The IVF didn't work. Nothing more to say. More later ...
July 2006 Archives
So, it's been almost three weeks since I last posted to this blog and a lot has happened. Elly's been through the whole process of IVF from egg collection and implantation through the two week wait to see if everything's going to be OK. And the big day is tomorrow ...
If all is right with the world a pregnancy test will tell us if we have a chance of becoming parents, if it's a negative result we're back to Square One, we have to find another £4K for the treatment and Elly has to cope with a month of needles and operations as we try again.
In short, it's a horrible, horrible process. If you're reading this and don't have to go through IVF you have no idea how lucky you are - it's certainly not something you'd want to do willingly, still, if all works well we'll be starting the road to parenthood tomorrow ...
I have everything crossed ...
It seems that the anti-Internet mob have got their e-panties in a twist again and this time it's not about videogames!!!!!
MySpace has come under the scrutiny of the Blame Brigade after a number of reported incidents where women and girls have been sexually abused by predators posing as teenagers who lure said girls in by chatting with them on the massively popular website.
Now, don't get me wrong, such predators should be caught and dealt with, they are evil and must be stopped, but trying to outlaw MySpace seems a ham-fisted way of going about it.
The Internet is all about communication, it's what it's there for and if people abuse it you can't blame the Internet for it or several very good reasons:
1. The Internet isn't a simgle "thing" - you can't force the Internet to go to court, you canlt buy it a tie for it's birthday and you can't ask it to lend you a tenner until pay day
2. It's only responsibility is to allow people to communicate - it cannot decide what's allowable communicationa nd what isn't.
3. At the end of the day responsibility lies with PARENTS for making sure their children are safe.
The culture of blame is keen to point the finger at the Net for most ills (Grand Theft Auto take the rest of the blame) but really it's no different to any other form of social interaction, people can still meet at clubs, bars, even shopping malls and hook up, the only thing the Net does offer over and above traditonal meeting places is anonymity.
Really ... parents should be more mindful of what their children are doing on the Internet, which sites they visit and who they're chatting to - OK, so teenagers have a nasty habit of hiding their activities online, but it's the parents responsibility to teach them of the dangers.
All too often these days parents (especially American parents) are keen to pin the blame on someone else when something goes wrong with their child - for God's sake people start to take some responsibility...
When someone gets knocked down in a car accident would you sue the vehicle manufacturer? NO! If someone makes threatening calls over the phone do you sue the telecomms company? NO! So stop moaning and sort yourselves out!!!
Apparently many of the law suits are brought in an effort to make the website owners accept responsibility for what they did - but all they did was to provide a service - ridiculous.. Strikes me it's got nothing to do with the care of the poor teenager or the punishment of the company involved and everything to do with greed ... Nothing says "I Love You" like using your child to get several million bucks out of someone else ...
