One of the blogs I follow (hi Sarah!) just received their adoption placement. The cutest little boy. So I retract everything I said on Sunday about considering living childless. This is a battle I'm determined to win! Now to get a battle plan ready... donor IUI? donor embryos, donor eggs AND sperm? Adoption?
Bring it on!
~Jem
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Nothing
Nothing to report, but thought I'd just pop by and say hi. I apologize for not posting or commenting much. Haven't had time. It's crazy-time at work and actually it's been a bit of a relief not to be wrapped up in all things IF. Of course, my heart is still weeping at the thought of never becoming parents, and it wrenches each time I see a little one, baby, infant, toddler, pre-schooler, and on and on. Looking forward to next week's Adoption Agency Open House.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
CD1 + Revelation!
Uggh. It's CD1 and I felt like such crap that I left work and I'm officially working from home the rest of the day.
This article explains MFI. At last we have an indicator! Ladies, get out your tape measures!
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Alasdair Wilkins — 
As far as male fertility is concerned, length really is important...except the length in question isn't the one you're thinking about. The crucial distance is actually the length between scrotum and anus. Yes, it's all about the taint.
In what has to go down as one of the most heroic scientific experiments ever, University of Rochester researcher Shanna Swan measured the taint length of 126 men born after 1987. The average anus-to-scrotum distance is two inches, and according to this study, you do not want to be below average.
Swan and her team found that men with below average taints were 7.3 times more likely to have low sperm counts than their above average counterparts, and the sperm they did have was not as well-formed as those belong to men with longer anus-to-scrotum distances. And why is all this happening? Well, we do know that men have taints that are roughly twice as long as those of women, suggesting a longer taint correlates with greater virility and male fertility.
Honestly, all I can really think to do here is to remember this slightly NSFW Mr. Show classic, which I can't help but think has much to teach us about the topic at hand.
Environmental Health Perspectives via Discoblog.
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~Jem
This article explains MFI. At last we have an indicator! Ladies, get out your tape measures!
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Size really does matter for male fertility…just not the way you think
Alasdair Wilkins — As far as male fertility is concerned, length really is important...except the length in question isn't the one you're thinking about. The crucial distance is actually the length between scrotum and anus. Yes, it's all about the taint.In what has to go down as one of the most heroic scientific experiments ever, University of Rochester researcher Shanna Swan measured the taint length of 126 men born after 1987. The average anus-to-scrotum distance is two inches, and according to this study, you do not want to be below average.
Swan and her team found that men with below average taints were 7.3 times more likely to have low sperm counts than their above average counterparts, and the sperm they did have was not as well-formed as those belong to men with longer anus-to-scrotum distances. And why is all this happening? Well, we do know that men have taints that are roughly twice as long as those of women, suggesting a longer taint correlates with greater virility and male fertility.
Honestly, all I can really think to do here is to remember this slightly NSFW Mr. Show classic, which I can't help but think has much to teach us about the topic at hand.
Environmental Health Perspectives via Discoblog.
/unquote
~Jem
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