No, there's little evidence that the flu vaccine prevents flu acquisition. There is evidence that people who get the flu shot miss an average of one half less days of work, but that might be because more healthy/health-conscious people get the flu shot.

the flu shot really doesn't build herd immunity. it's not like other long-term vaccines that way. several studies have shown, for instance, that giving the flu vaccine to health care workers who work with the elderly has no affect on acquisition of pneumonia or flu deaths among the elderly population.

gotta disagree. there is really limited evidence that the flu shot does *anything*.

Um, to be cat Senator you clearly do.

He doesn't look 100% Maine Coon to me — I demand to see a birth certificate!

Nope, lady. No way. A father would *never* describe his sons as handsome. Romney would never say "Look at my five handsome boys: Trigger, Trapp, Mittelschmerz, Rombot Jr, and Handsome the third."

I noticed it when I watched the speech, and my first thought was that if he had had two sons, he *never* would have called them beautiful. That's how you can immediately tell that there is a double standard at play here. That said, I obviously thought it was well meaning, but personally it bothered me.

No, we're good! 52% NO with 100% precincts reporting.

Yeah, they would say "Oh, that was just a specific couple who already found their Korean-American engineering student who is also a ballerina and over 5'6"..." but we have so many other couples waiting to find their perfect egg donors!

I have to agree with the others — please don't put too much stress on yourself worrying about PCOS for years *before* you start trying to conceive. Many women do not have any problems despite PCOS, and there are a lot of treatment options. Good luck!

Well, PCOS was never a death sentence. Women have been treating irregular ovulation and hormone imbalance with a variety of methods for thousands of years. And bilateral wedge resection surgery and Clomid have been used since the 1930s. If you don't want to take Clomid, look into vitex agnus-castus, an herb used…

I did it, and yes, it's profiting. I paid for a semester of an Ivy League college with my "donation" and the only cost to me was my time and physical discomfort.

This reminds me that Dolly Freed had, like, 88 rabbits. And she ate them! She's kind of my hero. Everyone should read her book "Possum Living."

Not to be a complete downer, but if you do want to have your own kids, you should consider tucking that $4,500 away for your own treatment in the future. Producing 5 follicles on Gonal-F could in some cases be a pretty bad sign of your own fertility potential, and you might end up needing the services of a…

Yeah, but those ads are lies just to get you to call the agency. They're 100% not real. So don't beat yourself up over the lost opportunity.

Seriously. I got more than that when I did it 12 years ago!

I have to admit that UrbanBaby was the FIRST place I went after I saw the headlines. I knew it would be out of control. That site is a special place.

Not everyone gains weight. I would say 5 pounds of water/bloating weight is typical, but it usually goes away when you're done.

Jeez, why so mean?

Don't believe the crap doctors tell you about PCOS. Many women with PCOS do not have trouble conceiving, especially once they balanced their hormones enough to ovulate. A safe herb called Vitex can help regulate many women's cycles. Acupuncture helps. Clomid helps. Personally, I was given doom and gloom from doctors…