Posted on 10/31/2004 7:46:57 PM PST by The Loan Arranger
This is one Evangelical who's only explosive reaction to the subject is horror that this ever made it into print. If anyone wants to talk about donated eggs, then fine let's talk about donated eggs. These are not donated eggs, they are two beautiful little children!
God bless Emma and Jack Edwards.
Fecundity starts to drop off long before that, he says. At 35, one in four women trying to have a baby will run into difficulties. At 40, about half will fail to conceive naturally. Above 45, there are so few births using one's own eggs that no one keeps records of it, said Adamson. When it happens, you're in miracle territory.
At 35 the eggs tend get "sticky" and that is why the chances of deformity increase. Me, I gave birth at 36 and 38 and they are blessedly healthy.
Liz Edwards should have just kept her mouth shut and then it would have been extremely impolite for people to speculate on print. You cannot try to peek into Pandora's box without suffering the consequences.
I find the "miracle territory" comment ironic, given John Edwards claim about a sKerry presidency curing a multitude of ills.
No one wants to attack the children. The immediate issue here is the hypocrisy that allows John Kerry and John Edwards to attack Cheney's daughter, , and Liz Edwards to even suggest that the Cheneys are ashamed of her, and then to withhold their own situation from public scrutiny.
You may perceive this as an attack article, whether it was meant that way I can't say. But the hypocrisy issue is indeed valid if they want to lead this nation. And many people would indeed be concerned about the possible root issue of tossing fertilized human eggs away. That too is a worthy subject for the nation to consider. The only way to do that without mounting an attack would be to have an open and honest discussion, which isn't happening.
I also say God bless the children, no matter how they were conceived. But the more I learn about the Edwards the less I see to convince me they should be at the seat of power.
I question Adamson's statistics. My wife conceived at ages 27, 29, 31, 33, 36, and 42, with no miscarriages or significant complications. We're hoping for no more children, because of other health problems we are both having.
Adamson is almost surely failing to take into account the prior distribution of live births, lack of complications, etc., in trying to calculate the probability of live births, lack of complications, etc. I.E., women who have conceived and/or nursed almost continuously since their twenties are far likelier to have children with few complications well into their forties. It is also well known among OB/GYN types that girls who start egg production early are much more likely to continue into their fifties than those who begin later.
Many medical researchers commit this error, although more of them are becoming Bayesians, especially cancer researchers.
Nobody is disagreeing (on this forum) that it was O.K. for the Dems to bring up Mary Cheney. But this is ALSO wrong, and two wrongs simply don't make a right. We're going to have to score our political points elsewhere.
The only way to do that without mounting an attack would be to have an open and honest discussion, which isn't happening.
And despite their disrespect for the Cheneys it remains the Edwards' decision whether or not to have that discussion.
"We're hoping for no more children,"
They know what causes that now.
**Those hormone and fertilization treatments may have had something to do with her appearance.
That, and the fact that her body may be going through menopause on top of it should have given her pause. I wouldn't risk it for anything**
With the news today of her being diagnosed with breast cancer one wonders if there is any link as I have heard sometimes with fertality drugs etc this can increase risk of cancer.
OH!
I just realized I made a mistake. I didn't mean her physical appearance, I meant her public appearance in her strident and not very nice personality.
But now that you mention it, yes, she may be going through menopause.
Jeez, now everyone thinks I'm one of those people that needlessly attacks physical appearance. Damn.
Apparently, the Edwards were lying back in 2004 as well.
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