I am a skincare consultant for Rodan+Fields... never thought I'd be able to make money while staying at home but it's been pretty great while the kids are young so I can stay home with them!
Oh, I like this thread I'm a freelance editor right now, and probably will be for a bit. I have a BA in Technical Writing, but DH's career moves us away from places where I can realistically work. I would love to help write aviation manuals but it's logistically impossible (if I want to live with my DH).
Speaking of, DH is in the military. He's going to some schools right now and not working his normal job. It's fun and frustrating at the same time. Last summer most of our friends moved to Japan and Germany. We moved to Kansas. We're moving to Alabama in June, and we're excited to be so close to Atlanta, GA (read: whale sharks!), and Biloxi, MS (where we used to party when dating).
@maureenmce High Fives for post-production work! I worked production ages ago, but for a small TV station in Texas. I was a super-hands-on director and I kind of miss the newsroom chaos, but I really miss editing everything the photogs brought in.
@morgantu Oh! Last fall DH and I saw David Sedaris, and he had interpreters! There were two, and they kept switching out because full body laughter is real. Also, Mr. Sedaris would request all sorts of fun curses just to make them laugh too.
NTNP since Dec 2012 | TTC since Jan 2016 Dx: Unspecified IF BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
I’m a personal trainer! I love all my clients so much and it warms my heart to see each one making progress towards their goals! I’m a little worried about picking up weights as i get farther along in pregnancy!
Hey @Activebaby ! I would love to direct the health services department for a school district. It might be awhile for that though because we'll be moving a bit for MH job.
That’s cool my masters is very similar to yours. I moved away from admin now though and am teaching more.
Home health aid. Also going to school for Occupational Therapy
@pinapplekittycrown I'm in school for OT too! I'm doing the OTA program, I've got about 5 weeks left of my fieldwork before graduation. Do you think you'll stay in home health?
Me: 35 H: 35 Married: 4/5/13 "You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be waiting." ~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #1: 11/12/12 EDD 7/25/13 Baby boy: 7/27/13 BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18 BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18 RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28 BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19 Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19 BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
Looks like we've got a lot of smart ladies on this board
Me: 35 H: 35 Married: 4/5/13 "You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you can still remember dreaming? That's where I will always love you. That's where I'll be waiting." ~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #1: 11/12/12 EDD 7/25/13 Baby boy: 7/27/13 BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18 BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18 RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28 BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19 Rainbow baby girl born 7/23/19 BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
@texas_t my job is slowly going the way of project management as well. I feel like I have a leg up because at least I know the technical stuff, but it’s annoying that my job is basically following checklists now.
Out of sheer necessity, I'm currently a SAHM. Before we moved to TX I worked as an admin assistant at a medical college. But there aren't many jobs here where we live and daycare is scarce so I'm home with my kids while DH is finishing his master's. He's graduating in May with a MSW and will doing counseling/therapy, hoping to work mostly with vets as he is a navy vet himself. I had originally planned to get a job when we moved but with #3 on the way, there's no way we can afford daycare for 3 kids. I am however always looking for ways to exploit my creative skills. I ran an etsy shop for a little while selling printable party invitations and decor that I designed. I also love to write and would LOVE to publish something but I don't think that will happen for a long time.
eta: I am also a nanny of sorts. Kinda of spacey this morning! I watch a 1 y/o little boy while home with my 2 y/o. I had the past 2 months off and just started up again yesterday! But its a nice way to make some extra $$$ while staying home.
I'm a first year PhD student in public policy. Previously I worked in schools, first as a teacher and then as a librarian. I have four weeks left in this semester and I am trying to focus on everything I need to do, but I'm struggling. I am exhausted, nauseous, and very distracted thinking about pregnancy. I am enjoying my program and am glad I'm doing it, but am definitely looking forward to May 8!
I am a registered nurse and I work in an elementary school. Sometimes the days are slow, but I love the kids and I love the schedule even more, because I get to be home with my own kids a lot! My husband works for Sony and he loves it there too!
@krob *waves* Hey there, I'm a reality tv producer and I do scripted/reality hybrids on occasion! Awesome that you work in independent film - I have some friends in that industry. Do you live in LA?
