tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post4348294642975039649..comments2023-08-15T05:02:58.115-04:00Comments on Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters: Updating the Donation Room PornLollipop Goldsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01020874415819057995noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-91636087355631264432009-08-28T20:10:35.019-04:002009-08-28T20:10:35.019-04:00thank you for reading this at BlogHer. It was hila...thank you for reading this at BlogHer. It was hilarious and beautiful and made me cry in public (yeah, thanks for THAT). anyway, thank you for sharing this with the world!jane maynardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12949930189858143454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-47983799344512607022009-08-25T15:05:11.776-04:002009-08-25T15:05:11.776-04:00A post that made me laugh in 2008? This was defini...A post that made me laugh in 2008? This was definitely the first that came to mind. Who wouldn't laugh at the great Hilde reveal? I'm actually a little shocked I'm the first Bingo-er commenting here today!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-2566636984226303052009-07-30T12:49:28.407-04:002009-07-30T12:49:28.407-04:00I didnt attend blogher but i am visiting the keyno...I didnt attend blogher but i am visiting the keynotes...wow what a post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13755834803574964576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-85103383554947723942009-07-29T06:38:15.569-04:002009-07-29T06:38:15.569-04:00Here from the keynote list.
Great post.Here from the keynote list.<br />Great post.Al_Palhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10260615221471924302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-32165043073728313942009-07-26T09:32:39.683-04:002009-07-26T09:32:39.683-04:00I re-read this post this morning and re-lived in m...I re-read this post this morning and re-lived in my mind your poignant reading from but a couple of days ago... there's a part of my heart that is just twisted in a knot by this... when you read this on Friday, I laughed and then at the very end, I was almost sobbing by your chorus. I guess once an infertile, always an infertile to some extent.<br /><br />This was one of my absolute highlights of Blogher 09. Thank you so, so much for sharing this.Karen MEGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10834425321020756655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-73871525698047571652009-07-25T01:21:49.463-04:002009-07-25T01:21:49.463-04:00Not at blogher, but linked over from community key...Not at blogher, but linked over from community keynote list. Wow, awesome post. I remember bringing in the samples in paper bags for our IUIs and then the whole room thing for the IVFs. My husband does not embarrass easily. But he never wanted me around for that part, he never complained though. I think it's his catholic upbringing. Wish I'd had the nerve to pull your stunt.Nicole Peltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07791466101496995936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-43401158337841008412008-08-23T10:28:00.000-04:002008-08-23T10:28:00.000-04:00Is Mel's Mum here? I bet she tried to resist, but...Is Mel's Mum here? I bet she tried to resist, but couldn't. Like a traffic accident. Not that you would have looked horrifying, Mel, I bet you were super-sexy, but super-sexy can be horrifying to a mother, no doubt.<BR/><BR/>We collected our samples at home (except two, which Mr Bea did whilst I was under GA). Now I feel like I missed out.<BR/><BR/>BeaBeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11877513815828460269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-37983723548862858452008-08-22T10:25:00.000-04:002008-08-22T10:25:00.000-04:00Oh my god, this wasn't a story I expected to make ...Oh my god, this wasn't a story I expected to make me cry. How beautifully put.<BR/><BR/>My husband hates the crappy porn in the donation room. Last time, he brought his laptop and watched a movie he brought along with him. But he was pretty closed-mouthed about whether it made things better.<BR/><BR/>For us, the moment we spend together is the transfer and those 10 minutes after. That's the only time he's really there with me, holding my hand and reading me funny stories from the paper. And when I think about how we conceived our child, that's what I'll always remember.the Babychaser:https://www.blogger.com/profile/12205229469287159556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-21026806639818303852008-08-21T23:52:00.000-04:002008-08-21T23:52:00.000-04:00Wow. Bravo to you for being so honest and deep. I ...Wow. Bravo to you for being so honest and deep. <BR/><BR/>I think DH felt much as yours did, and didn't actually want me in there for that reason.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16067045642285877560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-71277521270118384012008-08-21T22:21:00.000-04:002008-08-21T22:21:00.000-04:00Thanks for sharing! I have a similar beginning to ...Thanks for sharing! I have a similar beginning to dh's first time, but a totally different ending! The nurse called his name and I got up to go with him. Both he and the nurse looked at me. I somehow thought me being in the room with him would make it easier and less embarrassing for him. We got into the room (I had no hidden outfiy) and I got a case of the giggles. Maybe it was the nurses feet shuffling by, or the roll of paper over the back of the chair in the corner or even the black VHS tape on the counter with only a strip of masking tape with the word Sex on it! The giggles were like a bad case of hiccups and would not go away. Dh was now getting angry and kicked me out. I have a feeling he might not have been imagining me that day!