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05.21.13, 04:13 PM
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Suggest things they like then. Or do you just not want them to buy anything?
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05.21.13, 04:08 PM
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I'd rather her not buy anything. We have no room. And could use the money (though I'd never ask).
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05.21.13, 04:10 PM
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Watching this... I might be the SIL version of this. I always ask what my nephews/nieces want, but their parents are busy and I feel like I'm being annoying with these questions. But honestly, I just want to get them something nice because I love them.
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05.21.13, 04:09 PM
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05.21.13, 04:07 PM
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Mississippi for highest rate and Washington for lowest?
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05.21.13, 04:09 PM
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Wrong on both.
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05.21.13, 04:11 PM
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OK. My other guess on lowest was Colorado. Right?
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05.21.13, 04:12 PM
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Alabama highest, Utah lowest?
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05.21.13, 04:05 PM
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My guess would be Mississippi and California
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05.21.13, 04:06 PM
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Alabama for highest and Alaska for lowest?
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05.21.13, 04:07 PM
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^or maybe Arizona for lowest...(what can I say, I'm a sucker for alliteration)
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05.21.13, 04:08 PM
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Alabama/Colorado.
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05.21.13, 04:09 PM
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Colorado lowest; Mississippi highest, I'd guess.
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05.21.13, 04:16 PM
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Colorado has lowest and Alabama or Arkansas has the highest I believe. Didn't google but I remember a study on this.
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05.21.13, 04:10 PM
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05.21.13, 03:59 PM
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Why didn't they have at least half an hour to an hour to get to safety? Do they not allow cellphones in the schools there?
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05.21.13, 03:55 PM
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Please see below--there is really no place to "go" during these events because even though you know a general area where it is going, you don't know any specifics until it is happening. Trying to get parents up to the school to evacuate large amounts of kids would just be foolhardy. People's homes are not nearly as safe as a school building. Think about it this way. This was a neighborhood school. Did you see what the neighborhoods looked like on the news that surrounded that school? They were decimated. The kids were actually safer in the school than at home, even though some of them did tragically lose their lives.
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05.21.13, 04:07 PM
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Oklahoma mom: I will repeat my comment from below. I was 10 miles away from the tornado as it unfolded. The kids in that building did not have 1/2 an hour to an hour. They had 16 minutes of notice that "somewhere between Moore/Norman/OKC, there is going to be a tornado." Kids in schools are safer than they are at homes. In the history of Oklahoma, kids in school buildings had never been killed even when tornadoes caused direct damage to their buildings. With tornadoes, the more concrete-lined, bigger buildings are by far the safest--and schools are built to high standards. These kids were categorically safer at the school than they would have been in their homes. And for the person that wrote that letter to the NYTimes--7 children at the elementary school died in the basement of the school (they had a basement!) when the water pipes burst and they drowned. Many public schools open to the public as "shelters" during severe weather because the way schools are built makes them so much safer than almost any single-family home--but there is almost nothing that can stand up to the force of 200+ mile per hour winds. This is a freak tornado. The meterologists are saying it may go down as the worst that the world has ever seen. The kids and teachers were just at the wrong place at the wrong time for this truly horrific tornado. If it had been the type of tornado that we are far more used to Oklahoma, the school would have suffered some roof damage and maybe the gymnasium dome would have collapsed--but that would have been it as far as damage.
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05.21.13, 03:56 PM
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We all have notice on the days where events like this are possible that somewhere in an area approximately 100 miles wide, tornadoes are more likely than normal. Seriously. Yesterday morning, the meteorologists were saying there was a 10-15% chance of a tornado within a 50-mile radius of the OKC metro area. Now, we take that very seriously, because 10-15% change is substantial. But it could have hit anywhere. The specifics aren't known until there is a tornado on the ground heading on a certain path--and even then (like yesterday), it was heading directly NE, when it suddenly took a right turn and beared directly E through Moore. It is a minute by minute thing.
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05.21.13, 04:00 PM
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np: I posted before, but thanks Oklahoma mom. This is 100% correct
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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np: So, there were hundreds of children in the basement seeking shelter and the pipes burst? I assume they all tried to get out and 7 of them didn't make it?
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05.21.13, 04:07 PM
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Oklahoma mom: This is what the stories that have been on our local news have reported. That the kids got trapped in the debris (I can hardly bear to type that). But they were in the basement--which is absolutely the safest place possible to be. There is just no precedent for a tornado of this magnitude in a populated area.
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05.21.13, 04:08 PM
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Thank you for this explanation. This event is just mind blowing, I can't imagine being in OK right now.
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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+1
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05.21.13, 04:07 PM
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05.21.13, 03:53 PM
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nope
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05.21.13, 03:53 PM
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Depends on where. East side, no. West side, yes.
