The boards get a little slow around here compared to the dark side so for me it can be easy for me to get too busy to check in when things are slow......so maybe a GTKY Q!!
For me the obvious would be photography.....its my job and I love it but its also my bread and butter. Im happy to be one of this people who is passionate about my job but i have other things i love as well.
The other thing I am passionate about is animals. Animal rescue and animal charities is general. I am a volunteer at my local no kill rescue as someone they can call for fostering bottle baby kittens. Its a lot of work and very hard. Not everyone can do it so I am someone they can call when they need that. At the moment I have 5 rescue kittens. 3 from a litter I was handed at the fragile age of 10 days old, another little feral kitten i caught at 4 weeks, and another that the rescue called me to take in at 4 weeks as well. At the moment they range in age from 3 weeks to 10 weeks (they have grown!!!) It is exhausting, my house is in disarray sometimes, i wake in the middle of the night and am caring for them around the clock. I love it. I get a huge, swollen, love filled heart knowing that babies that i took care of move on to go to happy, healthy lives because i was able to take care of them under rough circumstances and give them a chance.
What about you guys???
Re: GTKY.........What is something you love or are passionate about???
7 IUIs, 7 BFNs.
2 IVF attempts, both cancelled and converted to IUI, both BFNs.
Decided that my tired old ovaries are ready to retire.
Next step- reciprocal IVF, using my wife's eggs, my uterus!
fresh 5 day transfer (2 embryos) 4/17/17- BFP!
Identical twins "due" 1/2/17 (but anticipated arrival sometime December)
I love baking and decorating cakes. Well just cooking in general. I feed people like I'm a little old Italian grandma. But not old and I'm not Italian.
Another thing that brings me joy is gardening. The smell of just turned over earth is glorious. I love the vibrant colors of flowers and I love growing food that will feed my family (ties in with the cooking).
Me:39, DH:40
DD born 8/96, DS born 8/04
TTC#3
NTNP since 2006, active trying 1/13
Natural M/C 3/13 at 7 weeks
CP 2/14
All welcome
NTNP since 11/12, actively trying since 8/14
11/15: Letrozole, Ovidrel, TI = BFP!!!
Beta #1(14dpo)=349, Beta #2(18dpo)=2,805
12/17/15: Got to see the heartbeat (105bpm)!
1/25/16: NT scan = normal (HB=163bpm)
EDD: 8/10/16
8/8/16: Baby boy born @ 12:25am, 8lbs, 20.5 inches
5/18/17: BFP!!! (11dpo)
Beta #1(12dpo)=176.4, Beta #2(15dpo)=607.1
NTNP since 11/12, actively trying since 8/14
11/15: Letrozole, Ovidrel, TI = BFP!!!
Beta #1(14dpo)=349, Beta #2(18dpo)=2,805
12/17/15: Got to see the heartbeat (105bpm)!
1/25/16: NT scan = normal (HB=163bpm)
EDD: 8/10/16
8/8/16: Baby boy born @ 12:25am, 8lbs, 20.5 inches
5/18/17: BFP!!! (11dpo)
Beta #1(12dpo)=176.4, Beta #2(15dpo)=607.1
BFP- 10-16-14 EDD 6/13/15: MC 12-1-14
BFP 2/19/15 • MMC found at 9 wks • D&E at 11 wks (age 36)
BFP 8/29/15 • CP (age 37)
TTC#2 since May 2017
BFP 10/18/17 • MMC found at 8 wks • Misoprostal at 10.5 wks (age 39)
BFP 2/16/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 4/13/18 • CP (age 39)
BFP 5/07/18 • MMC found at 10.5 wks • D&E at 11.5 wks • Testing showed it was a girl with Trisomy 22. (age 39/40)
9/5/18 Diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (4-5 follicles, one ovary had none and was very atrophied)
RE says the low egg count is likely causing my recurrent pregnancy loss. Less eggs results in more aneuploidy.
BFP 9/24/18 • CP (age 40)
My passion is the shore. Yeah yeah, who doesn't like the beach? But I like the fluid dynamics of the water lapping into the marsh, and the way the sand shifts each season (geomorphology), and how the tides influence so much.
Part of the reason I'm thinking of becoming a teacher is to make the move to the shore (like 1 hr away At this point). I just am having this unnatural draw to the ocean anymore...
BFP- 10-16-14 EDD 6/13/15: MC 12-1-14