That is just ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous. How can anoyne be that freaking fertile? It's not as if there is a finite amount of children available to be born but even so, I can't help but view her as greedy!
TTC Since 10/08
4 IUIs=BFNx4
IVF#1=BFP!! Twins!!
Bradley and Billy born and lost on 2/2/11 at 19w2d due to pPROM/PTL. I miss you, little angels.
IVF#2=BFN
IVF#3=c/p
IVF#4=Empty Follicle Syndrome; 1 mature, fertilized, & made it to blast. 5dt of "the lone ranger" on 9/6. Please stick, little one!
TTC #1 since October 2008. Dealing with MFI.
IVF #1 w ICSI in July 2010 = BFN
IVF #2.1 in Oct 2010 converted to IUI = BFN
IVF #2.2 w ICSI in Dec 2010 = BFN
Met with new RE in new city on 1/31/11.
IVF #3 w ICSI in April 2011. HPT on 5/9 = BFP! Beta #1 on 5/10 (10dp5dt) = 99.4. Beta #2 on 5/12 = 284. First u/s on 5/26. = Fraternal TWINS!
Twin boys born & lost on 8/16/11 at 18w1d due to PPROM & preterm labor.
IVF #4.1 in Jan 2012 converted to IUI on 1/7/12 = BFN
IVF #4.2 w ICSI in Feb 2012. Lupron on 2/10. Stims on 2/18. ER on 2/29- 7R,6F
ET scheduled for 3/5/12- nothing to transfer
Dh seeing new MFI uro & Dh starting meds- June 2012.
IVF #5 in Dec 2012 = BFFN.
IVF #6 planned for Spring 2013. Praying for our take home baby/ies.
**P/SAIF and P/SAL always welcome!**
I remember them saying after the last one came home from the hospital that they would probably have more. I honestly think they will keep having kids until she runs out of eggs or dies (was that mean?). I don't think they believe in using birth control or preventing in anyway. What I want to know is how do they have time to have sex with 19 freaking kids?
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I remember them saying after the last one came home from the hospital that they would probably have more. I honestly think they will keep having kids until she runs out of eggs or dies (was that mean?). I don't think they believe in using birth control or preventing in anyway. What I want to know is how do they have time to have sex with 19 freaking kids?
The older children babysit the younger children....the parents call it the "buddy system"....what a joke!
TTC #1 Since 11/08 - Dx: MFI & PCOS 7 IUIs = All BFNs 2011: March IVF #1.2 = e/p @ 6w: May IVF #2 = BFN: July sFET #1 = BFN
2012: Jan We're Certified FC/A Parents May IVF #3 = c/p June-Nov Foster Mommy to M (Toddler) July FET #2 = BFN Aug FET #3 = BFN Sept-Nov Foster Mommy to Baby Bella (Newborn) Nov HSG/Sono = Clear! Dec FET #4 = BFN
2013: Feb FET #5 = m/c @ 6.5w May-July Foster Mom to H (8 yr old girl) June/July/Aug IVF #4 = Freeze All July = Unofficially Adopting T (10 yr old boy) Sept FET #6 = TBD **PAIF/SAIF Welcome**
I remember them saying after the last one came home from the hospital that they would probably have more. I honestly think they will keep having kids until she runs out of eggs or dies (was that mean?). I don't think they believe in using birth control or preventing in anyway. What I want to know is how do they have time to have sex with 19 freaking kids?
The older children babysit the younger children....the parents call it the "buddy system"....what a joke!
Ugh
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I remember them saying after the last one came home from the hospital that they would probably have more. I honestly think they will keep having kids until she runs out of eggs or dies (was that mean?). I don't think they believe in using birth control or preventing in anyway. What I want to know is how do they have time to have sex with 19 freaking kids?
TTC with severe MFI since 9/08
IVF w/ ICSI #1 May/June 2010= BFP twins
Callan George and Bennett Charles born and died 11/7/10
FET #1 April 2011= BFN
FET #2 July 2011= no transfer because my lining sucked
FET #3 February 2012= BFP! 1st beta 9dp5dt=314 2nd beta 11dp5dt=977 1st U/S 3/20 Twins- Heart rates of 111 and 138
Living After Losing
REALLY?...I guess I missed the announcement thankfully. You know it really is crazy for her to be able to have kids anytime she wishes! Seriously the Mrs. is 44- or 45 years old. Nevermind having more kids she should be a part of some research project!!!!
