it also looks great if you do it from the tip down to the middle

Yet another reason why people who don't have even a basic grasp of science shouldn't be allowed to legislate complicated medical issues.

Sorry, I'm from Minnesota so I couldn't resist. I actually love Des Moines. I find the general hate/disdain for the Midwest food scene pretty funny.

Listed by Kingsford as one of the top ten barbecue cities

I think it should be like any other medical issue and should be decided between a woman and her doctor. Lawmakers are to ignorant of basic science/anatomy/medicine to make any logical decisions about it.

I've had quite a few funnel cake pizzas before, but this takes it to a whole different level.

nope. I just read the linked article and the mitochondria are from the same woman as the egg. So it's different from what is being done in Europe for women with mitochondrial disorders-no third person's DNA involved.

If I'm reading it correctly, they are taking the woman's own mitochondria (from immature eggs) and putting it into one of her mature eggs. No donor and really not too many ethical issues, except people who object to anything reproductive science related.

I just don't see it as being that effective for most older women doing IVF. The issues they have are typically having few eggs retrieved and having chromosomaly abnormal embryos. This won't help those issues. But who knows. It needs real research.

that's exactly what I mean. After all the furor in England, this seems rather anticlimactic. I just need to start ignoring the EXCITING article titles.

I don't understand why this is a huge deal. All the mitochondria you have are essentially identical. So what if you take a few from one egg to put into another of yours?

I've always thought it was a weirdly culturally insensitive name. And congrats on your de-graying. Some of us can only dream...

That's why I dislike stories like this. I mean, it's amazing for her but it gives other women unrealistic expectations. Conceiving naturally at 50 is highly unlikely (and she's open about the fact that she used IVF). Depending on where you are, IVF is often $10-30,000 or more, depending on the meds you need, etc. And…

I have kids in my early 30s and I'm so tired. I cannot in any way imagine having the energy to do it at 50. But good for her. Maybe she has a kick-ass trainer or something.

I always thought that I wouldn't be one of those women who "sacrificed" my career for my husband and kids. Turns out, though, that due to our crappy US childcare and maternity laws, there is no way to have kids without it affecting someone's work. What do you do when they're sick? Or it's a holiday? Somebody has to be…

How did you convince him? I've been campaigning for this with no luck. I try to tell him that it would be much less invasive for him than getting my tubes tied would be for me but so far it hasn't worked.

One thing that's different with Skyla (vs Mirena, I'm not familiar with this new one), is that the dose of hormone is a little lower. It's the same hormone though. Most (though not all) women have lighter periods with Mirena, and about 20% have no periods at all. If you're one of those lucky women then you might not…

I'm on my 2nd IUD and I love it so much (so I'm biased). It's a little hard to predict how you would react. In general, the amount of hormones in your blood with an IUD is less than with pills. However, it does vary from woman to woman. Some women find that they have far fewer hormonal side effects from hormonal IUDs…

except that's exactly what's been done in all other abortion law—make a cut off. The problem is that they're trying to tangle legal viability with medical viability. Some states have "legal" cut offs for viability in their abortion laws that are from la la land and aren't "real" in the sense that babies born at that…

Yeah I totally agree with everything you've said. The lack of specificity is huge. But it's also stupid and redundant because gestational age by itself works pretty well too. They just want to add as much hassle as possible onto the process.