I am currently in Phoenix and have been for the past 5 years. Before that was stints in Chicago Kentucky and Texas. I definitely miss Chicago more than anything. I second/third everyone about Chicago falls being spectacular. I didn't really mind the winters since all 3 other seasons made up for it. I lived 3 blocks off the lake and for to enjoy all the seasons
BFP #1: 1.22.16 MMC: 2.29.16 (
tetrasomy 11, partial deletion 1, XXX) D&C: 3.2.16 BFP #2: 4.14.16 CP: 4.17.16 BFP #3: 6.10.2016 CP: 6.17.16 RE appt: 6.27.2016-
saline sono all clear Progenity: + carrier
Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's, hemachromatosis. DH: carrier Alpha 1 anti-trypsin PCOS, hypothyroid,
MTHFR, hx of LEEP in 2006 Clomid +
TI Cycle #1: 50mg Trigger 8.24.2016- BFN Clomid
75mg + IUI#1 9.25.2016-
BFP #4 10/6 Beta #1 15 Beta #2 38 Beta #3- 71
beta #4 171 Beta # 5- 21 Natural MC 10/21 HSG- clear IVF Jan 2017 Egg Retrieval 1.22.17: 32 eggs retrieved,29 mature, 24 fertilized, 14 to blastocyst for biopsy PGS results: 4 PGS normal 2 XX, 2 XY FET: 3.13.2017 for 2 PGS embryos Beta#1: 3.24.2017......... 78; Beta # 2 241; Beta #3 4198 Baby BOY due 11.29.2017
I live in the Des Moines, IA area. It's great here! We live on an acreage but are close to everything since it's not a huge city but still has everything we need. Plus it's easy to get to Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, and Chicago. I grew up in NE Indiana and have also lived in the Quad City, Kansas City and Atlanta areas.
***TW in Siggy*** Me: 34 / DH: 33 Married: Nov 2011 TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014 TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
Born in Ohio but moved to Florida when i was a baby.
Grew up in Cocoa Beach. Still work there but live about 35 minutes away in a city called Viera. I love where i am for now. My mok and sister live about 20 min away. And i am about 45 min to an hour from Orlando. Which we visit often to "get away"
We live right outside of Manhattan on the NJ side. DH and I both work in the city and love that we can walk to public transportation and be at our jobs in 40 minutes with a starbucks stop. I may be a weirdo but I LOVVVVVEEEE public transportation and hate driving. We are likely relocating next summer as DH has some health issues and is looking for a more steady 9-6 job as opposed to big law crazy hours he works now. Plus its not a feasible place to buy a house. Ill miss it though because my (HUGE) extended family is all within 20 minutes. inlays split their time between KY and FL.
@Mother0fDragons@slam1110 Florida is on the top of the list when we relocate. Both of our sets of parents are retiring to Florida. Do you miss snow at all? The most editing part about Florida for me is that I will get to pay Florida resident prices for Disney passes....
Me: 32, DH: 31 Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014 DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15) DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility 1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP 5/17:low AMH (0.89) 6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility) 7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage) 8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
@Mother0fDragons Until last year we lived in Orlando, but recently moved to Ocoee. @WillRunForWine21 My family moved from NJ when I was seven, so can't really speak about missing snow. But I know my parents sure don't miss it. Plus all of the talk about frozen nostrils...yeah no thank you!!!
I was born and raised in a suburb of Miami. I currently live in South Florida, but am a little further from the city now. I love the diversity and access to food,art, entertainment, and shopping here but honestly am not sure that it makes up for the traffic/poor drivers, cost of living, or the sense of entitlement the general public tends to carry around with them down here.
That said, I do like Florida in general. Key Largo makes for the best weekend vacations. My folks live in the Sarasota area and I went to college up in St. Pete/Tampa. I love both places and if there were more opportunities there in DH's field, we would move in a heartbeat. His field does have opportunities in Orlando, so I could see us easily moving there once he has 5 years of management experience under his belt. I'm a bit jealous of all the frequent Disney goers and also that Central Florida actually experiences cooler winters.
Manhattan. I'm from California, and I've lived on the east coast for over a decade, but I do not get used to the winters. It is such a misery. I love the hot, humid summers, though. I know that makes me one in a million.
