I've been trying to comment as much as I can, but due to google reader, I have about 100 subscriptions and you ladies sure know how to update! Some days I'm just trying to get through them all.
Anywho, as I am commenting, I am surprised about the number of you who have "Word Verification" set ON under Setting/comments. Do that many of you really have trouble with spam? I have mine set OFF, as I always have, and I've gotten one, maybe two spammers.
Word verification sucks. Well, that's my opinion. I hate hate hate having to sit there and try to read the letters blogger gives me to type in. Sometimes I just give up or don't comment at all.
I'm not trying to get anyone to remove their word verifications if you need it. But have you actually determined if you really need it or not? It doesn't stop anonymous commentors, it only makes real commentors type in that stupid word to get our comment approved. (and then some of you have comment moderation turned on too - so it still comes to you first, you just won't ever have to look at spam).
Anywho, that's my rant for the day.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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- I'm leaving on a jet plane
- IUI question for anyone to answer
- I almost just got into a serious accident.
- Oh I get it. I'm chopped liver now, eh?
- It just didn't come together.
- End of weekend already?
- A Braces Bunch Shout Out
- Finally Friday! Yipee!
- Ha! You thought I got off, eh?
- Well, slap my ass and call me Nancy.
- No, no call yet.
- waiting, waiting, waiting.
- I hate rollercoasters.
- A request for some major support.
- And now we wait. And a big WHOA!
- I'm a little chatty today
- Monday update.
- "Prayer To God"
- What kind of a person are you?
- I'm really scared.
- I'm behind.
- The day got weirder and weirder
- Spent last hour in police station.
- Psst ... Any first timers out there ...
- "All babies look like boys at 12 weeks".
- All because I'm AMA
- Happy Anniversary to Us!
- I don't get it. Really.
- It's temporary
- The skills THAT pay the bills.
- The news no one wants to receive.
- RESOLVED!!!
- Can't sleep.
- ~StrEsSed oUt~
- Anonymous Comments.
- My new ink.
- Musings on a Sick Day
- I've turned them off.
- 1 year maternal leave
- Wasn't that just dandy? (question at the end) - up...
- Let's get some people riled up.
- Canned Spam.
- psst.
- Crooked Teeth.
- Thank you MrsSpock
- too much coffee.
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29 comments:
I don't have word verification on anymore. I get maybe one or two spams a week I think.
I do have moderation because I have lovely stalkers that take advantage of my blog when I don't have it on.
Did I ever make it your reader? I don't remember if i commented on that particular post.
I hate those things too! I don't think I have it turned on unless I don't know it. I have never had a problem with spammers.
I hate word verification too. I'm too dyslexic to get it right the first time. And I have actually gotten frusturated trying to type in the word verification so I just deleted my comment instead.
Hear, hear!
(I THINK I've turned it off all my blogs. Let me know if you find it on.)
Completely agree. I hate those things. As far as I know I don't have it on on mine and I've never received any spam.
I turned word verification on about a month ago for the first time. I had never really had a major problem with spam comments, but I started to get a large amount of them, and they were often on posts from several years ago. However, I've very recently turned it back off, in hopes that whoever was spamming me has gone away for good. I did turn on comment moderation though.
Mine was set to that automatically. Didnt know I could take it off.. urm it may take awhile for me to figure out how!!
Thanks for posting this. I too HATE word verification when leaving a comment. Such a time sink. But then I went and checked to see if I have it... I did. Yes, that's past tense. I turned it off. We'll see is spammers come knocking. Thanks for kicking me in the pants. :)
I get so few comments that I never bothered with the word verification- it is just a pain to me too.
Hey, off topic, but did you see the crap on 1st tri board? I had to post on it. Most of the posts have been pulled. It was sad to see it get turned into an abortion protest. Not that I agree with abortion as birth control, but the person who made such a big stink could have just said that abortion isnt' the only option available.
I can't stand religous fanatics, and I'm a good Christian, if I do say so myself.
Anyway, word verification can be a pain.
Happy 4th!
I hate word verification! Sooo annoying.
I use a non-blogger platform that as far as I'm aware does not require word verification.
What really sh!ts me, however, is that now half the time my email program prompts for it before I can send a damn email, and I often stuff it up.
J
I agree too I hate word verification. I can never get that word right the first time.
dude. word verification SUX.
I used to try and look at it as if it was some sort of oracle...now I just get annoyed.
I agree! I turned off word verification and comment moderation. Just not worth the hassle, imo.
I've gotten 1 spam comment, and as soon as I got it (I do have my comments emailed to me), I just went in and deleted it, no big deal.
I think I have it on (do I have it on?) and I STILL get spam with it.
I guess I never really thought about it. Maybe I will remove it! Thanks for the heads up. :)
I don't think I have it on mine. I have to check though. I did get a few, but I switched mine over to that I have to allow the comment and now if I don't know the person I just delete it. Sometimes it takes me a few times to post things if people have them up. Ususally after a couple times it's not worth it.LOL
Amy
I honestly don't know if I have it on mine or not - must go check that out! Thanks for the heads up - I also can't stand the word verification.
I just took mine off, for you. I think I always figured it was another repellent to trolls.
BUT
The first sign of spam issues and it goes back. To me spam on my blog feels really violating for some reason.
Smooch.
I actually didn't know I had the word verification on,I went to my settings and turned it off.I do hate it too though,too time consuming.
Thanks for the tip--I'm relatively new to this. I fixed it, so keep the comments coming, please! I always appreciate it.
I hate those darn things too! I swear I use the correct letters and it keeps on telling me I have it wrong ;)
I don't have it- it annoys me and I've probably have had 4 spams all year.
yeah, I hate it. I don't have mine turned on, and I seriously NEVER get spam. Maybe my site isn't popular enough for spam, but in the life of my blog I think I have had maybe four spam comments...nothing I can't handle deleting after the fact!
I got so frustrated with word verification trying to comment on other's blogs I turned mine off. I haven't had a problem with spam since.
However, just this week I have started to get a lot of crap in my personal email box. Loan applications, people with $10 million in an offshore bank account and just today a lonly woman looking for a man to love (?!?!). They all have gmail.com email addresses. Do you think it is from my blog?
When I was on Blogger, I still got a multi-page horrendous spam comment even with WV turned ON.
I have mine on - sorry. But I did have a problem last year - too scared to turn it off again. I guess I can go to moderation? I have to figure out how to do that though!
You know, I don't think I get much on my IF blog, but I am on another more-heavily-read group blog (unrelated to IF), and we used to get a TON. So we added the word verification there, and I think that I put it on mine, too, since I had that in the back of my head.
Let me just say that I get the word verification wrong at least 1/3 of the time, maybe more like 1/2. That'll make you feel dumb!
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