I want to quit my job early now that I have a new job but I don't want to leave (most of) my students and I'm also mainly staying because this is the part of the year where we do all the fun stuff with the 8th grade class and I would feel cheated if I missed out on the fun.
I was craving a latte this morning and the nearest takeout coffee shop is Dunkin.
Today is the last day in our current office before we move downtown, so not a lot of folks are here
I've given myself the past two weeks as "horrible eating habits a-go-go" time, knowing the food is much pricier in the Loop and I'll start bringing lunch and eating healthy again. Monday starts back into eating like a responsible adult.
Confession: I brought donuts in for the team with the full knowledge that they would not all get eaten in 1 go, meaning I'm going for seconds and possibly thirds. Also we're having pizza for lunch, which I will gorge myself on. #noshame
The best one I've got: I hate bacon. I'm told this makes me unAmerican. Which is a dumb statement - so I looked it up. Bacon started in Rome. (I am nearly half Italian but I'm not going to say it counts)
No one cares that it started in Rome or that I feel bacon has no connection with Americanism. I still had to look it up.
I'm in a waiting room and so are two moms each with a little baby. My back started hurting bad again today which could mean i would be benched for a few months. Not happy right now.
Me: 31 | Husband: 32 Married: September 2014! TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
The best one I've got: I hate bacon. I'm told this makes me unAmerican. Which is a dumb statement - so I looked it up. Bacon started in Rome. (I am nearly half Italian but I'm not going to say it counts)
No one cares that it started in Rome or that I feel bacon has no connection with Americanism. I still had to look it up.
I've been out of cat litter for almost a week and can't make myself go buy more. I don't have a car so I'd have to go out in the cold and walk or take a bus. I feel so bad because the litter that is left in the box is a pretty thin layer now... I guess I'll have to go out today to get some.
I'm a bit worried that this one won't go over in this group but I have to get it off my chest.
I work with a couple - one in my unit and one in a unit close by. They are TTC and having trouble. They have recently moved on to IVF. Literally EVERY time you talk with them it is constant discussion of sperm counts and follicles and ovulation and hormones and injections... you get the idea. I truly feel for them. However my FFFC is that they started a GoFundMe account to finance their IVF, and I secretly hope that no one donates. GFMs are one of my LEAST FAVORITE THINGS EVER. I'm sorry that it's expensive and that they're having TTTC. HOWEVER, we all choose to spend our money on things. Not to mention, it's well known that their families are both very well-off (not that they have an obligation to give them anything) but can we all please stop begging each other for money?
ETA: I should have been more clear. They're in the middle of the IVF process. So whether or not someone donates has no bearing on whether they conceive, just whether or not they pay for it themselves.
@SarahRN87 Yea, go fund me can be a slippery slope! I had a friend do one for nursing school!? Really!? I think I was just raised to be private about money situations, but it seems so ballsy to outright ask for so much!
TTC #1 - December 2015 Me:31 H:31 DX: MFI - 1% Morph 12/16 -IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol w/ Lupron trigger ER - 11 retrieved- 9 mature - 7 fertilized - 3 sent for PGS on day 5 - No normals (1 XXX Embryo - may use in future) 3/17 - IVF #2 - Antagonist Protocol w/ HCG trigger ER- 13 retrieved - 11 mature - 8 fertilized - 2 sent for PGS on day 5 -2 Normal FET #1 - 5/16/17 - BFP! - Beta #1 5/25 - 156 - Beta #2 5/30 - 2562 - Beta #3 6/1 - 5191!
@sarahrn87 i feel very similar about go fund me accounts. I have a hard time asking anyone for money so I think that is hard. I do not take it when it is even offered so how could I expect strangers to give it to me. I will add however that I have donated to two go fund me accounts one for a funeral for someone I graduated hs with.. And another for a dog for transporting in a move for someone I know. I love dogs. Gets me every time.
Me: 31 | Husband: 32 Married: September 2014! TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
I'm an American expat who occasionally pretends to be Canadian to avoid being judged for the clusterf&%k that is current American politics. #notsorryeh
@crazypt2285 Yes! My H loves it though. One of his favorite things is a bacon swiss mushroom burger. They've just destroyed a good burger. It just tastes bad. I've tried really hard to like bacon, but it's gross. Sorry not sorry.