@adirat I hear ya on the Sandy front. I was out for 11 days, it was horrendous. I grew up in NJ by the beach (what some would call The Shore). I went to college in PA outside of Philly but came back because it's hard to be away from the beach. DH grew up in a legit NJ beach town on the ocean block. The area is amazing in September (local summer), a ghost town in the winter, and Snooki filled in the summer. We just moved (last weekend) to Western Massachusetts. It's definitely
different. My commute is about 50 mins which is a lot, but it's just
distance and not traffic which is nice. Now we are 4 hours from 'home' and family. It was a lot for me to move away from my family, my nieces, but at some point you have to do what is best for your little family and taking this job was just what made sense.
I grew up in upstate NY, then moved to the capital for 4+ years. I currently live in the Catskill Mountain Park, which is where MH grew up.
Before moving here I thought the landscape was absolutely gorgeous, but the idea of living 20 minutes from the closest gas station, 45 minutes from the closest shopping town, and 25 minutes from the closest pizza place (pizza runs in my veins), was overwhelming. But I've really adjusted and I must say I love it. We have neighbors but the majority of the homes around us are weekend/summer homes for out of town folks. So it's really quiet and safe. I've seen more wildlife (bears, deer, coyote, foxes, etc) since being here than I ever did in the city (obviously). It was definitely a huge transition, but I became more flexible because of it. I don't think I'd ever want to move back to a suburb, definitely would never move to the city again. Actually our goal is to move deeper into the mountains where we can have more acreage.
@tripledaggerWed95976 Thanks for starting this! I'm always curious where everyone is.
I live in Boston and I love it. There are so many great restaurants and fun things to do. I grew up in southern CT (Shelton) and my family is still here so I visit a lot. I'm actually in Shelton right now and a little nervous about the weather this weekend. I hope I can safely get back to Boston tomorrow without getting blown off the road!
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2016 - dx with super low ovarian reserve; failed cycle with clomid, failed IUI, 2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks May 2020 FET; BFN July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate Oct 2020 BFP!
I should probably check the weather too @laurad75@adirat I'm close but I think far enough it might miss us. I feel bad for my mom who is supposed to leave for Cape May tomorrow!
I think I am the first to post Ohio! I live in central Ohio, but I was born in Toledo, OH moved to Tecumseh, MI (shout out to @mrs35 and @firebaby688! My uncle lives in Petosky). I settled into Central Ohio 4 years ago.
@WillRunForWine21 I've lived in Florida my whole life. Even for college. I don't know any different. But the Disney passes and ability to do the payment plan is awesome. We are there 1-2x/week.
@EEL0824 Petoskey is such a beautiful place! They have the most breathtaking sunsets there! I went to the community college there for a year before transferring to a university. Wish I could have stayed longer.
We live in northwestern Illinois about 1 1/2 from Chicago. I love where we are. We are only an hour from our families who live in the suburbs. We're about 10 minutes from Rockford, which for being the 2nd most miserable city in the country has a lot of fun stuff going on. We live in a cute little subdivision with very friendly neighbors surrounded by corn fields.
@mrs35 I absolutely LOVE visiting my uncle. He lives out in the "country" so he his house is surrounded by woods and it's just stunning. Petosky is such a beautiful city.
I think I am the first to post Ohio! I live in central Ohio, but I was born in Toledo, OH moved to Tecumseh, MI (shout out to @mrs35 and @firebaby688! My uncle lives in Petosky). I settled into Central Ohio 4 years ago.
I grew up in Ohio @EEL0824!!! About an hour west of Toledo!
I grew up in upstate NY, then moved to the capital for 4+ years. I currently live in the Catskill Mountain Park, which is where MH grew up.
Before moving here I thought the landscape was absolutely gorgeous, but the idea of living 20 minutes from the closest gas station, 45 minutes from the closest shopping town, and 25 minutes from the closest pizza place (pizza runs in my veins), was overwhelming. But I've really adjusted and I must say I love it. We have neighbors but the majority of the homes around us are weekend/summer homes for out of town folks. So it's really quiet and safe. I've seen more wildlife (bears, deer, coyote, foxes, etc) since being here than I ever did in the city (obviously). It was definitely a huge transition, but I became more flexible because of it. I don't think I'd ever want to move back to a suburb, definitely would never move to the city again. Actually our goal is to move deeper into the mountains where we can have more acreage.