@maureenmce hey hey hey!! i live in NYC. we used to live in LA for 6 years. And i have somewhat of a feeling that we will end up back out there at some point. although i didn’t love my time out there the first time around.
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
What a fun thread! I’m a family physician and my husband is in cyber security. He has the highest level of government clearance so I don’t know much about what he encounters during his work day, but he seems to enjoy it.
@krob Hey there! I've been in LA for ages and I think it's actually gotten so much better as a city the last 5 years or so! It's also gotten much more expensive so...there's that. Anyway, hope things aren't too bad with first tri morning sickness and stuff and work! I know that can be really tough on set (I'm in post for this job, so I'm lucky there.) Good luck!
@maureenmce welp 5 years ago is when i left so that makes sense. i am in post on this job as well now. Well today&tomorrow we are doing some pickups but mostly i am able to sit at a desk all day now. i am feeling utterly exhausted today.
i told old one of my producing partners as soon as i found out b/c he’s also one of my best friends. i also told him today i’m about to be a worthless human being soon. so we’ll see. LOL
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
@shygirl88 My mom was a labor and delivery nurse until she went back to school to become a midwife when I was in high school! She had plenty of stories for our dinner table growing up.
@mittenlove86 I’ve worked at a number of eye doctors’ offices as a tech
@echo-charlietango What kind of editing do you do? I don’t know much about that side of the biz but it’s cool you can do it anywhere. Also, David Sedaris! We saw him in Albuquerque!
It’s so fun to see all the awesome things you people do! I consider my life to be pretty boring. Right now I’m a SAHM to our 15-month-old. I have my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and pre-#1 wrote for Uproxx while also working on my own novels. (H was deployed during my second trimester and I lived the freaking life, working at home, sleeping whenever I wanted, etc.) These days I don’t have as much time to write, but I try to pound out words during nap times. I also abandon my child at the on-post daycare for 4 hours each week to write in Panera. It’s the highlight of every week.
As for H, he’s a helicopter instructor for the USAF. He flew Pavehawks his last assignment, but this one is much more family-friendly. He’s also working on his masters in Theology and is anticipating going to seminary to become a priest when his commitment is up.
Me: 31 | DH: 31
Together since 2003 | Married 2010 TTC #1 January 2016 BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016 Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018 BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
@echo-charlietango What kind of editing do you do? I don’t know much about that side of the biz but it’s cool you can do it anywhere. Also, David Sedaris! We saw him in Albuquerque!
I'll edit anything I can get my hands on! I used to proofread press releases for friends, and last week I sent out an editing sample for a friend who's writing an urban scifi series. And now I am going back upstairs to work on the stuff that pays - editing military officer's academic papers (mostly line edits for clarity, but the material is usually kind of dense so I need a lot of time to get in the groove (this one is about troops in GPS degraded zones)).
Oh, and David Sedaris -in my copy of Theft By Finding he wrote "Why don't you run around in my ass"
NTNP since Dec 2012 | TTC since Jan 2016 Dx: Unspecified IF BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
I am an elementary teacher. I absolutely love my job! I’m due Dec 6th and I have enough days saved up to stay home the rest of the year. So I will get to snuggle my little one until August!!! So blessed. My DH took on a new role in June. While it provides more flexibility in his schedule, it has added 100x more stress. I’m hoping that eases up soon, so we can enjoy our journey together.
@mcacak23 That's so awesome! I work with abused and neglected children too. I'm a case worker. What state do you work in? I'm down in the Florida Keys.
I'm 31 DH is 37. This will be our first child. I'll be 5 weeks tomorrow!
Teacher here! I am actually finishing my B.Ed. degree for a career change - was a piano/voice teacher for years but wanted something that would give me daytime hours rather than evenings/weekend work that comes with piano lessons! DH is a lawyer - we call it "duty counsel" here in Canada but I believe it is the same as public defender in the States.
@amberlane6586 I have an almost 2 year old. For me it definitely has made certain cases harder because I picture my son but I think it has also made stress relief easier because at night 1. I can come home and snuggle him 2. He is usually so busy playing and being goofy that I am focused on him and my day melts away.
Y'all have some interesting jobs! I'm an international trade compliance attorney, and DH became a SAHD when we had DS.
@maureenmce Your husband has my husband's dream job! How did he get started in that?
