Comments on: Check Out the Live-Feed of My Failed IVF Cycle http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:56:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: n http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51519 n Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:35:58 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51519 Wow, this was beautifully written. I've actually just sent it to my husband and several close friends. I wondered if you, or anyone heard in the "news" yesterday that Celine Dion is now, *not*, in fact pregnant after FET? (If anyone recalls, she announced her pregnancy publicly pretty much immediately after her FET, and even her RE was giving press interviews about how he couldn't wait to do her ultrasound and hear the baby's heartbeat. It was super creepy.) Anyway, apparently yesterday her and/or husband confirmed publicly that she's not pregnant now (probably never was, but who knows, maybe she had an early m/c), but that they still plan to try for second child. Whatever -- I guess I'm just curious to hear if the community will have any commentary about it. IMO, of course, she was crazy to announce her "pregnancy" so incredibly early on. So, either she went on to have a m/c, or the FET failed from the start. I don't know about anyone else, but I always have gotten the impression from Celine Dion that she thought IVF/FET was guaranteed to work (for her, at least! Since she's so S P E C I A L.), so I am intrigued.... Wow, this was beautifully written. I’ve actually just sent it to my husband and several close friends.

I wondered if you, or anyone heard in the “news” yesterday that Celine Dion is now, *not*, in fact pregnant after FET? (If anyone recalls, she announced her pregnancy publicly pretty much immediately after her FET, and even her RE was giving press interviews about how he couldn’t wait to do her ultrasound and hear the baby’s heartbeat. It was super creepy.)

Anyway, apparently yesterday her and/or husband confirmed publicly that she’s not pregnant now (probably never was, but who knows, maybe she had an early m/c), but that they still plan to try for second child.

Whatever — I guess I’m just curious to hear if the community will have any commentary about it. IMO, of course, she was crazy to announce her “pregnancy” so incredibly early on. So, either she went on to have a m/c, or the FET failed from the start. I don’t know about anyone else, but I always have gotten the impression from Celine Dion that she thought IVF/FET was guaranteed to work (for her, at least! Since she’s so S P E C I A L.), so I am intrigued….

]]> By: deathstar http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51412 deathstar Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:49:36 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51412 This should be "must-see TV". This should be “must-see TV”.

]]> By: Laura DeBellas http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51406 Laura DeBellas Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:09:22 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51406 You are such a blessing to write this blog. I copied and pasted it to my blog and I pray that people read about the hypothetical Sarah. Oh, if people only knew..... You are such a blessing to write this blog. I copied and pasted it to my blog and I pray that people read about the hypothetical Sarah. Oh, if people only knew…..

]]> By: Bea http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51397 Bea Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:01:57 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51397 This is a great post. But I think the real reason infertility would not get a show like this isn't because it's depressing. There are people who eat that sort of schadenfreud right up. It's the tedium. Infertility needs to be heavily edited to make it palatable for a lay audience. Nine months is already just about at the limit of people's attention span, and that's with constant progress and an ending in sight. The real put-off for viewers is "Watch as the days tick slowly and unproductively by whilst waiting for a followup appointment! Watch as the weeks tick slowly and unproductively by whilst waiting for the right part of the cycle to do testing! Watch as they tick unproductively by whilst waiting for results! Saving up for the next round of treatment! Agonising over the next decision! Wondering whether your adoption file will be sent anywhere soon!" The show would be canned well before the ending - happy or not. But your point about the fallout from a bad result, and the innocence of not expecting it to happen, is a good one. Then again, some exhibitionists eat that right up, too. Bea This is a great post. But I think the real reason infertility would not get a show like this isn’t because it’s depressing. There are people who eat that sort of schadenfreud right up. It’s the tedium. Infertility needs to be heavily edited to make it palatable for a lay audience. Nine months is already just about at the limit of people’s attention span, and that’s with constant progress and an ending in sight. The real put-off for viewers is “Watch as the days tick slowly and unproductively by whilst waiting for a followup appointment! Watch as the weeks tick slowly and unproductively by whilst waiting for the right part of the cycle to do testing! Watch as they tick unproductively by whilst waiting for results! Saving up for the next round of treatment! Agonising over the next decision! Wondering whether your adoption file will be sent anywhere soon!” The show would be canned well before the ending – happy or not.

But your point about the fallout from a bad result, and the innocence of not expecting it to happen, is a good one. Then again, some exhibitionists eat that right up, too.

Bea

]]> By: Kim http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51393 Kim Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:40:19 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51393 When Linsee decided to do this she had a luxury we don't. She had no reason to believe anything would go wrong as opposed to our certainty, despite whatever the doctor may tell us to the contrary, that simething WILL go wrong. I remember that ignorant bliss and envy her for still having it. When Linsee decided to do this she had a luxury we don’t. She had no reason to believe anything would go wrong as opposed to our certainty, despite whatever the doctor may tell us to the contrary, that simething WILL go wrong. I remember that ignorant bliss and envy her for still having it.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51375 Lisa Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:38 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51375 I hadn't heard of Lynsee's "show," but I too am horrified at the thought of what could have gone wrong. No doubt a book-and-movie deal is in the works, though, so hey — it's all good, right? I hadn’t heard of Lynsee’s “show,” but I too am horrified at the thought of what could have gone wrong.

No doubt a book-and-movie deal is in the works, though, so hey — it’s all good, right?

]]> By: Battynurse http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51374 Battynurse Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:32:38 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51374 Great post! Great post!

]]> By: Anna http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51366 Anna Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:24:15 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51366 A stunning post. Being from the UK I wasn't aware of this but it is indeed another stark illustration of the ignorant bliss so many of us begun with, as Kymberli mentions. I was also considering the differences in audience and content that a blog and a TV show/live webcast would get. Would a TV audience follow an IF story for all the years, bearing in mind the depressive element? Anyway, I'm not always in the right place emotionally to handle the public service education element of IF life, I would wholeheartedly support the idea of getting more information out there. A stunning post. Being from the UK I wasn’t aware of this but it is indeed another stark illustration of the ignorant bliss so many of us begun with, as Kymberli mentions. I was also considering the differences in audience and content that a blog and a TV show/live webcast would get. Would a TV audience follow an IF story for all the years, bearing in mind the depressive element? Anyway, I’m not always in the right place emotionally to handle the public service education element of IF life, I would wholeheartedly support the idea of getting more information out there.

]]> By: Meim http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51363 Meim Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:06:23 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51363 I can't even begin to tell you how much I love you for this post. I am going to send it to EVERYONE, who has told me in the last week that "life goes on." I hate those people right now. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love you for this post. I am going to send it to EVERYONE, who has told me in the last week that “life goes on.”

I hate those people right now.

]]> By: geohde http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2009/11/check-out-the-live-feed-of-my-failed-ivf-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-51361 geohde Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:40:47 +0000 http://www.stirrup-queens.com/?p=2586#comment-51361 Mel, you said that so very well. I hated the negative phone calls so much, because half the time there was an argument at the end of them, too. g Mel, you said that so very well.

I hated the negative phone calls so much, because half the time there was an argument at the end of them, too.

g

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