@mrsdaddario shout out to upstate NY! May I ask where?
Looks like I'm the only one representing Alabama! I live in a super small, rural town about 25 miles north of Montgomery. DH and I were raised here so both of our families live about 10 minutes from us. I moved away for four years in college, but made my way back. I love my teeny tiny hometown most days! We have two caution lights (no stop lights) that are recent developments, and if we want to eat anything other than Subway or really terrible pizza, we have to travel 20 minutes.
@Mother0fDragons Another thing that is keeping me calm about relocating away from family is that I know how much they love Disney and it would guarantee I see them a couple times of year down south at the happiest place on earth.
Me: 32, DH: 31 Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014 DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15) DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility 1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP 5/17:low AMH (0.89) 6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility) 7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage) 8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
I'm in Bama too! I live in Huntaville which is okay, but I often find myself feeling out of place. I grew up here but my immediate family is from NY. Whenever I'm in situations with real southerners discussing sweet tea, football and who they are kin to.....I tend to wonder if I was meant to be in the south.
@LLo3 I had two college roommates that were from the Huntsville area! And I know what you mean. People look at me like I am a freak when I tell them I do not like sweet tea. Although I do love football with a fiery passion haha
@mrs35@EEL0824@firebaby688. Another Michigan girl here! I live in the suburbs South of Grand Rapids, MI. I love the 4 seasons, and don't even mind the snow at the beginning of the year. I don't like green Christmases. I also like the size of GR and all the restaurants and breweries, not to mention Lake Michigan is about 40 minutes drive from where I live. It's also big enough to have an airport which I'll pay the extra $ for over flying out of Detroit or Chicago (save on parking, only have a short drive, short lines). But 3 hours drive to Chicago or Traverse City makes for easy weekend getaways when we need a change of scenery. Also, my family is here which makes it tough to leave.
DH is from Phoenix AZ but has grown to like MI
I love this thread because I always kind of wonder if there might be someone on here I've passed in the grocery store or something lol it's a small world
Me (28) & DH (35) Met 4/2010+Married 8/2014 TTC #1 August 2016. BFP 10/2016= DD Born 6.23.17
NTNP April 2018. BFP 5/2018 EDD 1.29.19 *Team Green*
I'm in Toledo, Ohio. Born and raised here. My parents live across the street from us and my MIL is about 15 mins away. Toledo seems to be getting better but still has it's struggles, as any larger city would. We want to move, I just don't know if I can move away from my family.
Married since 5/23/09
Stepdaughter-2/17/02
DS #1 born 1/25/10
DS #2 born 4/25/12 BFP 2/2016 M/C 3/2016 @ 5 weeks Trying for #4 since 11/2015
I grew up on the Jersey Shore and went to college in NC and never left. I live outside if Charlotte now. The summers are hot humid and kind of terrible but the winters can't be beat. We still clearly have 4 seasons but it doesn't get extremely cold ever which is awesome. DH went waterskiing thanksgiving day last year (he wore a wetsuit, but still).
After growing up in NJ, other than the weather, the best thing about the south is the lower cost of living. I'm the only one of my high school friends who could afford to buy a home less than a year after graduating college...most of them stayed in the northeast. I mean it was just a condo, but still. It was downtown and I walked to work for 9 years and it was amazing. We live in the 'burbs on a lake now and have a 35-45 minute commute, which is completely tolerable. I do wish there was better public transportation here though so I didn't have to drive in. Charlotte is a reasonably big city but the public transportation is almost nonexistent.
@LLo3 and @shstephenson One of my closest friends moved to Huntsville last year and I'm hoping to visit her sometime in the spring. I also have family in Birmingham. Being from a city where no one knows their neighbors, I've always been so impressed with how friendly and polite people in that area have been to us!
