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twirlgrrlIt looks like I'm returning to some semblance of regularity, moonwise. Since my first moon after Blue was born, intervals went like this: 54 days, 39 days, 38 days.
Why did I not follow my instinct and bring my Diva cup? I looked at it, I contemplated throwing it in my luggage... I did not throw it in my luggage. When will I learn to listen to my inner voice?
Oh well. At least I can start thinking about getting pregnant again. Someday. I was feeling a bit urgent about that, but after realizing that I'm almost past the cutoff point for our favorite gender selection technology, I'm in less of a hurry. I'm enjoying Blue SO much on his own. And I don't have enough money in the bank yet. I want to be able to stay at home with the next baby like I did with Blue. Of course, I won't have Marie to help me this time, which is very sad. She was a big part of my dream the night before last, but as soon as I woke up I couldn't remember what we'd done together, only that she was there for a long time.
Ramble ramble ramble.
Why did I not follow my instinct and bring my Diva cup? I looked at it, I contemplated throwing it in my luggage... I did not throw it in my luggage. When will I learn to listen to my inner voice?
Oh well. At least I can start thinking about getting pregnant again. Someday. I was feeling a bit urgent about that, but after realizing that I'm almost past the cutoff point for our favorite gender selection technology, I'm in less of a hurry. I'm enjoying Blue SO much on his own. And I don't have enough money in the bank yet. I want to be able to stay at home with the next baby like I did with Blue. Of course, I won't have Marie to help me this time, which is very sad. She was a big part of my dream the night before last, but as soon as I woke up I couldn't remember what we'd done together, only that she was there for a long time.
Ramble ramble ramble.
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Date: 2006-05-09 04:14 am (UTC)And what is gender selection technology
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Date: 2006-05-11 10:43 am (UTC)The great thing is you don't have to bring tampons or pads around with you, though some women leak enough with the Diva cup to need to wear at least a panty liner. You just wear it, and dump/rinse/reinsert. It's so convenient. And of course it's economical too.
I use cloth mama pads too, thin ones with a layer of PUL, like a panty liner but more comfortable and easy to wash with the diapers.
Gender selection technology is anything that allows a couple to try to have a child of one gender or the other. My husband and I have been interested in various forms of it in the past, though I'm not sure we'd go to the trouble and expense now. The sperm sorting stuff is pretty low impact but very expensive, and I wouldn't do IVF because that requires a bunch of embryos to be fertilized, and I wouldn't feel right about discarding an embryo because it was the wrong gender. We're not that hardcore about gender. We just only get one more shot (I'm old and high risk) and we originally thought we'd at least try sperm sorting to go for a girl for baby #2. We might still, but it's less of a priority to me now that I have Blue. He is so amazing, I couldn't care less what gender he is, and I think he'd have a great time with a brother.
Are you planning to have another kid? Do you care about the gender? I know you're busy and won't be answering anytime soon, but I'm curious enough to ask anyway. :-)
Now it's almost 4am so I'm going to end this novel and go to bed.
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Date: 2006-05-11 12:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-11 06:05 pm (UTC)I always hope my longwinded responses aren't problematic--I love to write and I type really fast, so sometimes it gets away from me.
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