Not wanting to stir the religion pot, but I will. They belive that it is God's will that allow them to continune to have children......funny knowing that there are many of us that pray and belive pretty much every second of their lives as still are not grated the joy of having one child little lone 20....... Climbing down from my soapbox, thanks
TTC since 2009
very frustrated 42yr and DH 40
5 cycles of Clomid with satisfactory response=BFN's
Fibroid removal Nov2010
IUI Clomid #1 Feb 2011...BFN..damn it!
IUI Inject's #2 Apr 2011...CANCELLED...low estradiol
IUI Inject's #3 June 2011...BFN
IUI Inject's #4 Sept2011...BFFN
Lap Dec 2011...severe endo..cyst removed..some remains...
IVF#1 Apr 2012 ....cancelled due to over suppression
IVF#2 July 2012....6 follies...only 1 retrieved....BFFN
surgery suggested to move ovary to an better placement but....we moved two time zones away and are financially and emotionally empty
I also don?t want to stir the pot, but I think I?m about to?.
Yes, it?s hard to hear that the Duggar?s are having yet another baby when we can?t even have one, but them having a baby is not the reason I can?t.? It?s not like Michelle and Jim-Bob are taking all the babies in the world for themselves.? They have very strong religious beliefs and they do not believe in birth control.? They know that when they have sex, it could/will result in a baby and they are willing to accept that responsibility because they feel it is ?God?s will.?
I do not feel that them having 20+ children is irresponsible if it works for them.? The children are all well-taken care of, they are all healthy, they have food to eat, clothes on their backs, a roof over their head, and a wonderful relationship with one another.? They have been given amazing opportunities to see the world (courtesy of TLC I?m sure, but who cares?), they are well educated, talented and well-behaved.? And they each get time alone with their parents which is more than I can say for some families I know who only have 1 or 2 kids.? He.ll, one of my friend?s husbands leaves for work in the morning before his sons get up and doesn?t get home until after they are in bed and then goes hunting or to a bar for the game on the weekends.
Who?s to say what a ?responsible? number of children is?? Just because DH and I want three kids doesn?t mean that I think everyone who has 4 or more is irresponsible.? I even graduated college with a guy who was #17 out of 18 kids and he and his family were amazing and so happy. ?
If there was evidence that the Duggar children were being abused, neglected or that they were continuing to have children with significant developmental/physical handicaps or they had substantial financial burdens then that would be a different story, but they don?t.? Michelle?s last pregnancy was difficult, that?s true, but I know many women whose first pregnancies were difficult, but they went on to have 2, 3 or 4 kids with no difficulties at all.
The fact of the matter is, Michelle?s body will eventually stop being able to get pregnant ? it just will. But as long as she and Jim-Bob want to grow their family I say let them.? Sure, it?s going to sting just like it does when anybody announces a pregnancy, but I can?t say I think what they are doing is wrong.
Now, if it were announced that Lindsey Lohan was pregnant, well then that would just throw me right into the looney-bin! ;-)
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The older children babysit the younger children....the parents call it the "buddy system"....what a joke!
I think THIS is what annoys me the most. Maybe their older children are ok with the expectation to be babysitters, but I think that's a crummy expectation to have for them. What about what they want to do? I would hardcore resent my parents if they expected me to do the same. Maybe I'm just a horribly selfish person and the Duggar children are more selfless than I am.
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If I see one more person on facebook preach that the Duggars are good parents and only God can decide for them when enough is enough, and no one should have the right to tell them to stop having kids blah blah blah blah blah, I am going to explode!
Just because you are physically able to have children does NOT mean you should. This goes for the Duggars as well as the crack mommas who aren't deserving of the children they are blessed with and anyone in between. At some point the Duggars need to realize that they are just a baby factory and not actually being 'parents' to all those children.
6/28/10: Lost our sweet baby Addyston at 18wk 1day to pPROM
7/24/11: Michael William born at 24wk 2d due to IC after an emergent cerclage at 18wks, 4wk home BR and 2 weeks hospital BR. Grow strong our little Miracle!
9/17/11: Michael joined his sister in heaven after 8 amazing weeks with us on earth. He fought a very hard fight but NEC was too much for him in the end.
If I see one more person on facebook preach that the Duggars are good parents and only God can decide for them when enough is enough, and no one should have the right to tell them to stop having kids blah blah blah blah blah, I am going to explode!