I'm originally from a small town in Montana (I also lived in a town with only one stoplight-- I would tag but I don't know how). Now I live in a suburb of Las Vegas. I don't miss the snow at all. It is super hot in the summer but the rest of the year is gorgeous. I love being close to so many things and, even though we live 15 minutes from the Vegas strip, I still feel like we have a small community feel where I live. Plus flights back to Montana from Vegas are so cheap (like $40 each way) that I can go visit whenever I want.
Re: GTKY: where do you live?
BFP #2: 4.14.16 CP: 4.17.16
BFP #3: 6.10.2016 CP: 6.17.16
RE appt: 6.27.2016- saline sono all clear
Progenity: + carrier Tay-Sachs, Gaucher's, hemachromatosis. DH: carrier Alpha 1 anti-trypsin
PCOS, hypothyroid, MTHFR, hx of LEEP in 2006
Clomid + TI Cycle #1: 50mg Trigger 8.24.2016- BFN
Clomid 75mg + IUI#1 9.25.2016- BFP #4 10/6
Beta #1 15 Beta #2 38 Beta #3- 71 beta #4 171 Beta # 5- 21 Natural MC 10/21
HSG- clear
IVF Jan 2017
Egg Retrieval 1.22.17: 32 eggs retrieved,29 mature, 24 fertilized, 14 to blastocyst for biopsy
PGS results: 4 PGS normal 2 XX, 2 XY
FET: 3.13.2017 for 2 PGS embryos
Beta#1: 3.24.2017......... 78; Beta # 2 241; Beta #3 4198
Baby BOY due 11.29.2017
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Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
Grew up in Cocoa Beach. Still work there but live about 35 minutes away in a city called Viera. I love where i am for now. My mok and sister live about 20 min away. And i am about 45 min to an hour from Orlando. Which we visit often to "get away"
Me: 31 / DH: 37
Married: November 2015
TTC #1 Since March 2014
MC: New Years Eve 2014
Mommy to 4 furbabies
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@Mother0fDragons @slam1110 Florida is on the top of the list when we relocate. Both of our sets of parents are retiring to Florida. Do you miss snow at all? The most editing part about Florida for me is that I will get to pay Florida resident prices for Disney passes....
Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014
DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15)
DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility
DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility
1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP
5/17:low AMH (0.89)
6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility)
7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage)
8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
@WillRunForWine21 My family moved from NJ when I was seven, so can't really speak about missing snow. But I know my parents sure don't miss it. Plus all of the talk about frozen nostrils...yeah no thank you!!!
That said, I do like Florida in general. Key Largo makes for the best weekend vacations. My folks live in the Sarasota area and I went to college up in St. Pete/Tampa. I love both places and if there were more opportunities there in DH's field, we would move in a heartbeat. His field does have opportunities in Orlando, so I could see us easily moving there once he has 5 years of management experience under his belt. I'm a bit jealous of all the frequent Disney goers and also that Central Florida actually experiences cooler winters.
I love the small town feel of Nebraska, the hospitality, the slow pace, the seasons.
We've talked about moving to FL, but always end up staying here.
I grew up in NJ by the beach (what some would call The Shore). I went to college in PA outside of Philly but came back because it's hard to be away from the beach. DH grew up in a legit NJ beach town on the ocean block. The area is amazing in September (local summer), a ghost town in the winter, and Snooki filled in the summer. We just moved (last weekend) to Western Massachusetts. It's definitely different. My commute is about 50 mins which is a lot, but it's just distance and not traffic which is nice. Now we are 4 hours from 'home' and family. It was a lot for me to move away from my family, my nieces, but at some point you have to do what is best for your little family and taking this job was just what made sense.
Before moving here I thought the landscape was absolutely gorgeous, but the idea of living 20 minutes from the closest gas station, 45 minutes from the closest shopping town, and 25 minutes from the closest pizza place (pizza runs in my veins), was overwhelming. But I've really adjusted and I must say I love it. We have neighbors but the majority of the homes around us are weekend/summer homes for out of town folks. So it's really quiet and safe. I've seen more wildlife (bears, deer, coyote, foxes, etc) since being here than I ever did in the city (obviously). It was definitely a huge transition, but I became more flexible because of it. I don't think I'd ever want to move back to a suburb, definitely would never move to the city again. Actually our goal is to move deeper into the mountains where we can have more acreage.