I agree with @ShadeofGreen816about Go Fund Me, except for when the expense is something for a funeral, catastrophic illness, etc. Even then, I have a hard time when it's set up by the recipient. Somehow it's more palatable to me if friends or family request help. Then it's people getting together to help someone in need, which is a lovely thing.
It reminds me of my FFFC (which would probably have fit in on UO Thursday as well): I hate when people ask for money for their honeymoon. A Facebook friend, who's wedding I won't be invited to anyway (but still!!) put up a link to ask for funds for specific things they are doing on their honeymoon: $X for river rafting, $X for a dinner cruise, etc. First, if I want to give money to the couple in lieu of a gift, I will put cash or a check in their wedding card. Second, they should book a honeymoon they're ready and willing to pay for. Third, I think it's great they're doing all this fun stuff, but somehow it feels like entitlement to show everyone and then ask them to fund it. Lastly, I just think it's kind of tacky...I can't think of a better word for it. Now I feel like Judgy McJudgerson, but I just can't help it.
On the flip side, I love wedding registries and always want lots of choices. I want to know that what I'm getting the couple is something they want and will use...and don't already have!
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
I don't like steak. Never have, never will. People say, oh you just haven't had a good one. Well, I've tried them from everywhere including top of the line places (Ruth's Chris) and still... I got nothing. I also hate baked potatoes. So when people say this is their favorite meal, I want to barf.
Me: 33 DH: 36 Together since 2007 Happily Ever After 4.30.2015 ~~One Beautiful Daughter~~ Born: 11.6.2017 Trying for #2!!
@ShadeofGreen816 I get that you don't like GoFundMe (I'm not a fan either), but to say you hope no one donates is pretty cruel. IVF sounds like their only chance to conceive and to wish someone can't conceive is shitty.
About me: TTC#1: October 2015 dx: PCOS & MFI IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP July 2016: Blighted Ovum IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN FET February 2017 ~BFN IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17 Team Blue X 2!
@aurora1974 I agree with everything you said. Especially about don't plan something you cannot afford, that's called financial intelligence. (Not counting education/surgeries/life etc as this. I'm talking about vacations/honeymoons/cars/etc)
After reading @beary67's comment, I have to amend my own...I personally don't wish for anyone not to receive help, and certainly don't wish anyone anything but their own BFP. You make a good point. What I think is hard for me is that the couple is asking for money for themselves, especially when there are financing options for IVF. As a last resort, I could see a friend or family member asking on their behalf, to get loved ones together to help as a gift.
I'm 42, so it's possible I could need IVF myself. I guess I can't imagine asking anyone else to fund that. We both have good careers, but it would be hard financially as IVF is very pricey. It will factor into our decision of whether to invest in that, or go another route. I think very few people can say that they can easily afford it.
Me: 45 OH: 42 Beloved SS: born 12/2011 TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016 **TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW** August 2016 - dx with DOR Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T May 2017 - began freezing sperm June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
@ShadeofGreen816 I get that you don't like GoFundMe (I'm not a fan either), but to say you hope no one donates is pretty cruel. IVF sounds like their only chance to conceive and to wish someone can't conceive is shitty.
I totally get that. Maybe it came out harsher than I intended. It just is very money-grabby to ask for $20,000. I 100% hope that they conceive. They've already started, so they've obviously found some way to finance it. I think its harder for me because they both went to the same (expensive) college I went to and talk a lot about how blessed they are not to have student loans. I do. Because I made a choice to do something expensive. And now I'm paying for it. So it just feels forced to me.
Agreed @beary67. I wouldn't personally do a GFM for anything. I have donated to a GFM page and I agree that I would/do only donate for funerals, illness etc, setup by family/friends. I'm not sure if I would donate to an IVF cause, I suppose it depended on my closeness to the couple. However I understand why, and I certainly would not hope no one donated to that specific fund. That is very cruel. Everyone who is on this TTC journey deserves to get their BFP. Regardless of what someone might think they do or do not deserve. And how they get to that means (legally of course lol).