Just because you are physically able to have children does NOT mean you should. This goes for the Duggars as well as the crack mommas who aren't deserving of the children they are blessed with and anyone in between. At some point the Duggars need to realize that they are just a baby factory and not actually being 'parents' to all those children.
Ok, so I am coming back because I think my post came of as super b*tchy, and I didn't mean it to. I just mean that all of the ladies on my facebook who are preaching about it being God's choice and etc... are absloutely correct (in my belief system) BUT, it's also their responsibility to be responsible adults. God has blessed them with fertility, that doesn't mean they have to just keep popping out babies. They are seemingly doing the right things for their children (feeding, clothing, putting a roof over their head, etc...) which is absolutely wonderful. But isn't there more to being a good parent than just providing for them? That's my beef with it. I know plenty of dirt poor people, some who can't even do the basics for their children without help, but they are the best parents in the world! Everything they have goes to their kids, they spend every moment possible with them, teaching them, playing with them etc... As 2 adults you just can't stretch yourself far enough to provide that loving support to 20 kids. In the same sense, I know wealthy families who suck at being parents, but their kids have it all!
Good for the Duggars I guess, if this is what they want then more power to them. But, I don't have to agree with it. They signed up for opinions like mine when they took their lives to TV.
6/28/10: Lost our sweet baby Addyston at 18wk 1day to pPROM
7/24/11: Michael William born at 24wk 2d due to IC after an emergent cerclage at 18wks, 4wk home BR and 2 weeks hospital BR. Grow strong our little Miracle!
9/17/11: Michael joined his sister in heaven after 8 amazing weeks with us on earth. He fought a very hard fight but NEC was too much for him in the end.
I remember them saying after the last one came home from the hospital that they would probably have more. I honestly think they will keep having kids until she runs out of eggs or dies (was that mean?). I don't think they believe in using birth control or preventing in anyway. What I want to know is how do they have time to have sex with 19 freaking kids?
This!!
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Re: The Duggars...
TTC #2 since June '08
~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
IUI #1-4 BFN
IVF#1 June 2011 BFN
IVF#2 Dec 2011
Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
EDD 8/25
*PAIFW/SAIFW*
That is just ridiculous. Beyond ridiculous. How can anoyne be that freaking fertile? It's not as if there is a finite amount of children available to be born but even so, I can't help but view her as greedy!
TTC Since 10/08 4 IUIs=BFNx4
IVF#1=BFP!! Twins!!
Bradley and Billy born and lost on 2/2/11 at 19w2d due to pPROM/PTL. I miss you, little angels.
IVF#2=BFN
IVF#3=c/p IVF#4=Empty Follicle Syndrome; 1 mature, fertilized, & made it to blast. 5dt of "the lone ranger" on 9/6. Please stick, little one!
IVF #1 w ICSI in July 2010 = BFN
IVF #2.1 in Oct 2010 converted to IUI = BFN
IVF #2.2 w ICSI in Dec 2010 = BFN
Met with new RE in new city on 1/31/11.
IVF #3 w ICSI in April 2011. HPT on 5/9 = BFP!
Beta #1 on 5/10 (10dp5dt) = 99.4. Beta #2 on 5/12 = 284. First u/s on 5/26. = Fraternal TWINS!
Twin boys born & lost on 8/16/11 at 18w1d due to PPROM & preterm labor.
IVF #4.1 in Jan 2012 converted to IUI on 1/7/12 = BFN
IVF #4.2 w ICSI in Feb 2012. Lupron on 2/10. Stims on 2/18. ER on 2/29- 7R,6F
ET scheduled for 3/5/12- nothing to transfer
Dh seeing new MFI uro & Dh starting meds- June 2012.
IVF #5 in Dec 2012 = BFFN.
IVF #6 planned for Spring 2013. Praying for our take home baby/ies.
**P/SAIF and P/SAL always welcome!**
WTF!!!??? You got to be kidding me!!!! :::smh::
Dx: PCOS, Anovulatory, Amenorrhea 2006
TTC: Sept 2008
IVF#1 Cancelled due to breast biopsy.05/01/20
IVF#1.2- 9/2010 - Cancelled Oversurpressed
IVF#2 Microdose Lupron 10/2010 Beta 11/09=BFN

IVF#3 2/2011 - 2 blasts(2/25) Beta 03/11 =BFN
IVF#4 Lupron 01/02 =2 blasts, beta's 1-4 198,234,398,3100!!BFP
FET 3/2014 2 blasts BETA 3/20=BFP TWINS EDD 11/27 TEAM PINK!!!
