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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:16 AM Original message |
HEY-Didn't Laura Bush have to have fertility treatments to conceive? |
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skippysmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. I believe you're right |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. Kitty Kelly book page 425/end of second paragraph |
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roseBudd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. And fraternal twins would suggest implanted embryos |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:55 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. That's what I was wondering |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 05:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
71. Until recently, they implanted MANY embryos..sometimes as many as 7 or 8 |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
21. A: Yes, she had sex w/man who was sober & thus could do "hard work" |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that's gonna leave a mark. |
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Radio-Active (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. good point... |
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vetwife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. She said on one interview that they had planned on adopting and |
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Catfight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, the eggs that don't get used are thrown away, which could be |
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troublemaker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Mass-murderer, by his own standards |
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RoyalWickedness (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
4. Not to mention that any type of fertility treatment |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. I think she got pregnant almost immediately after their marriage. |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. When were they married? |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. November 5th 1977 |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
61. The twins were born in 1982, I believe. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
40. What reason does a childless woman |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:25 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Grocery stores don't always keep "just baby stuff" in that aisle. |
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MsTryska (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. Oh I'm sorry to hear that..... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Maybe I confused this--I know that Bush 1 and the Quaker Oats man |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Quaker Oats man! |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. that would be the Quaker Oats man with the beautiful mind... |
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mindfulNJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:26 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. hahahahahaha |
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jmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
55. Maybe you have them confused with the Regans |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
62. "and the Quaker Oats man" |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
64. Quaker Oats man... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. They married in 1977; twins were born in 1981. |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
7. No, eggs are NOT "killed" during infertility treatments. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. I was being SARCASTIC |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I once sat at a table where someone tried to tell me... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No problem! |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:05 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. It was definitely a very surreal moment! <smile> nt |
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Lefta Dissenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. that certainly explains |
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Radio-Active (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:50 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. aren't they "killed" eventually? |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:03 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. It depends. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:07 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. What is the rationale currently for throwing them out |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. I believe its an "experiment with human tissue" issue, but |
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Radio-Active (735 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. I understand, and I read your other post.. |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
46. Yes. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Thanks! That was what I was after! |
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DrWeird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:52 PM Response to Reply #25 |
60. Yes. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:52 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. And what happens to the unused, frozen embryos? |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:04 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. It depends. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:09 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. You sound like you know whereof you speak -- thanks for the info. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
45. In vitro fertlization results in fertilized embryos being trashed. |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Please see my other post -- |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. So.....it seems they ARE trashed, or sold for research? |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. IVF is one method of infertility treatments. |
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TexasSissy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #68 |
69. Ohhhhh. Got it! |
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Virginian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. I heard that on another board |
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endnote (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. Well you saw the results... Two pinhead daughters... |
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SW FL Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
11. It depends on the type of fertility treatment |
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BUSHOUT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. This is a campaign 2004 topic....how? n/t |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:41 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I guess I thought because stem cell research is an issue |
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BUSHOUT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:46 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Are fertility treatments related to the stem cell issue... |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:53 AM Original message |
Not a departure |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
36. The families have to make that decision. |
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BUSHOUT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:18 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yes, a departure. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:39 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. It depends on what kind of treatment Laura had |
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RafterMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:46 AM Response to Reply #42 |
52. But they are fertilized |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:59 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I think the only value to it is... |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
27. But that is different, Only the chosen people can have them |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
33. a brief clarification of the science of fertility treatment |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:14 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Yes, thanks |
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yo-yo-ma (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 11:49 AM Response to Reply #41 |
53. This administration is all hubris and hypocrisy |
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fob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #41 |
72. With all I've seen about the bush*s I would be unsurprised to find out |
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Placebo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. Eh, who cares. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
58. I'd like to know... |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 12:48 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I hadn't thought of that |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:00 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Probably working swing shift at a WalMart |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Not from the Edna Gladney Home.... |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 01:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. True...in any case, I was being somewhat tongue-in-cheek |
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951 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-13-04 05:21 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. This might explain why they don't look alike... |
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