I live in Boston and I love it. There are so many great restaurants and fun things to do. I grew up in southern CT (Shelton) and my family is still here so I visit a lot. I'm actually in Shelton right now and a little nervous about the weather this weekend. I hope I can safely get back to Boston tomorrow without getting blown off the road!
2017 - egg retrieval #1 - 3 eggs, 0 embryos appropriate for transfer; ER #2 2 eggs, 0 embryos on day 3; ER #3 1 egg 0 embryos
moved to donor egg in summer 2017; 35 eggs retrieved; 19 fertilized; 9 total embryos
Fresh transfer Dec 2017= BFP! baby boy born 8/22/18
May 2019 - surprise natural pregnancy ended in MC
Nov 2019 FET; MC at 9 weeks
May 2020 FET; BFN
July 2020 FET; CP treated with methotrexate
Oct 2020 BFP!
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Dating: 2/2007 Married: 4/2011
TTC #1: 9/2016
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BFP #2: 3/9/2017 - CP: 3/10/2017
08/2017: DH's SA = normal
08/2017: Low progesterone (4.6) all other BW normal
11/2017: HSG Clear; Pelvic Ultrasound Normal; and AMH, FSH, and Estradiol normal
12/2017: 1,000mg Metformin
12/2017: 50mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: 100mg Clomid + TI = BFN
01/2018: RE Consult
03/2018: 5mg Letrozole + 50 units Gonal-F + 500 μg Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #3: 4/1/2018 - CP: 4/4/2018
04/2018: 5mg Letrozole + Gonal-F + Ovidrel + IUI = BFP #4: 5/2/18
Married: October 2014
TTC#1:May 2016
BFP: 11/16/16 EDD: 7/30/17
4 fur babies
Together: 11/2008, married: 3/2014
DH: Type 1 Diabetes, (dx 4/15) Celiac Disease (dx 11/14), Treatment induced Neuropathy of Diabetes (dx 7/15)
DH SA: 11/16: low count and low motility
DH SA: 12/16: borderline low, count and motility
1/20/17: BFP, 1/24/17: CP
5/17:low AMH (0.89)
6/17: first IUI cycle, 50 mg clomid + ovidrel + IUI: 2 follies, BFN (count 58 million, 97% motility)
7/17: second IUI, 2.5 letrozole, OPK, IUI: 1 follie, BFN (count 9.5 million swimming- dont know percentage)
8/17: third IUI, 5.0 letrozole,
Married: October 2014
TTC#1:May 2016
BFP: 11/16/16 EDD: 7/30/17
4 fur babies
DH is from Phoenix AZ but has grown to like MI
I love this thread because I always kind of wonder if there might be someone on here I've passed in the grocery store or something lol it's a small world
Met 4/2010+Married 8/2014
TTC #1 August 2016. BFP 10/2016= DD Born 6.23.17
BFP 2/2016 M/C 3/2016 @ 5 weeks
Trying for #4 since 11/2015
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***TW in Siggy***
Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
After growing up in NJ, other than the weather, the best thing about the south is the lower cost of living. I'm the only one of my high school friends who could afford to buy a home less than a year after graduating college...most of them stayed in the northeast. I mean it was just a condo, but still. It was downtown and I walked to work for 9 years and it was amazing. We live in the 'burbs on a lake now and have a 35-45 minute commute, which is completely tolerable. I do wish there was better public transportation here though so I didn't have to drive in. Charlotte is a reasonably big city but the public transportation is almost nonexistent.
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Me: 34 / DH: 33
Married: Nov 2011
TTC #1: Jan 2013, BFP Sept 2013, DD: June 2014
TTC #2: Aug 2016, BFP Nov 2016, DS: August 2017
Diagnosed with PCOS: Summer 2007
Married: July 2013
Began TTC: June 2015
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Diagnosed : unexplained infertility
6 rounds of IUI and a MC 2/2014, rainbow twins 4/2015
TTC #3 5/2016
Restarted Fertility tx
IUI 2 rounds, baby girl 12/17