@mckcak23 My hat is off to you. I spent time working with kids at a women's shelter, and last year did a U-Visa petition for a young girl, and just that changed me forever. So glad there are people like you to advocate.
@ALM2016 He completely changed careers to get into the craft beer industry, so he had to work his way up. He started, weirdly enough, by going to Sierra Nevada's Beer Camp (it's this amazing program they have where, if you're selected, you get to go to the brewery for a week and your team brews their own beer.) It was a fun learning experience for him and gave him some knowledge. He also learned to home brew and learned about the science behind making beer and researched the industry. He then interviewed at a big local brewery here like, the first week they were open and they hired him as a bartender. He worked his way up to manager of the brewery and then, after our daughter was born, the on the floor hours were too much, so luckily (thanks to his years of event management experience in a previous career) they let him move to marketing and events. He's been doing great and is in the midst of getting a promotion to head up the marketing and events team. But long story short, there's no one way to go about it! That's just how it worked out for him. It is a very competitive, crowded field and it requires some long hours, but it's also really fun and he loves it.
I work in a Victim Advocacy center, where we help anyone who has been the victim of a crime. It's mostly gender-based violence. I mainly handle the community outreach and give presentations about consent and victimization. I'm about to graduate with my MA and I'm looking for a new job in social services! I also volunteer very actively as a child advocate for victims of child abuse. That's been a lot harder since I've found out I'm pregnant, especially dealing with the babies in care, but I really love what I do!
I'm an computer security engineer and so is my husband. But I have a role of technical leader while he manages a team of people. We did our master program together; that's how we met .
I work from home doing nutrition and health counseling ( I also homeschool) and DH works for the Air Force in Logistics and is a reservist in the AF as well.
I work as a Medical Lab Technologist in a local hospital. And as it happens... I actually ran and entered my last hCG level into my chart. Woop! I like the field mostly, but often wonder about additional schooling to do something in Epidemiology or... something more research-based. We’ll see... just cringing thinking about more student loans when right now I’ve paid off a good chunk of them. DH works at a tile and carpet store in sales. We are now taking advantage of his discount and are tiling part of both bathrooms upstairs.
I am an Emergency Room Nurse! I work weekends only so Saturday and Sunday.. I get every 6th off. I love the ER. I've tried leaving before because it is super stressful but I ended up right back there :-)
My husband is a painter at Weiler.. its a factory that makes those big road equipment machines. They do weird stuff I don't even know what it is... powder coat and then high pressured painting.. I dunno, ha.. anyway he likes his job.. they work a lot of overtime in the summers so I'm hoping that doesn't start until I get back the sick feeling stage
I’m a medical-surgical nurse. I like my job because it’s a great learning atmosphere with patients of all ages and illnesses, but it is a very stressful job. Ideally, I’d love a job in OB/L&D. My husband is an environmental manager at an oil company.
Re: GTKY: What do you do for a living?
DH is in the Navy.
Speaking of, DH is in the military. He's going to some schools right now and not working his normal job. It's fun and frustrating at the same time. Last summer most of our friends moved to Japan and Germany. We moved to Kansas. We're moving to Alabama in June, and we're excited to be so close to Atlanta, GA (read: whale sharks!), and Biloxi, MS (where we used to party when dating).
@maureenmce High Fives for post-production work! I worked production ages ago, but for a small TV station in Texas. I was a super-hands-on director and I kind of miss the newsroom chaos, but I really miss editing everything the photogs brought in.
@morgantu Oh! Last fall DH and I saw David Sedaris, and he had interpreters! There were two, and they kept switching out because full body laughter is real. Also, Mr. Sedaris would request all sorts of fun curses just to make them laugh too.
Dx: Unspecified IF
BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks
BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
Married: 4/5/13
"You know that place between sleep and awake,
that place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I will always love you.
That's where I'll be waiting."
~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks
BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18
BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18
RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal
BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl
Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28
BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19
BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
Married: 4/5/13
"You know that place between sleep and awake,
that place where you can still remember dreaming?
That's where I will always love you.
That's where I'll be waiting."