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05.21.13, 03:58 PM
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why not the east side? Just curious.
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05.21.13, 04:03 PM
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you've never been to east harlem obviously
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05.21.13, 04:08 PM
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that's why I am asking.
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05.21.13, 04:10 PM
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go check it out in person
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05.21.13, 04:12 PM
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Yes.
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05.21.13, 03:53 PM
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totally
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05.21.13, 04:00 PM
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What part of UUWS are you in? And what part of Harlem?
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05.21.13, 04:00 PM
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05.21.13, 03:50 PM
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what wrong message? that mommy and daddy need to work? get over it
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05.21.13, 03:47 PM
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THIS!
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05.21.13, 03:55 PM
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Exactly--I can come for my kids' birthday parties and the Christmas party. But the "100th day of school celebration"? I would get fired from work if I took off for everything like that. And my kids would certainly be impacted more from losing my income than they are from not having me show up for those little "events."
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05.21.13, 03:51 PM
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This. 100th day of school give me a break...
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05.21.13, 03:59 PM
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It's ridiculous.
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05.21.13, 04:06 PM
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Seriously. The schools schedule a million things -- not just two-- throughout the year during working hours. Some (of us) are working hard to afford the tuition, we don't have the luxury of leaving work.
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05.21.13, 03:57 PM
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+1000. I wish the school can cut down on their "events". This month alone between 2 kids, there were 4 field trips, two publishing parties, and a science presentation. There are so many more in June as the school year is ending. Seriously, they need to understand parents simply cannot leave their work so often.
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05.21.13, 04:10 PM
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^ oh, I didn't mention two PTA meetings.
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05.21.13, 04:11 PM
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I actually don't think it's about the schools at all. Mothers like OP complain if there isn't something for them to go to every minute. They have no life and feel the need to vicariously re-live their lives through their kids by being up DCs butt every minute. Personally, I feel bad for these kids. They never learn any independence because even at school their mom is rearing her ugly head every 5 minutes.
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05.21.13, 04:10 PM
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05.21.13, 03:58 PM
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+1. My parents didnt hover over me, it worked out fine.
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05.21.13, 04:00 PM
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so work ethic isn't important?
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05.21.13, 03:47 PM
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As I sending the nanny to a PTA mtg? I don't get it.
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05.21.13, 03:54 PM
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yes so so sad
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05.21.13, 03:54 PM
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My mom never, ever went to my school and my grandparents did the same as I'm sure generations before did. I still went and studied and did all the things in supposed to do. Not saying I won't go to db's scool one day, I will, I'm just saying this type of parenting is a newer and we all turned out fine.
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05.21.13, 03:56 PM
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^^school in too old for this iPhone
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05.21.13, 03:57 PM
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ITA. It's important for the kid to understand why they have to go. I'm not on the same level as my kid. I'm the parent. I already went to school. I go to work now. My kid doesn't need to see me at school to understand that they have to go. My mom didn't come to my school. I figured it out.
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05.21.13, 04:03 PM
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I have never seen the nannies at school events - mostly the non-working moms with the working moms coming to as much as possible. No shortage of the moms showing interest - it is really nice! Sometimes the grandparents go instead but not often.
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05.21.13, 03:57 PM
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this plus dads sometimes
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05.21.13, 04:02 PM
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I agree for school shows and stauff but rarely for classroom activities and field trips.
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05.21.13, 04:05 PM
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My parents (the grandparents) go to school events a lot for me, bless their hearts.
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05.21.13, 04:05 PM
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I once saw a nanny at a parent-teacher conference. Talk about depressing.
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05.21.13, 04:03 PM
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Well... perhaps she had a good reason for being there?
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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For whom? Unless there is an issue, most parent-teacher conferences are BS.
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05.21.13, 04:09 PM
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Our nanny is a much better baker than I would ever be!
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05.21.13, 04:04 PM
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Give me a break. Schools invent a bunch of bullshit stuff to be done and task the parents as unpaid labor to do it. Snowflake doesn't need 10 parties a year, teachers don't need a bunch of stuff. It's nonsense. There's nothin worse than a bunch of SAHMs making up crap for the WOHMs to do during the year...."Send I'm a scrapbook page of your DC so we can make a scrapbook for the teacher of her favorite class ever!" "Send in a single flower so we can make a bouquet for teacher!" God I hated that shit....was so happy to get out of elementary school.
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05.21.13, 04:06 PM
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05.21.13, 03:50 PM
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How much caffeine have you had this morning?
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05.21.13, 03:53 PM
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Not enough.
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05.21.13, 03:56 PM
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You need to find a new man!
