**Thankful Thursday**

shirleymaeby

Here's a place for us to be thankful for the good things in our life.

shirleymaeby

I will get us started.  

I am thankful for my dogs who give me so much unconditional love and comfort.  Maybe it's because they can't understand what I'm whining about but they never get tired of me bitching about IF.

I am thankful for DH who is seriously my best friend.  He always tells me to stay positive even when there's no reason to.  He believes with his whole heart that we will have a family one day and I try to cling to that belief during the times when I just can't see it ever happening.

I am thankful that I am moving in a couple of weeks.  I'm really looking forward to starting a little vegetable garden in my new backyard!!

WishUponAChild

I am thankful for the amazon gift card I got that allowed me to purchase stuff I need to get professional mani/pedi at home. I am thankful for my DH who is willing to give me the mani/pedi because I can't seem to make it look right.

I am thankful that I am doing more with photography, and am branching out from weddings into fun things like pin up girls and families.

I am thankful for the dinner I had with a friend I hadn't seen in 16 year. He was able to remind me of the person I am, and thought I lost.

dancerspose

This is such a silly thing, but I think sometimes we need to appreciate those most...I am thankful I'm getting my hair cut tonight!  I always feel so beautiful when I leave the salon, but only go 3-4 times a year (I have really long hair, and it's expensive).  So, tonight, I will take a break from all the obsessing over things I can't control and treat myself to a little pampering.  I'm also thankful I can afford to treat myself to such things!

Plus, my salon gives me wine while it's getting done, can't beat that!

BKBABY3

I'm thankful that during a really frustrating IF day, I got great news that a friend is going out of her way to come and see me, and that I made plans to take a trip to see another friend for a girls weekend next month. I have awesome people who are seriously doing so much to keep me going.

Also DH was extra sweet last night, and I hadn't even told him about by bad IF day.

lisa89760

I'm really thankful for all the great things I have in my life.  I love my house, and my friends and my husband and my family and my pets, and my job lol I have been focused too much on the things that I don't have rather than the things that are going so amazing in my life right now!

tweetyknicks

I am thankful for my job, which has plenty of work for me to work full time but allows me time off whenever I need it.

I am also thankful that today will probably be SS2's last court date. Next step for him: job and apartment!

jennym25

I am thankful that after yesterday WTF Wed rant about my period it came in the wee hours of the night. I have me CD3 u/s on Saturday to hopefully start cycle #3.

CarSaidYes

I am so thankful that today, only one day after her lumpectomy my mom is coming home from the hospital and the stupid cancer tumor is officially in the trash can. And I am also thankful for my co teachers because they have been supportive and understanding which makes my job easier.

cautiouslydomestic

I am so thankful to have a husband who works so hard so that we can have everything we want out of life. Sometimes, I take him for granted. It can't be easy to work full time, go to school full time, and have a family but he somehow does it. 

I am also thankful for financial aid... At the beginning of this week, we owed our university over $6500 in tuition. (We both attend school full time.) After scholarships and a grant was applied, we ended up getting a refund check that will help pay for the $900 in textbooks and lab fees we payed last week. I am seriously so grateful. 

shirleymaeby

@CarSaidYes - Great news about your mom!  Fuck cancer!

@shafwilson - I also love getting my hair cut!  DH always gets really excited about my new looks.  I only wish I got wine when getting my hair styled!  Classy!!

saritacw

I'm thankful my DH comes home tonight from a two week work-trip in Asia. I've missed him so much!

I'm thankful that I still have a great job even after the big re-org announcement this morning at my office.

LindseyM2012

I am thankful for you ladies. I've had a rough week (not IF related...surprisingly) and a lot of you really supported me yesterday. Today is a much better day

Hollowvic

I'm thankful for my cat. She is 15 years old, I've had her for 15 years. She's been there through so many ups and downs in my life.

BunnyBerry

I'm thankful that the office was able to fit us in for an emergency last-minute IUI (thanks a lot, Wondfo OPKs)! DH and I DTD last night, which actually was probably better timing, so that's cool.

And his count was 26mil total, 18mil total motile, 64% motile (after wash). Pretty comparable to last time, when he had a longer wait, so we're feeling thankful that perhaps his hCG shots are working!

And, although I never believed it would happen until the moment the nurse announced it, and I was praying so hard my head hurt...the IUI catheter made it into my uterus in 2 tries!!! Nothing's gotten in there before. I love my RE who surgically fixed that cervix. Of course, it felt like eeeeverything dripped right out, but I hear that's normal?

jenmcD11

***** warning- pregnancy mentioned, not mine*****









I am thankful for a wonderful coworker that has also struggled with IF and successfully conceived with IUI has come back from her mat leave and is co-teaching a course with me. She is so lovely and a great source of information and support for me for this process.