Comments on: Today in the news 06.26.07 http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:07:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: to_clarify http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93284 to_clarify Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:29:18 +0000 #comment-93284 The sextuplets weren't conceived through in vitro. They used a drug that stimulates ovulation. Apparently they were told the drug had created two mature follicles and given the go-ahead to try to conceive.<br /> <br /> But the doctor was wrong and she ovulated at least 10 eggs. I think the doctor sounds pretty darn bad.<br /> <br /> Of course, they did have remedies for this that they choose not to take, but that's up to them, I suppose. The sextuplets weren’t conceived through in vitro. They used a drug that stimulates ovulation. Apparently they were told the drug had created two mature follicles and given the go-ahead to try to conceive.

But the doctor was wrong and she ovulated at least 10 eggs. I think the doctor sounds pretty darn bad.

Of course, they did have remedies for this that they choose not to take, but that’s up to them, I suppose.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93250 msparber Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:44:02 +0000 #comment-93250 I cannot even imagine how awful this must be for them. I cannot even imagine how awful this must be for them.

]]> By: josie http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93248 josie Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:37:53 +0000 #comment-93248 That poor family. Losing four of those babies has to be impossibly hard, no matter how I feel about the excessive implantation of embryos in the in vitro process. That poor family. Losing four of those babies has to be impossibly hard, no matter how I feel about the excessive implantation of embryos in the in vitro process.

]]> By: foof http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93243 foof Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:34:44 +0000 #comment-93243 I'm feeling some pain from the Dutch Elm spike; when we bought our house last year, one of the attractions was the great tree-lined look of our street. Now we're about to lose maybe a quarter of those trees. None in our yard, but it still bites.<br /> <br /> Plus, I'm sick of the sound of chainsaws. I’m feeling some pain from the Dutch Elm spike; when we bought our house last year, one of the attractions was the great tree-lined look of our street. Now we’re about to lose maybe a quarter of those trees. None in our yard, but it still bites.

Plus, I’m sick of the sound of chainsaws.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93204 msparber Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:28:46 +0000 #comment-93204 Iwo. Iwo.

]]> By: jderusha http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93203 jderusha Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:26:18 +0000 #comment-93203 WCCO will re-air the award-winning documentary, <a href="http://static.cbslocal.com/station/wcco/flashprojects/lastflagraiser/index.html" target="_blank">The Last Flagraiser</a>, this Sunday at 11am, and next Sunday at 11 am. WCCO will re-air the award-winning documentary, The Last Flagraiser, this Sunday at 11am, and next Sunday at 11 am.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10567#comment-93201 msparber Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:24:03 +0000 #comment-93201 The Iow Jima story was posted yesterday in the middle of a thread, but I thought it deserved to be highlighted on the front page. The Iow Jima story was posted yesterday in the middle of a thread, but I thought it deserved to be highlighted on the front page.

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