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05.21.13, 03:51 PM
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Was he this way when you kicked him out?
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05.21.13, 03:51 PM
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If he's truly a sociopath, wouldn't it be better to have him spend less time with your dd?
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05.21.13, 03:52 PM
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this!
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05.21.13, 03:56 PM
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Are you the mom who got pregnant and had a DD with a ManChild boyfriend who lives with a bunch of friends? You were doing something at first where he stayed with you a couple of days a week and provided childcare?
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05.21.13, 03:59 PM
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Your angry because he is not suffering, I am guessing you filed for divorce so be happy he is gone - the few weeks behind is a problem go to court if it goes to a month.
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05.21.13, 04:00 PM
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Is he paying Child Support through the courts? If not, why not?
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05.21.13, 03:58 PM
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05.21.13, 03:49 PM
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sounds like a bummer
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05.21.13, 03:50 PM
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Hugs :(
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05.21.13, 03:56 PM
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I was a carrier for one of these horrible things and fortunately, dh was not. I think many of these are very rare. Also, while it is risky, there is only a 1 in 4 chance that db would actually have the disease.
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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sorry. the good news is you know this and if you fall in love with and marry someone who is also a carrier you can do embryo selection and have a healthy child. your children will also know in advance that they may be carriers and can also avoid the tragic consequences of genetic disease. It's sad, but you have the power now.
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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Really sorry to hear. But what are the odds that you will end up with this scenario. Better that you know. Also, with many genetic diseases there are ways that you can do a form of IVF (PGD) where you could screen out embryos that did get the mutation. That would be an option if you DID marry someone with the mutation.
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05.21.13, 03:55 PM
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Just get your partner tested for this very disease. If your partner is not a carrier, no problem for the kids, nothing else to test. You only do this once, no matter how many kids you have. It's expensive, my old insurance didn't cover my test, I am a carrier for SMA, DH got tested and he was not a carrier, so we didn't need to test amnio fluid. But even if your partner is a carrier, you can test the amniotic fluid collected during amnio, because even in this case, the chance that the baby actually has a disease, not just a carrier, is 50/50. I would not worry, OP, you are not alone and tests exist these days.
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05.21.13, 04:03 PM
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I'm sorry, the good thing is that these things are pretty rare, do you are not very likely to marry another carrier.
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05.21.13, 03:57 PM
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So just don't marry an Ashkenazi jewish person who's a carrier. No biggie. It's not like every man on the planet has this mutation. It's probably quite rare.
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05.21.13, 04:05 PM
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...and if the man she falls in love with is...
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05.21.13, 04:01 PM
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Adopt
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05.21.13, 04:08 PM
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05.21.13, 03:44 PM
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Egg salad with a side of gummy bears?
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05.21.13, 03:45 PM
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sounds good to me!
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05.21.13, 03:52 PM
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fiji water
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05.21.13, 03:40 PM
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Lasagna with canola oil
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05.21.13, 03:46 PM
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This is hilarious!
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05.21.13, 03:48 PM
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I don't want a salad. What should I get that'll be a caloric equal?
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05.21.13, 03:41 PM
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Healthy wrap?
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05.21.13, 03:42 PM
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like a whole wheat wrap without any dressing, mayo, or avacado?
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05.21.13, 03:43 PM
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Triscuts and cracker barrel cheese
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05.21.13, 03:47 PM
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Spinach salad and 4 tea eggs, 2 multigrain rolls, banana
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05.21.13, 03:48 PM
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That's enough food for a day.
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05.21.13, 03:52 PM
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You're kidding, right?
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05.21.13, 03:55 PM
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A lot of vegetables and tiny but if whole grain vegan noodles cooked in coconut milk with green curry paste. Feeling a string pull to the chocolate chip cookies sold downstairs but trying to resist.
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05.21.13, 03:48 PM
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stewed mushrooms with loads of vegetables, bacon and a touch of marsala and cream. orange, ginger tea
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05.21.13, 03:49 PM
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mesclun with glazed walnuts, dried cranberries, crumbled Stilton, sliced pears, and walnut vinaigrette
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05.21.13, 03:44 PM
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Sloppy joe and mac and cheese grilled sandwich from the Toast Monster truck. OR the steak and potato grilled sandwich. OR Indian.
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05.21.13, 03:46 PM
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I like your style - ever go in the site midtown eats?
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05.21.13, 03:53 PM
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Chicken shwarma with hummus, cucmber salad and tahini from Naf Naf Grill.
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05.21.13, 03:48 PM
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salad from chop't
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05.21.13, 03:55 PM
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dinner at a restaurant. probably some wine and cheese!
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05.21.13, 03:58 PM
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