Thursday, July 9, 2009

Yahoo Answers, Not So Much.

Because it only answers so much (and generally leaves you with more questions).
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The topic? Pregnancy tests.....just because.

"Is it possible to test a false positive on a pregnancy test just from sheer anxiety over being pregnant?Can your mind trick your body into thinking it's pregnant therefore testing positive falsely?"
No. Anxiety does not induce two lines to spontaneously appear on a home pregnancy test. Also, if my mind tricks do not cause a false positive. I find that in my case, my mind doesn't trick my body. Rather, my body tricks my mind. I imagine that you may be easily fooled though, so please keep an eye on your body before it does anything else to you.

"How soon can you tell if your pregnet from a home tester? Should you wait a week or are there test out there that can tell you after a couple of days, after intercourse if you are pregnet?"

So, essentially, you would like to be able to pee on a stick immediately after intercourse and know if you are pregnant. Alternatively, you would be willing to wait up to a week, but would prefer to wait only 48 hours. I am quite sure of only one thing. You will get pregnet long before me.

Pregnat test? i got the test and now how does it go? i cant read back of the box ese. how do i do?Will 10 days after conseption pregnat test give an accurate result?

Sadly, you will also be pregnat before me. You probably already are.

I took a pregnacy test that im pregnat does that mean im really pregnant? that happen to me last time and i took manother test i was not pregant

Oh the suspense is killing me. Please do report back on the pregnacy.

I am 14 weeks pregnat & my doctor told me to go to his office every week for urion test? and chek up. it seems to me too much. I am wondering if anybody knows if it is normal? how often u should see the doctor during pregnancy?

He is prolly chekin you're urion fer braine sells.

Can i make a pregnet test online?

No comment.

Can you use a human pregnacy test for my dog who i think is pregnant? I think my begal shatzi is pregnat and i was wondern if i could use a human pregnancy test. would it work?

First and foremost, I thought a begal shatzi was some rare breed of dog I had not heard of after first reading this question. I was close to googling it myself. Then I understood you meant..."My beagle, Shatzi, is pregnant"...and realized that Yahoo Answers had actually made me dumber just for reading. So thanks.

Second, no, you cannot use a human pregnancy test to test for dog pregnancy. Why? Because the human pregnancy test detects HCG, which stands for, human chorionic gonadotropin. Please note again that the 'H' stands for h-u-m-a-n. Dogs don't make it. A dog pregnancy test actually detects a hormone called relaxin.

Want to know if your bitch is pregnant?

"About the Dog Pregnancy Test: The Relaxin kit is intended to determine pregnancy in the bitch, as well as to distinguish between pseudopregnancy and gestation...the presence of significant amounts of this hormone is a reliable indicator of pregnancy. Relaxin can be detected in biological samples soon after implantation of the fertilized egg, which occurs about 22-27 days after mating (26-31 days post-LH surge)."

You wouldn't want to buy any dog pregnancy tests just to have something new to pee on though.
The price tag for FIVE canine pregnancy tests? $119.99

...and you thought $12.99 was a rip off.

See...Yahoo Answers. Not so much.

41 conceptions:

areyoukiddingme said...

Spelling is atrocious these days, isn't it?

Kymberli said...

You crack my shit up, Murgdan. Seriously.

"He is prolly chekin you're urion fer braine sells."

Classic.

I love these entries.

Clara said...

Thank you so much. I haven't laughed so hard in a while.

Kristin said...

Bwahahahahahahaha...I love when you post things like this.

Sunny said...

Oh man, this was hilarious. Thanks for the good laugh!!!

Just Caz said...

Your so fricken funny.
Internet pregnancy test eh.. that'll be a bargin.

Alternativly instead of making your dog POAS you could just check her nipples.. i'm assured they get very enlarged when she's expecting.

itsazooaroundhere said...

What is WRONG with these people?! Your translations and answers are hilarious....thanks for the laugh tonight.

Meg. said...

"Want to know if your bitch is pregnant?"

hahahahaha......



hahahaha.

I would like someone to conduct a formal study, wherein the ratio of unintelligent fertiles to intelligent infertiles is calculated. Sadly, I'm fairly confident the result would read something like "5,000:1" (respectively)

Survival of the fittest says what?

Melissa G said...

HELLA. FUNNY.

You did it again Murgdan.

mummydr said...

I learn something new every day. Thank you.

womb for improvement said...

the fact that the dog hormone you test for is called Relaxin is just a little too close to the "just relax" advice we all get. Maybe this is why dogs are more fertile than humans, they're just relaxin ...

elliej said...

Sweet Jesus. Why can these people propagate so easily and we cannot????

Clare said...

Freakin Hilarious! Thank u thank u thank u so much for this today! I really needed this.

VA Blondie said...

Thanks for the laugh. These always make me smile!

I guess you can never underestimate the stupidity of people.

Anonymous said...

Murgdan,

Yer one funny gal! Thanx fer the erly mornin laff!

On a slightly more serious note, I stumbled across your blog a few months back and I just want to compliment you on your writing. You have an amazing ability to write concisely, informatively, and with humor. Truly a talent.
I wish the best of luck to you.