PS. I apologize for my double screen name. I changed it literally a week and a half ago and apparently its decided to switch TODAY. SarahRN87 = shadeofgreen816
@ShadeofGreen816 - I'm with you 100% on GFM accounts. Every time DH and I have something happen where we'll be tight on money for a bit or we need to dip in to our savings accounts, my mum automatically jumps to "can I start you guys a GFM account?!" and it's just like.. no. Calm down. It's not the end of the world when we have to pay for our own emergencies. It's how life works. However, I also agree with @beary67 on saying that you hope no one donates. Do I really think that we should be throwing our personal lives out there and asking strangers for money for everything? No. Would I make a GFM account for IVF, personally? No. But, I wouldn't say that I hope no one donates to someone who did. I'll gladly say that for people who ask for money for a honeymoon or a road trip or something, but, not IVF.
My FFFC is that I roll my eyes at quite a few of the threads where everyone is jumping all over someone and using every little thing as an excuse to be snarky. I love snark. I snark things myself. Drive-bye's and just ridiculous people? Sure. Go for it. I'll love-tit the hell out of the responses. But freaking out because someone included one line that they shouldn't have and ignoring every other thing on the post? Come on. I agree that support must be given to be received and we have places for certain things, but I roll my eyes a lot when it seems like anything other than daily threads is snarked and shut down anymore.
@mrsdaddario and @beary67 I see exactly what you're saying. Maybe I am a terrible person. But maybe I should have been more clear. They're in the middle of the IVF process. So whether or not someone donates has no bearing on whether they conceive, just whether or not they pay for it themselves.
this is more of a holy shit i'm freaking out a bit moment but I have no one else I can tell!! today is my day off and I ran out to the store. before i went i took my PNV out of my purse and sat them on the hallway bench. i don't know why. anyway. while I was gone my inlaws came by and let themselves in because they were dropping stuff off. I knew they were coming and I forgot and now i'm freaking out that they maybe saw the vitamins. I really don't want them thinking I'm KU. especially since we don't even know if DH can anymore. blah. i feel so stupid.
I secretly despise two of the supervisors at work and everyone loves them. Every time I see them my skin crawls and I want to punch them but I have to play nice because they are technically my boss.
I also hate girls that can get KU with out even trying. Irritates me to no end. For example, one of DH's friends knocked his wife up on their honeymoon in August..WTF.
Me: 32 DH: 31
Married: July 14, 2007 TTC #1: January 2008 Surprise BFP: November 2009
one of my really good friends sometimes creeps me out. she giggles uncontrollably and has no filter and says things that are really inappropriate at times. But she's super sensitive and I feel like I can't tell her when she's out of line. she's also ridiculously loud. sometimes I tell her I have other plans to avoid going out cause I just feel like I can't handle it
My FFFC is that I absolutely hate working with a friend of mine. She is the most amazing person and I probably would never have met her if she didn't get hired here but she is 100% wrong for the position she is in. Her job requires a lot of attention to detail and the ability to work very quickly and accurately and that is just not the type of person that she is. I spend so much time fixing her mistakes and scratching my head and saying "WTF were you thinking" that it takes all the fun out of working with her.
I agree on honeymoon registries and gfm's- I was just brought up to believe that it is tacky to ask for money. So much so that I have the hardest time asking for even well deserved raises. That said I have been campaigning a GFM and some benefits for my cousin who has three kids and metastasized breast cancer. It's nice to be able to offer some form of support for something unfixable, I think that's human nature.
MY FFFC is that I'm ok being just a little fat. Being an endomorph, it is a lot of work to lose fat. I try to be healthy, get my heart rate up regularly, eat green things, not too much sugar etc. But as far as weight goes, I know I would look better 20lbs lighter, but I would have to seriously deprive myself of things that give me pleasure (alcohol, pasta, cheese, bread, treats) to do that and I quite frankly don't want to. I'd rather be a little chubby and happy than thin and deprived. Society can deal.
