on The View, while talking about California’s newborn octuplets, Sherri Shepherd talked about her experience with in vitro fertilization and cleared up some misconceptions.  She also advocated for insurance coverage for IVF, seconded by co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.  Overall it was great to see a mainstream show talk about the facts which few really know.  Even Barbara Walters didn’t know the difference between IVF and methods that cause these very high order multiples.   That was a question I...

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That’s My Daughter in the Water

Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in Life or Something Like It | 1 comment

A beautiful Father/Daughter song: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPTkkqqzf90&hl=en&fs=1]

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Dilated…

Posted by on Jan 27, 2009 in Life or Something Like It | 4 comments

Ok, but just barely.  I am about 1cm dilated.  My NST was perfect (and still non-stressful at the Birth Center).  Blood Pressure good.  Took Group B Strep test…waiting for results. All Systems Ready. Come on Aellyn!  Mama wants to kiss you.

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Handedness and Heredity

Posted by on Jan 26, 2009 in Life or Something Like It | 5 comments

So I was talking to my mom today about how I’m less scared about birth than I am about difficulty breastfeeding.  This led to my all time most feared parenting challenge is having a left-handed child (please note tongue-in-cheek being employed I’m quite sure there are much more challenging things!).  I am SO right handed that I can’t believe how ambidextrous my sister has to be as a lefty.  I think it would actually be difficult to teach a lefty how to write or hold a pencil.  So, I decided to see if there was research on how heredity effects handedness.  It seems...

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