Michelle (new reader from Massachusetts.......)

sharonvw said...

ROFLMAO @ this reponse:
He is prolly chekin you're urion fer braine sells
You rock girl, thats bloody hilarious!!!!!

Missy said...

So funny. Thanks for sharing. And if we could use crazy mind games to trick our body into being 'pregnat' we would have done so long ago.

Melissia said...

Hey, my vet only charges about 80 bucks for the relaxin test, but it is a blood draw done at 30 days.
Canine pregnancies last 9 weeks. I use to involved in show dogs, so this can be an expensive deal with surgical AI, stud fees in the thousands of dollars, elective c-section delivery of puppies to preserve the health of bitch and pups as some cannot free whelp due to inbred structural deformaties caused by man( big heads and small pelvises,etc).
I no longer breed and mostly do rescue, but some breeds of show puppies go for 5 to 10 thousand dollars each, so you can see why the owner gets mom some serious prenatal care, including ultrasounds and an xray right before birth to count the number of puppies to expect.
It is a very strange culture, and that girl with the beagle, I wonder if she doesn't have a Beagle/Shih-Tzu cross, which is some very popular designer dog called the Bea-Tzu, that makes me want to gag!

Minta said...

I can never decide if Yahoo! answers is more funny or sad (mostly depends on the day). But, if never ceases to amaze me the number of people who "has pregnacy signs" just two days after "intacource."

Eileen said...

This completely made my day!

Hope in Virginia said...

Just the laugh I needed this Friday! Thanks!

*TTC*Chick* said...

Oh. My. Heck. Finally, someone that shares my thoughts on the "TTC Section" of Yahoo! Answers. Seriously. My personal faves are the ones that say things like, "My boyfriend and I made out last night and he got a boner....could I be pregnant?" (Or, alternatively, "pregnat," "pregat," "prignant"...you get the idea.) :)

c by the sea said...

yer makes me laf.


good luck on your upcoming thaw cycle, i am also doing a FET in august.

Liddy said...

Thanks Murgdan for my dose of dumb ass people. Your shit cracks me up.

I am so bummed we won't be in DC the same time. Maybe I will have to convince E to go early. Or you can be my tour guide in Greece.

Have a wonderful Friday and weekend.

Another Julia said...

I hope that you're the next pregnat bitch.
Maybe all you need is relaxin!
:)

Shelby said...

My hubby reads b.abycenter forums a lot, not necessarily for the content, but for pure entertainment and remarks often that there are some posters that should simply not be reproducing. Add in your yahoo answers and I'm beginning to become frightened for the future of mankind.

Astrid said...

Oh. my. god. I am laughing out loud in my office. It's a little embarassing but I just can't help it. You are killing me with this! THank you thank you thank you. Funniest s--- I have read in a loooong time. They will all be pregnet before us, won't they....

Bella said...

LMAO! I thought the same thing about the beagle question, so I'm now dumber with you!

JB said...

Proposed new blog name: "Pregnancy In the Bitch." Simple, eloquent.

Rebekah said...

wow. spell check is not for nothing I guess.

I hate yahoo searches. I stick with google ;)

Angela said...

Thanks for the laugh Murgdan.

Hopefully these girls will shell out the big bucks for the digital tests....at least they will learn how to spell "Pregnant" if they pay attention.

Michelle said...

Just hilarious! People really are stupid!

Rose's Daughter said...

I swear I almost fell off of the couch laughing!!! Who ARE these people????

Dawn's Recipes said...

My favorite line? "He is prolly chekin you're urion fer braine sells." Hahahahaaaa!

Also, I thought the dog lady was trying to find out if her bagel was pregnant, or may that's just because I'm hungry. :-P

sassy said...

Mybe if I werk on speling liek a moreon I'll get pregnet!

theclam said...

Is it right to laugh while feeling so utterly sick that ppl like this get pregnat??

xxx

WiseGuy said...

Spyllings make lungage fuin...thay mek mee whant to leeck my moanitor...and geyt pregnet.

mrsfinn said...

oh- i laugh so hard- can this make me postive test pregnat???

I seriously want to send you all my google searches and let you rip them a new one too!! you're SOOOO good at this!!! :D

JamieD said...

It is remarkable how many girls out there worry that they are 'pregnat.' Just remarkable.

IF Optimist, then... said...

Holy effing sheet Murgdan. This post reminded me of the movie Idiocracy. I was laughing so hard at both the post and the comments that my face hurt, and WiseGuy's comment -freaking perfect.

jamie said...

I read those questions and about pee'd myself laughing. Giving a dog an HCG pregnancy test is a great idea.. I can just see the letter of complaint filed with the manufacturer. Dear Sir/Madam, Your test failed to detect pregnancy in my dog. Want my money back so I can try a different brand. Thanks!

The only case I know of any animal being involved with HCG is fertility treatments in equines. A mare is injected with HCG to produce progestrone to withold ovulation for 15 hours. This is used generally when semen is being shipped from out of state for breeding purposes.