Ladies due in Sept/Oct/Nov 2012, gather here!

[Hobbermittens]

I know which side because when I had an ultrasound last week the sonographer told me

Okay. But what does the side you O from have to do with gender??

[TTC5]

No idea LOL I only just heard it myself. I don't believe it though

[rainbowflower]

if XX do better if they implant on the left (as Ramzi's study appears to show), perhaps there would be a SLIGHT trend that a baby conceived on the left side will be more likely to implant into the left, than if it's a boy to struggle to cross over to the right and implant there?

however, you do get non-identical twins (same gender) where they have ovulated on both sides, although most non-identical twins involve at least 1 egg ovulated from the right as that seems to be the more dominant side where eggs are concerned... yet I think there's roughly the same number of non-identical girl-twins than non-identical boy-twins?

[Mochagirl]

Hey ladies - I officially have pregnancy brain. Yesterday, while driving a route I've driven almost every day for the past 5 years, I turned the wrong way down a one-way street. Today I was moving laundry from the washing machine to the dryer and I found my beloved iPod Touch in the washing machine - I'd had it in my jeans pocket and forgotten about it.

[Hobbermittens]

Hey ladies - I officially have pregnancy brain. Yesterday, while driving a route I've driven almost every day for the past 5 years, I turned the wrong way down a one-way street. Today I was moving laundry from the washing machine to the dryer and I found my beloved iPod Touch in the washing machine - I'd had it in my jeans pocket and forgotten about it.

Oh noooo! I hope you can save it. Just DON'T turn it on or plug it in!! I washed my daughter's ipod shuffle, and I put it in a bag of rice and dessicant packets for a week and it works fine now. Try that!

[Mochagirl]

Thanks, Hobber. I had heard about the rice trick and put it in right away. The hard part's going to be being patient enough to not try to turn it on for a week. I'm soooo tempted to finally give in and upgrade to an iPhone like I've been planning for ages. I can get one for $100 if I sign a contract with my cellphone provider, and I'm reeeaaally due for a new cell as my 4 year old flip phone makes sending texts a nightmare since it doesn't have a keyboard. If I end up saving my iPod, I'll give it to my son or dh.

[Hobbermittens]

Thanks, Hobber. I had heard about the rice trick and put it in right away. The hard part's going to be being patient enough to not try to turn it on for a week. I'm soooo tempted to finally give in and upgrade to an iPhone like I've been planning for ages. I can get one for $100 if I sign a contract with my cellphone provider, and I'm reeeaaally due for a new cell as my 4 year old flip phone makes sending texts a nightmare since it doesn't have a keyboard. If I end up saving my iPod, I'll give it to my son or dh.

I'm due for a phone too (I also have a really old flip phone!!), and I can get the same deal from my provider. But I don't want to pay $30 extra a month for the data package.... I have been wanting an ipod touch for a long time. Which one did you have? How many GBs? I saw the 32GB on Amazon for about $275. I think that's a good deal...?

[Mochagirl]

I just have the iPod4 with 8GB. It served my purposes well. I got it because I was hankering so badly for an iPhone but couldn't afford it. It's a great substitute - it does everything an iPhone does except act as a phone (though it DOES have Facetime). The internet capability works anywhere you have a wireless connection, so obviously at home, but also places like libraries, bookstores, airports, and cafes often have free wireless.

Definitely the high pricetag of the data package isn't appealing, but for me I decided I need a new phone anyway, and I don't want to go halfway and get a regular phone...I want a smartphone sooooo badly. If I'm going to get one eventually anyway (which I know I will - I'm a gadget girl, and it KILLS me that everyone in my family - even my 70 year old mother - has an iPhone or other smartphone and I don't), I might as well get it now when I can get a discounted price by signing a contract. I'll find some way to cut that extra $30 out elsewhere. I'm toying with the idea of getting rid of cable (for which we pay over $60 a month - and that's with a deep, year-long discount I negotiated) and get AppleTV or a BoxeeBox instead.

[Hobbermittens]

I just have the iPod4 with 8GB. It served my purposes well. I got it because I was hankering so badly for an iPhone but couldn't afford it. It's a great substitute - it does everything an iPhone does except act as a phone (though it DOES have Facetime). The internet capability works anywhere you have a wireless connection, so obviously at home, but also places like libraries, bookstores, airports, and cafes often have free wireless.

Definitely the high pricetag of the data package isn't appealing, but for me I decided I need a new phone anyway, and I don't want to go halfway and get a regular phone...I want a smartphone sooooo badly. If I'm going to get one eventually anyway (which I know I will - I'm a gadget girl, and it KILLS me that everyone in my family - even my 70 year old mother - has an iPhone or other smartphone and I don't), I might as well get it now when I can get a discounted price by signing a contract. I'll find some way to cut that extra $30 out elsewhere. I'm toying with the idea of getting rid of cable (for which we pay over $60 a month - and that's with a deep, year-long discount I negotiated) and get AppleTV or a BoxeeBox instead.

thanks for the info! Maybe I don't need so many GBs? I have a nano right now with 16Gb that is full, so I think 8Gb won't be enough for me.

We don't have cable. We get one channel with our TV antenna, and then we have a Roku, which I think is similar to the Apple TV? ANyway, it is pretty amazing, and you can use Netflix with it, as well as lots of other channels that you pay for individually. Much cheaper than cable, unless you add a lot of channels (most are about $7.95/mo), but we only use it for Netflix. We had Hulu plus for a while but we didn't use it enough so I canceled it.

[Mochagirl]

Thanks for the info about Roku. We already have Netflix that we get through our Wii, so between that and the shows we could watch through the new device I'm hoping I'd have enough. DH might need to subscribe to some sports channels, though. I'm just worried I'll miss 'live' tv and the ability to just browse to look for something to watch - I'm often a channel flipper.

For me, 8GB was fine, but I don't use my iPod for music (funny, I know). The only time I felt I didn't have enough memory was when I was downloading Diego episodes onto it for ds3 to watch on our trip - I could only fit a few episodes before it ran out of room.