TTC #1 since September 2014 Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI
(count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low
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Loss History (TW):
BFP: 3 May 2015, loss confirmed 4 June 2015 BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015 BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015 BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018 BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
TTC History (TW):
3 losses in 2015 Met with OBGYN in January 2016 Me: all clear, H: OAT November 2016: HSG = All
Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt
#1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17 December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC) Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA) FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018 May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus" FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo. BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019 Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two! Lost Baby A 02 July 2018 Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018 Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
Next Up:
TTC Naturally, possibly IUIs for remainder of 2018. ER#2 ~Jan 2019
@mrsdaddario But did you punch them? I feel like we as a society should know by now that unless you see a baby crowning you don't assume pregnancy. And when TTC that is just so much worse, I'm sorry for butthead customers.
@mrsdaddario Your customer is an idiot! I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. I second @housewifehobbyist about don't ask unless you see a head crowning. People are so insensitive.
I should have read @housewifehobbyist 's post! She has the right idea!! I literally thought of a million things I should have said to her after the fact. Like, girl code bitch. Also, something about her face, because she clearly had a face lift. I think what really bothered me is that she laughed it off after I said I wasn't expecting. And she said "well it's ok, you're young and pretty!" Like that was supposed to make me feel better. I'm all of 5'2", I weigh 179lbs. When I got engaged in 2014 I weighed 202lbs. My heaviest ever, so I would say I've come pretty far! Not that I need to defend myself to you guys, because you're all the most decent strangers a girl could ever meet! Lol.
Re: FFFC*
- I was craving a latte this morning and the nearest takeout coffee shop is Dunkin.
- Today is the last day in our current office before we move downtown, so not a lot of folks are here
- I've given myself the past two weeks as "horrible eating habits a-go-go" time, knowing the food is much pricier in the Loop and I'll start bringing lunch and eating healthy again. Monday starts back into eating like a responsible adult.
Confession: I brought donuts in for the team with the full knowledge that they would not all get eaten in 1 go, meaning I'm going for seconds and possibly thirds. Also we're having pizza for lunch, which I will gorge myself on. #noshameMe: 28 & Partner: 32 | Married 2014
BFP 7/29 EDD 4/11
I want to put gifs in most of my posts.
I am way too lazy to search for gifs and put them in my posts.
on a Friday...
10/2/10
Me:29 H: 31
TTC#1: Aug 2015
https://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/5e3072
No one cares that it started in Rome or that I feel bacon has no connection with Americanism. I still had to look it up.
I'm in a waiting room and so are two moms each with a little baby. My back started hurting bad again today which could mean i would be benched for a few months. Not happy right now.
Me: 31 | Husband: 32
Married: September 2014!
TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
BFP #1 8/4/2015, MMC 9/24/2015
DD 2/13/2017
BFP #3 8/24/2017, MC 9/20/2017
BFP #4 11/14/2017, CP
BFP #5 1/5/2018, MC/BO 2/17/2018
BFP #6 7/15/2018, CP
BFP #7 12/15/2018, EDD 8/28/2019
I work with a couple - one in my unit and one in a unit close by. They are TTC and having trouble. They have recently moved on to IVF. Literally EVERY time you talk with them it is constant discussion of sperm counts and follicles and ovulation and hormones and injections... you get the idea. I truly feel for them. However my FFFC is that they started a GoFundMe account to finance their IVF, and I secretly hope that no one donates. GFMs are one of my LEAST FAVORITE THINGS EVER. I'm sorry that it's expensive and that they're having TTTC. HOWEVER, we all choose to spend our money on things. Not to mention, it's well known that their families are both very well-off (not that they have an obligation to give them anything) but can we all please stop begging each other for money?
ETA: I should have been more clear. They're in the middle of the IVF process. So whether or not someone donates has no bearing on whether they conceive, just whether or not they pay for it themselves.
