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    World-first IVF embryo test

    I'm the same Sean, but for me the ethical debate ended when we were put in this position, I feel there's an EXTREMELY fine line between helping couples and playing god, playing god for me would be choosing eye colour, hair etc etc, being able to minimise the chance of our baby going through...
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    World-first IVF embryo test

    Julie... It seems currently they do the amniocentesis at 15-20 weeks which has a risk of miscarriage...with this procedure it's done at 3 days, before the embryo is placed inutero...eliminating the risk of miscarriage due to the amniocentesis, minimising cost and eliminating heartache... I...
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    World-first IVF embryo test

    hehe can't wait to see X-men 3 Oh for sure, agree with you, when it comes down to it the planet will get rid of us... For me though, the idea of being able screen embryo(e?)s for hereditary diseases is immensly helpful, i mean if it's possible to have a baby that's probably going to be healthy...
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    World-first IVF embryo test

    found this in this mornings newspaper... World-first IVF embryo test From: The Sunday Mail (Qld) By Ainsley Pavey May 14, 2006 A BRISBANE couple is set to give birth to a designer baby hand-picked from a test tube as part of a world-first IVF test. The test, developed for Brisbane's City...
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    Here's what I've got to say for myself

    Just a suggestion...Tell me if I'm outta line here, can't really speak for SeanDavis (hope ya name isn't copywritten mate) but I reckon he'd be into it as well... How about a "bout" for CF...ya all seem to be trading punches anyway...I've got some blow-up boxing gloves... OR...Wrestle-mania...
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    Relationship question

    Emily, Littlemiss and Ender Thanks...my mum thinks so <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> LB..nah unfortunately everyone I know is taken...sorry hun <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> it's kinda funny when I think about me and my partner...
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    where are you from?

    Yah, first one in the southern hemisphere Brisbane, Australia
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    CF Discrimination

    Hey guys, thanks heaps for your comments and suggestions, I read them all, too much to reply to though. <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0"> It comes down a case of is it worth fighting and what would I get out of it? The person who made the decision for me to go is a...
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    CF Discrimination

    I work in a food ingredient factory as a process worker, I am good at my job and have had no product failures to my name, the course of my employment with the company I have had several promotions within my area in about an 18 month time frame, I frequently have been given responsibility beyond...
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    Best way to get rid of a body?

    use lime...takes time but effective. Hydrochloric acid. We have saltwater crocs...they are VERY effective cause they sink then devour the body when its semi-decomposed..plus no-one is gonna go looking for a body in saltwater crocodiles habitat.. Dingoes...same case scenario, they scatter the...
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    cigarrettes

    I smoke like a train, a steam one, not an electric one....that would be silly, electric trains don't smoke...if they did i wouldn't get on it. but i don't smoke ANYWHERE near my partner...(she has CF) I chew mints. Pete
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    Fear

    Risa, she actually does post on here once in awhile, but purely for her and my privacy i'd rather not say who she is...hope you understand. Thankyou.
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    Fear

    It's actually interesting that all the emotions apart from happiness gives inspiration, when i'm happy i seem to have no need to write anything...what I write I struggle to call poetry, it's really just an avenue for getting things out that I otherwise can't say. My partner reads ALL the things...
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    Fear

    Jane, thankyou for your kind coment. "You" is my current partner, she is CF and has had a double lung transplant. I was laying in bed one morning and she had already gotten up, I was hugging her pillow full of saddness and fear because she was about to have a sinus surgery in a few days...I...
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    Fear

    In a dream state I move to touch your warmth To smell your scent For comfort All I find Is an empty space Void of life But with traces of you Your scent left On your pillow The creases In the sheets From you I know will fade Will your memory Fade too? Will it be Washed away...
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    Relationships with CF Patients

    Natalie. My partner has CF and the thoughts, feelings and emotions you are feeling are completely natural....I have and have had them, but for me i am making the choice to be with her no matter what, but i'm 32 years old and have done the things i needed to do for ME alone. The reality of the...
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    Relationships with CF Patients

    Natalie. My partner has CF and the thoughts, feelings and emotions you are feeling are completely natural....I have and have had them, but for me i am making the choice to be with her no matter what, but i'm 32 years old and have done the things i needed to do for ME alone. The reality of the...
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    Tears

    Tears It seems The theme For you Tears Of joy When you Were born Tears Of sadness Cystic Fibrosis It's named Tears Of pain Fighting For breath Tears Of anguish Will you die? Or when? Tears Of relief The phone It rang Tears Of guilt One died You lived Tears Of loss You felt Outcast Tears...
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    Tears

    Tears It seems The theme For you Tears Of joy When you Were born Tears Of sadness Cystic Fibrosis It's named Tears Of pain Fighting For breath Tears Of anguish Will you die? Or when? Tears Of relief The phone It rang Tears Of guilt One died You lived Tears Of loss You felt Outcast Tears...
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    Hello.

    Just introducing myself. I've written a couple of things on here just recently, "when" and "what if" and because of the responses i decided to join just for the company and understanding that you guys seem to give so freely. Thanks for the responses in those posts, i read and felt every single...
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