The fate of unused embryos

There was a clip on the Today Show last Thursday morning regarding the fate of unused embryos. Though we never got that far with our IVF -- hard to have a leftover with one viable egg -- this was an issue that probably caused the biggest problem ever in DH and my relationship. It was symptomatic of the fact that DH - and many other men - choose not to think about something until it's right there in their face. So, even though we knew for over a year that IVF was very likely in our future, he chose not to do soul-searching until the cycle we were finally going to get under way. While I was completely understanding of his concerns, which were 100% about how he felt about unused embryos, I was furious that he waited so long to think about it. We got past it obviously, and I think it was a turning point in our communication. Mostly me, as I come from a family that bottles things up and I've been trying hard to get better at talking about things when I'm angry. Anyhoo, we talked alot about it, decided we would likely donate extra embryos to research while finally letting it sink in what both REs had told us, that it would be very, very unlikely that we would have extra embryos anyway. It got to the point where DH was even more mentally OK with IVF than I was, alot of it thanks to the Catholic church letting him down once again by getting involved with the 2008 election and engineering Prop 8 (ban against gay marriage) being passed. It's tough being a liberal-minded Catholic these days and being thrilled with the church.

Anyhow, back to the Today show clip... I don't know if I've ever mentioned here my bordering-on-homicidal hatred of Ann Curry. Sure, she has pretty hair. But it seems like the producers of the Today Show thinks she fills some sort of "sweetheart" quotient while I (and many other folks if you Google "Ann Curry sucks") find her to be the most awful news reader, the worst interviewer (can you interrupt people any more and make it more patently obvious that you're not listening to a word they say, just reading you stupid pre-prepared questions) and the phoniest most sickeningly sweet act I've ever seen. Barf. You can see the interrupting demonstrated well in the clip below. How in the world did she ever get that job and continue to hold it? I dive for the mute button every time she's about to open her mouth. I'd switch morning shows, but I do so love me some Matt Lauer and Natalie Morales.

As far as the newsclip goes, it was nothing new and nothing that anyone involved in ART hasn't heard before. Plus, they sullied that whole thing with that horrible freak Octomom in it, which makes my head want to explode. Having her mentioned in any supposedly legit science story regarding ART makes it seem seedy. Between Ann Curry and Octomom, I could barely make it through the interview, but the normal people profiled within the piece were interesting.