We've got Nathan a cream shirt and grey tie. It looks fantastic. I can't wait to see him in it. We did that before I read Mrs. M's post, must be the same wavelength or something, because my necklace is also a choker-type so it didn't interfere with the lace. o_O
I have more fashion sense than I'm willing to admit, but don't practice it much with myself because of body image problems.
My sister and one of my best friends took me to Victoria's Secret today. o_O
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Wow. What does blank underwear look like? Does that mean it doesn't have a logo on it -- which I'll freely admit is pretty rare for something you found at Vickie's -- or is it transparent?
(As a side note: Christy wore chain-mail. Really. *laugh*)
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I dunno, but the underwear my sister was trying to convince me to get seemed pretty blank to me.
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Poor mack clearly has PSTD. *pat pat* It's ok, sweetie. You're not the one who needs to remember what it looks like.
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I had the same overriding concern, despite the fact that she really cut quite a fine figure in the outfit, and consequently moved to extricate her from it as soon as the necessary pictures -- merely for documentation purposes -- were taken.
My sister actually had to call off HER best friend from thrusting random panties and bras and nighties or whatever the hell they were into my face. I guess my sister picked up on my tone of voice and my nearness to popping Heather one.
Somehow, I don't think pictures would be prudent. No nighties, they all decided "it wasn't me." (Thank god, because that wasn't going to happen ANYway). We got new bras with the new size and I got to bond more with my sister by calling her into the trying on stall to make sure it fit right.
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Before I got married, while I was still in Canada, I went on a lingerie shopping trip with one of my best friends. I have major body image problems, too, and it's partially due to being overweight. My friend is also overweight, which makes it easier to go shopping with her. And we've gone shopping together before, and it usually works out to her tossing me into a stall, throwing clothes at me, and seeing which ones stick.
She has incredible clothes sense for me. And I hate shopping. So it works out really well.
We did the same thing. She started throwing bras and all sorts of things at me, and they were my style, thankfully. She knows me well enough. And it sure made my life easier! Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Mrs. M, My son just saw you husband's picture and said, "Who's that, John Kerry?" hee hee. Your husband is much more handsome.
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quote: Yes, that's right, ev-ah! I'm talkin' bout Depo-Provera, depo, The Shot.... also known as God's Gift to Women (who don't have bad side effects on it)™
Glad you added that disclaimer! I'm one of those who had bad side effects. As in, gained 70 pounds. But heck, what's a little weight between friends?
On the other hand, it was also the first time in my life that I didn't have mind-numbing painful periods every two and a half weeks. So that was good.
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My sister had problems with The Ring...actually, my sister has had problems with all forms of oral contraceptive except one (Aless or something, she couldn't spell it). So after the bad experience I had with Yasmin, I'm going to try the one worked with my sister. Once I can figure out how to SPELL it.
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The One Ring isn't bad, much nicer than pills. It's the only kind of birth control we've found so far that doesn't make my cholesterol dangerously high. Stupid liver!
Gee, I hope your sister wasn't taking it orally, mack....
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The outfit is lovely, mack. But I wanted to send you one of my multitudinous veils, and I don't think it really needs one. Posts: 9866 | Registered: Apr 2002
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could everyone on hatrack stop making Strider and I feel left behind?
by jatrequero standards, greg and i should be on kid number two by now.
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quote: Depo-Provera, depo, The Shot.... also known as God's Gift to Women (who don't have bad side effects on it)™
Hideous! HIDEOUS!!!
I gained TWENTY POUNDS on depo and it turned me into a neurotic crying-machine. evil. I have RED STRETCH MARKS EVERYWHERE. Ironically i was on the shot for nine months, and it looks like i've been pregnant. hideous!
and i've read a multitude of horror stories *much worse* than mine. don't take it! don't!
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Well, surely I'm not the ONLY one who's had a good time with the shot! I tried the pill first, which was fine, too, but I kept forgetting to take it. And now, not only do I only have four chances a year to forget to get the shot, I haven't had a single period in four years. Woo-freaking-hoo!
So yeah. It can be good. If it isn't really awful. Posts: 1681 | Registered: Jun 2004
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I think I would like to try this in the future. It is probably the lowest level Progesterone BC of any that use BC. And there are also Copper IUDs which have no hormones whatsoever.
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FWIW, copper IUDs work (we think) in part by setting up an environment which is not conducive to egg implantation. That is, it doesn't necessarily prevent the fertilization of the egg [although it does seem to affect this, as well], so if one believed that every fertilized egg should be protected as a sacred human life, this would pose a problem.
Zeugma, a lot of people are quite happy with the shot. It is a popular form of birth control, but like any form, some people will have problems. Doesn't mean it isn't an attractive option for some others [like you ].
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Mirena is only recommended for women who have had children already. They say they don't know *exactly* how it works....I seriously considered it after having Rainbow, but because they admit they're not 100% sure why it works, I wasn't assured that it wasn't possibly aborting fertilized eggs. My OB (a prolifer) had no problems with it, pointing out that he would see a higher incidence of ectopic pregnancy if inhospitable environment was its primary method of pregnancy prevention. Instead, he's seen nothing but good results. (My OB was tops. An absolute gem of a man with gentler hands than the female doc who delivered my son.) Timing was everything, though...I'd just finished reading Randy Alcorn's book on abortion, and not feeling totally secure that I wasn't losing a baby by using Mirena, I decided against it even though my doctor recommended it.
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Jeniwren and Sara, that is a very important point to make, and thank you for making it. It is one of the reasons why we have not chosen this (yet).
It is my understanding that with Mirena the minute amount of synthetic progesterone is supposed to supress ovulation (as do other forms of progesterone BC). And there is some question that if fertilization can still happen with Mirena, then it can also happen with other forms of hormonal BC.
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I'll shortly be starting Ortho Evra. My gyno said it's the lowest hormonal form of Birth control. Which will be perfect since i'm very emotional and, apparently, incredibly sensitive to pregnancy hormones...
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Oh, bev. We've hung with latex in the past as well, but for different reasons. Seems like every single form of birth control makes every month a 4-week long period for me. I've tried the pill, the shot, and an IUD. Before we began trying to conceive I did find that Yasmin seemed to work better for me, so maybe there's hope.
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