[blparent] Accessible pregnancy and ovulation kits.

[Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)]

Yes, totally agree.
And really this isn't about "should" it should just be what is done by default.


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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 7:02 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible pregnancy and ovulation kits.

And what if the mom-to-be is blind but the dad-to-be isn't blind?
Sometimes, you want to find out on your own, wrap your brain around it
and then tell. Whether you want to make it a surprise or however you
want to handle the telling of your pregnancy, women should be able to
find out independently.

On 2/24/12, Allie <alliemartins at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thermometers beep when you take your temp, so how hard would it be to make a
> pregnancy test that beeped? Maybe a series of beeps for positive, and a
> single, longer beep for negative. It wouldn't even have to talk ...
>
> Allie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Kate McEachern
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 1:39 PM
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> When I had Tiffany I didn't know till later because when I took a test the
> person who read it to me read it rong.
> Kate
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Samara Raine" <samararaine at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 4:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] Accessible pregnancy and ovulation kits.
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>
>>I agree wholeheartedly. I live alone and just started using an
>>ovulation predicter kit. I actually needed to walk to the office of my
>>building and ask one of the women there that I'm friendly with if she
>>would assist me in reading the kit. She was happy to help and we
>>managed to catch the very last day of my surge, but I still feel it's
>>my right to have privacy in this matter. I'm not easily embarrassed and
>>Rachel is great, but still. I'm lucky she knows how to accurately read
>>them as well, because there's no garuntee, even with instructions, that
>>the person reading a OPK or pregnancy test is doing so correctly.
>>
>> And I know that when I begin using the pregnancy tests, I want to be
>> the one to scream and squeal and tell people the good news if it's
>> positive. I don't want to be the one whose told the good news that is,
>> in fact, mine to tell.
>>
>> Sam
>>
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