WTF? They make me
The older children babysit the younger children....the parents call it the "buddy system"....what a joke!
7 IUIs = All BFNs
2011: March IVF #1.2 = e/p @ 6w: May IVF #2 = BFN: July sFET #1 = BFN
2012: Jan We're Certified FC/A Parents
May IVF #3 = c/p
June-Nov Foster Mommy to M (Toddler)
July FET #2 = BFN
Aug FET #3 = BFN
Sept-Nov Foster Mommy to Baby Bella (Newborn)
Nov HSG/Sono = Clear!
Dec FET #4 = BFN
2013: Feb FET #5 = m/c @ 6.5w
May-July Foster Mom to H (8 yr old girl)
June/July/Aug IVF #4 = Freeze All
July = Unofficially Adopting T (10 yr old boy)
Sept FET #6 = TBD
**PAIF/SAIF Welcome**
Ugh
I'd like to know the answer to this as well.....
TTC #2 since June '08
~*DD 10.21.07*~
dx unexplained
IUI #1-4 BFN
IVF#1 June 2011 BFN
IVF#2 Dec 2011
Beta#1 12/21 : 812 Beta#2 12/23 : 1634
EDD 8/25
*PAIFW/SAIFW*
ri-fvcking-diculous.
and irresponsible.
and stupid.
and did I mention ri-fvcking-diculous.
Callan George and Bennett Charles born and died 11/7/10
FET #1 April 2011= BFN
FET #2 July 2011= no transfer because my lining sucked
FET #3 February 2012= BFP! 1st beta 9dp5dt=314 2nd beta 11dp5dt=977 1st U/S 3/20 Twins- Heart rates of 111 and 138
Living After Losing
REALLY?...I guess I missed the announcement thankfully. You know it really is crazy for her to be able to have kids anytime she wishes! Seriously the Mrs. is 44- or 45 years old. Nevermind having more kids she should be a part of some research project!!!!
Not wanting to stir the religion pot, but I will. They belive that it is God's will that allow them to continune to have children......funny knowing that there are many of us that pray and belive pretty much every second of their lives as still are not grated the joy of having one child little lone 20....... Climbing down from my soapbox, thanks
5 cycles of Clomid with satisfactory response=BFN's
Fibroid removal Nov2010
IUI Clomid #1 Feb 2011...BFN..damn it!
IUI Inject's #2 Apr 2011...CANCELLED...low estradiol
IUI Inject's #3 June 2011...BFN
IUI Inject's #4 Sept2011...BFFN
Lap Dec 2011...severe endo..cyst removed..some remains...
IVF#1 Apr 2012 ....cancelled due to over suppression
IVF#2 July 2012....6 follies...only 1 retrieved....BFFN
surgery suggested to move ovary to an better placement but....we moved two time zones away and are financially and emotionally empty
It ruins my day whenever they are on the Today Show. HOW THE HE!! IS THAT NEWS? My neighbor is pg...think she can get on the Today Show? WTF.
Yes, it?s hard to hear that the Duggar?s are having yet another baby when we can?t even have one, but them having a baby is not the reason I can?t.? It?s not like Michelle and Jim-Bob are taking all the babies in the world for themselves.? They have very strong religious beliefs and they do not believe in birth control.? They know that when they have sex, it could/will result in a baby and they are willing to accept that responsibility because they feel it is ?God?s will.?
I do not feel that them having 20+ children is irresponsible if it works for them.? The children are all well-taken care of, they are all healthy, they have food to eat, clothes on their backs, a roof over their head, and a wonderful relationship with one another.? They have been given amazing opportunities to see the world (courtesy of TLC I?m sure, but who cares?), they are well educated, talented and well-behaved.? And they each get time alone with their parents which is more than I can say for some families I know who only have 1 or 2 kids.? He.ll, one of my friend?s husbands leaves for work in the morning before his sons get up and doesn?t get home until after they are in bed and then goes hunting or to a bar for the game on the weekends.
Who?s to say what a ?responsible? number of children is?? Just because DH and I want three kids doesn?t mean that I think everyone who has 4 or more is irresponsible.? I even graduated college with a guy who was #17 out of 18 kids and he and his family were amazing and so happy.
? If there was evidence that the Duggar children were being abused, neglected or that they were continuing to have children with significant developmental/physical handicaps or they had substantial financial burdens then that would be a different story, but they don?t.? Michelle?s last pregnancy was difficult, that?s true, but I know many women whose first pregnancies were difficult, but they went on to have 2, 3 or 4 kids with no difficulties at all.