~Peter Pan
*TW*
BFP #2: 10/29/17 MMC dx @ 9 weeks
BFP #3: 2/2/18 MC 2/7/18
BFP #4: 3/2/18 MC 3/9/18
RPL testing and hysteroscopy: all normal
BFP #5: 4/1/18 MMC dx @ 14 weeks ----> genetically normal girl
Hysteroscopy to remove scar tissue 9/28
BFP #6 11/5/18 EDD 7/20/19
BFP #7 12/8/2021 EDD 8/22/2022
eta: I am also a nanny of sorts. Kinda of spacey this morning! I watch a 1 y/o little boy while home with my 2 y/o. I had the past 2 months off and just started up again yesterday! But its a nice way to make some extra $$$ while staying home.
My husband does tech stuff at a school.
I am a film and tv producer. Mostly independent film and currently finishing up my first tv series.
H is in sports marketing. He helps brands leverage their sports sponsorships with leagues/properties (NFL, NBA, US Open).
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
I’m a journalist and I work for an NGO in Brazil - we’re both Brazilian. Husband does PR for a digital agency.
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
i told old one of my producing partners as soon as i found out b/c he’s also one of my best friends. i also told him today i’m about to be a worthless human being soon. so we’ll see. LOL
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
@shygirl88 My mom was a labor and delivery nurse until she went back to school to become a midwife when I was in high school! She had plenty of stories for our dinner table growing up.
@mittenlove86 I’ve worked at a number of eye doctors’ offices as a tech
@echo-charlietango What kind of editing do you do? I don’t know much about that side of the biz but it’s cool you can do it anywhere. Also, David Sedaris! We saw him in Albuquerque!
It’s so fun to see all the awesome things you people do! I consider my life to be pretty boring. Right now I’m a SAHM to our 15-month-old. I have my MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults and pre-#1 wrote for Uproxx while also working on my own novels. (H was deployed during my second trimester and I lived the freaking life, working at home, sleeping whenever I wanted, etc.) These days I don’t have as much time to write, but I try to pound out words during nap times. I also abandon my child at the on-post daycare for 4 hours each week to write in Panera. It’s the highlight of every week.
As for H, he’s a helicopter instructor for the USAF. He flew Pavehawks his last assignment, but this one is much more family-friendly. He’s also working on his masters in Theology and is anticipating going to seminary to become a priest when his commitment is up.
TTC #1 January 2016
BFP April 18 2016 | EDD December 29, 2016
Welcome baby A! January 9, 2017
TTC#2 March 2018
BFP March 30, 2018 | EDD December 12, 2018
Oh, and David Sedaris -in my copy of Theft By Finding he wrote "Why don't you run around in my ass"
Dx: Unspecified IF
BFP#1 Nov 2017 • Blighted Ovum + MMC • D&C at nine weeks
BFP#2 Apr 2018 • It's a boy! • Born 13 Dec 2018
My DH took on a new role in June. While it provides more flexibility in his schedule, it has added 100x more stress. I’m hoping that eases up soon, so we can enjoy our journey together.
What state do you work in? I'm down in the Florida Keys.
I'm 31 DH is 37. This will be our first child.
I'll be 5 weeks tomorrow!
DD2 | June 2011
DS1 | Oct 2013
ADD3 | Oct 2014 (April 2001)
DS2 | June 2016
DS3 | Dec 2018
Due with baby blob August 2021
@maureenmce Your husband has my husband's dream job! How did he get started in that?
@mckcak23 My hat is off to you. I spent time working with kids at a women's shelter, and last year did a U-Visa petition for a young girl, and just that changed me forever. So glad there are people like you to advocate.
I'm an computer security engineer and so is my husband. But I have a role of technical leader while he manages a team of people. We did our master program together; that's how we met
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I like the field mostly, but often wonder about additional schooling to do something in Epidemiology or... something more research-based. We’ll see... just cringing thinking about more student loans when right now I’ve paid off a good chunk of them.
DH works at a tile and carpet store in sales. We are now taking advantage of his discount and are tiling part of both bathrooms upstairs.
My husband is a painter at Weiler.. its a factory that makes those big road equipment machines. They do weird stuff I don't even know what it is... powder coat and then high pressured painting.. I dunno, ha.. anyway he likes his job.. they work a lot of overtime in the summers so I'm hoping that doesn't start until I get back the sick feeling stage