tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895750.post7705249590918079244..comments2023-10-10T20:15:32.779-07:00Comments on BRAINCHEESE: Are You Telling Me "Stoopidity" ISN'T A Crime Subject To Capital Punishment?!?BRAINCHEESEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04478852688645497036noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895750.post-5476776019104474612009-01-31T15:40:00.000-08:002009-01-31T15:40:00.000-08:00I agree that this is outrageous and irresponsible....I agree that this is outrageous and irresponsible. It's hard to imagine that any fertility doctor would even consider implanting more than 3-4 in hopes that 1-2 would attach.Lisa Emrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10862232056342347990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895750.post-65392611632228102902009-01-31T08:32:00.000-08:002009-01-31T08:32:00.000-08:00In Lakewood, NJ (a mecca for Chassidic Jewish peop...In Lakewood, NJ (a mecca for Chassidic Jewish people), there are tons of IVF conceptions done yearly, with the sole purpose of creating multiple births. These families deem many children "ideal." I used to constantly (ultrasound) scan women who were like breeding machines, counting their viable eggs-- maybe two, or three, or four-- to be harvested and stored for the procedures. It wasn't that these women weren't naturally fertile, but taking up to a year to conceive one child was not a "good option." They were given a bit of fertility drugs to produce a handful of ripe eggs. All of this was sanctioned by the head rabbis, who often phoned me if one of my daily "egg checks" for a particular woman was off.<BR/><BR/>I felt bad for the Chassidic women who were actually there because they WERE in fact slow-to-conceive and were so desperate for one healthy child. They were doing serial Lupron injections to create many, many eggs and their ovaries looked like pomagranites. Very difficult for me to acurately scan and quite painful for the patients.<BR/><BR/>Interesting what people will do, and interesting what society (overall and within exclusive religious sects)deems "normal" and "crazy."Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421022098477662697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895750.post-71560271266534976222009-01-31T04:55:00.000-08:002009-01-31T04:55:00.000-08:00Amen, my sista Braincheese! (Is Braincheese Brain ...Amen, my sista Braincheese! (Is Braincheese Brain Cheese, Brain-cheese, or Braincheese? I can't seem to get it right.)Blindbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13653985941985467240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38895750.post-55932394080171793152009-01-31T04:10:00.000-08:002009-01-31T04:10:00.000-08:00First we need to legislate against stoopidity; the...First we need to legislate against stoopidity; then we can punish it.Websterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518858062969978457noreply@blogger.com