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00867733939934906090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-85909027617082646942008-08-21T21:12:00.000-04:002008-08-21T21:12:00.000-04:00hysterical, sad, bravethank you!hysterical, sad, brave<BR/>thank you!adenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04084488953399687768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-81958125042197066482008-08-21T17:51:00.000-04:002008-08-21T17:51:00.000-04:00This was so excellent. I laughed and I ached a li...This was so excellent. I laughed and I ached a little too. I loved reading this! Thanks for sharing. :)Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11150292193507340999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-60646790515112571882008-08-21T00:08:00.000-04:002008-08-21T00:08:00.000-04:00OMG I can't stop laughing :) I totally pictured my...OMG I can't stop laughing :) I totally pictured my husband in that situation and I almost peed.<BR/>U rock.Sadie Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278863928471213873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-65315636737736599602008-08-20T23:03:00.000-04:002008-08-20T23:03:00.000-04:00Laughing so hard. (I said hard! Bwahahahahahaha!)...Laughing so hard. (I said hard! Bwahahahahahaha!) <BR/><BR/>If you're brave enough, this should be sent to clinics everywhere. I doubledare you.Tashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07376651134993450207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-41583251964345476412008-08-20T22:42:00.000-04:002008-08-20T22:42:00.000-04:00Holy crap that is a spot on post! Hubs has to do ...Holy crap that is a spot on post! Hubs has to do this for the first time Friday :(Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397000420692626687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-14465174353531797602008-08-20T21:47:00.000-04:002008-08-20T21:47:00.000-04:00best. post. ever. I agree with Luna Instant SQ cla...best. post. ever. I agree with Luna Instant SQ classic.<BR/><BR/>thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-10578018525396867212008-08-20T21:07:00.000-04:002008-08-20T21:07:00.000-04:00I was laughing right up until the end...then I wan...I was laughing right up until the end...then I wanted to cry. That was beautiful, Mel. And brave. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>xxLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613907883139565991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-39215098767234860572008-08-20T20:46:00.000-04:002008-08-20T20:46:00.000-04:00What a wonderful story. My husband will not tell ...What a wonderful story. My husband will not tell me anything about the magazines that are in the room, what he reads, anything at all. He just tells me that he "does what has to be done." I have joked that when my daughter was conceived, neither one of us were there. Only it's really all that funny. More like gallows humor, I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-58889898837319691452008-08-20T19:40:00.000-04:002008-08-20T19:40:00.000-04:00I am printing this out to put in our clinic as "so...I am printing this out to put in our clinic as "source material". It's tough to keep stimuli magazines and DVDs around, (they keep getting "borrowed"), so this will do nicely. Men are so results oriented.Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essentialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129428477996644401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-10147555665274315182008-08-20T18:35:00.000-04:002008-08-20T18:35:00.000-04:00"Careless Whisper".Thanks. Not that I ever actuall..."Careless Whisper".<BR/><BR/>Thanks. Not that I ever actually hear that song often, but when I do, maybe in a nice Saks elevator, I will think of this situation. Exactly.nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479202205264710056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-39520858775795601592008-08-20T18:13:00.000-04:002008-08-20T18:13:00.000-04:00And like the hormonal sap-for-a-touching-story tha...And like the hormonal sap-for-a-touching-story that I am, this story has me tearing up. It was funny, but Josh's words were so endearing. I have that tearjerker feeling.JW Moxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865232770753428076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-35526657617107007502008-08-20T17:34:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:34:00.000-04:00Wow!! This is fantastic. You had me laughing, feel...Wow!! This is fantastic. You had me laughing, feeling relieved that I buy mine in a little vial, getting teary at hearing about your desire to be connected to the process.battynursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02240029154165501340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-76533528334708857332008-08-20T17:32:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:32:00.000-04:00I think I've peed myself... God, how funny. And, ...I think I've peed myself... God, how funny. And, oh how true!<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Mel. I needed that.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes men can come through with such touching, amazing clarity. Sometimes you wonder how they earned their opposable thumbs....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-19841408731566456902008-08-20T17:09:00.000-04:002008-08-20T17:09:00.000-04:00At first I had to laugh...then I seriously began t...At first I had to laugh...then I seriously began to cry (at work mind you!). Men really can say some of the most touching things.<BR/><BR/>But now I must grin at the image of you shaking it in a merry-widow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259745.post-90017882043357024502008-08-20T16:32:00.000-04:002008-08-20T16:32:00.000-04:00You got this exactly right. It's, er, uh, satisfy...You got this exactly right. It's, er, uh, satisfying to read something so accurate, and yet it kind of makes me cry, too. That it's so accurate, and that this is what we do to get to that place somewhere in the future. This could be our chance. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for saying it.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03812637630030228124noreply@blogger.com