The fact of the matter is, Michelle?s body will eventually stop being able to get pregnant ? it just will. But as long as she and Jim-Bob want to grow their family I say let them.? Sure, it?s going to sting just like it does when anybody announces a pregnancy, but I can?t say I think what they are doing is wrong.
Now, if it were announced that Lindsey Lohan was pregnant, well then that would just throw me right into the looney-bin! ;-) ? ?
and replusive!!!
How about not having sex those 2 days ur ovulating...would that be so hard?
They must actively be trying IMO.
Gross, i hate them...did just say that?
I think THIS is what annoys me the most. Maybe their older children are ok with the expectation to be babysitters, but I think that's a crummy expectation to have for them. What about what they want to do? I would hardcore resent my parents if they expected me to do the same. Maybe I'm just a horribly selfish person and the Duggar children are more selfless than I am.
This is exactly what I thought... They are really tempting fate this time!
TTC since March 2009 // Me and DH - 28
Testing Summer/Fall 2010 - Unexplained IF
IUIs #1-4 ~ Clomid/Ovidrel/TI/IUI ~ all BFNs
IUI #5 ~ Femara/Ovidrel/TI/IUI ~ BFN
IUIs #6-9 ~ Research Study Meds/Pregnyl/TI/IUI ~ all BFNs
IVF Consultation, More Testing
Diagnostic Cycle ~ Mucinex/Progesterone/TI ~ BFN
IVF #1 ~ Menopur/Bravelle/Ganirelix/Novarel/Progesterone/Lupron
7R, 6F // 2 transferred // 3 frosties ~ BFN
FET #1 ~ Estrace/PIO/Lupron
3 thawed // 2 transferred // 1 lost // no more frosties ~ BFP!!
Beta #1 - 456 // Beta #2 - 1176 // Beta #3 - 2933 // Beta #4 - 6753
EDD: May 16, 2013
Bedrest for SCH // 6w2d through 10w1d
Elevated TSH and Lazy Thyroid DX @ 10w - Started Synthroid
Finally released from RE at 13w
~~ My IF Blog ~~
If I see one more person on facebook preach that the Duggars are good parents and only God can decide for them when enough is enough, and no one should have the right to tell them to stop having kids blah blah blah blah blah, I am going to explode!
Just because you are physically able to have children does NOT mean you should. This goes for the Duggars as well as the crack mommas who aren't deserving of the children they are blessed with and anyone in between. At some point the Duggars need to realize that they are just a baby factory and not actually being 'parents' to all those children.
Ok, so I am coming back because I think my post came of as super b*tchy, and I didn't mean it to. I just mean that all of the ladies on my facebook who are preaching about it being God's choice and etc... are absloutely correct (in my belief system) BUT, it's also their responsibility to be responsible adults. God has blessed them with fertility, that doesn't mean they have to just keep popping out babies. They are seemingly doing the right things for their children (feeding, clothing, putting a roof over their head, etc...) which is absolutely wonderful. But isn't there more to being a good parent than just providing for them? That's my beef with it. I know plenty of dirt poor people, some who can't even do the basics for their children without help, but they are the best parents in the world! Everything they have goes to their kids, they spend every moment possible with them, teaching them, playing with them etc... As 2 adults you just can't stretch yourself far enough to provide that loving support to 20 kids. In the same sense, I know wealthy families who suck at being parents, but their kids have it all!
Good for the Duggars I guess, if this is what they want then more power to them. But, I don't have to agree with it. They signed up for opinions like mine when they took their lives to TV.
Oh, oh! Pick me!! I am not pregnant, but wish I was...and I know some pregnant people. Can I be on the Today Show?
As for the religion thing, by their logic God isn't cool with me having a baby.
ME: 30 DH: 30
TTC #1 since 3/2010
DX: Unclear-potential MF (low motility, borderline count); currently unexplained
Ultrasound/HSG- Feb 2011
Lap: May 2011
Clomid/IUI Cycle #1: 6/2011
Clomid/IUI Cycle #2: 7/2011
Clomid/IUI Cycle #3: 8/2011
9/2011 Switched REs...and more testing
DX: Unexplained- borderline MFI
IVF #1: 11/09/2011- BFP!!
Beta #1: 241; Beta #2: 666
Ultrasound scheduled for 5w6d
Baby girl born 8.14.12
This!!