Me:31 H:31
DX: MFI - 1% Morph
12/16 -IVF #1 - Antagonist Protocol w/ Lupron trigger
ER - 11 retrieved- 9 mature - 7 fertilized - 3 sent for PGS on day 5 - No normals (1 XXX Embryo - may use in future)
3/17 - IVF #2 - Antagonist Protocol w/ HCG trigger
ER- 13 retrieved - 11 mature - 8 fertilized - 2 sent for PGS on day 5 -2 Normal
FET #1 - 5/16/17 - BFP! - Beta #1 5/25 - 156 - Beta #2 5/30 - 2562 - Beta #3 6/1 - 5191!
Me: 31 | Husband: 32
Married: September 2014!
TTC #1: January 2016 BFP 5/16/16 Quinn Born 1/27/17
BFP #1 8/4/2015, MMC 9/24/2015
DD 2/13/2017
BFP #3 8/24/2017, MC 9/20/2017
BFP #4 11/14/2017, CP
BFP #5 1/5/2018, MC/BO 2/17/2018
BFP #6 7/15/2018, CP
BFP #7 12/15/2018, EDD 8/28/2019
It reminds me of my FFFC (which would probably have fit in on UO Thursday as well): I hate when people ask for money for their honeymoon. A Facebook friend, who's wedding I won't be invited to anyway (but still!!) put up a link to ask for funds for specific things they are doing on their honeymoon: $X for river rafting, $X for a dinner cruise, etc. First, if I want to give money to the couple in lieu of a gift, I will put cash or a check in their wedding card. Second, they should book a honeymoon they're ready and willing to pay for. Third, I think it's great they're doing all this fun stuff, but somehow it feels like entitlement to show everyone and then ask them to fund it. Lastly, I just think it's kind of tacky...I can't think of a better word for it. Now I feel like Judgy McJudgerson, but I just can't help it.
On the flip side, I love wedding registries and always want lots of choices. I want to know that what I'm getting the couple is something they want and will use...and don't already have!
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
People say, oh you just haven't had a good one.
Well, I've tried them from everywhere including top of the line places (Ruth's Chris) and still... I got nothing.
I also hate baked potatoes. So when people say this is their favorite meal, I want to barf.
DH: 36
Together since 2007
Happily Ever After 4.30.2015
~~One Beautiful Daughter~~ Born: 11.6.2017
Trying for #2!!
TTC#1: October 2015
dx: PCOS & MFI
IUI #1 w/Femara + Ovidrel June 2016 ~ BFP
July 2016: Blighted Ovum
IUI #2 w/Femara + Ovidrel September 2016 ~BFN
IUI #3 w/Femara + Ovidrel October 2016 ~BFN
IUI #4 w/Femara + Ovidrel November 2016 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI January 2017 ~BFN
FET February 2017 ~BFN
IVF with ICSI March 2017 ~BFP--Twins Due 12/8/17
Team Blue X 2!
DH: 36
Together since 2007
Happily Ever After 4.30.2015
~~One Beautiful Daughter~~ Born: 11.6.2017
Trying for #2!!
I'm 42, so it's possible I could need IVF myself. I guess I can't imagine asking anyone else to fund that. We both have good careers, but it would be hard financially as IVF is very pricey. It will factor into our decision of whether to invest in that, or go another route. I think very few people can say that they can easily afford it.
Beloved SS: born 12/2011
TTC my bio #1/our #2 since January 2016
**TW** June 2016 had CP **end TW**
August 2016 - dx with DOR
Somewhere in here received recommendation to do IVF with donor eggs, elected not to; OH dx with Low T
May 2017 - began freezing sperm
June 2017 - OH began treatment for Low T
July 2017 - began doing 1 IUI via a midwife and 1 at home insemination each cycle
http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/6259ba
July 2018 - exhausted frozen sperm, officially NTNP since OH is probably shooting blanks
SarahRN87 = shadeofgreen816
However, I also agree with @beary67 on saying that you hope no one donates. Do I really think that we should be throwing our personal lives out there and asking strangers for money for everything? No. Would I make a GFM account for IVF, personally? No. But, I wouldn't say that I hope no one donates to someone who did. I'll gladly say that for people who ask for money for a honeymoon or a road trip or something, but, not IVF.
My FFFC is that I roll my eyes at quite a few of the threads where everyone is jumping all over someone and using every little thing as an excuse to be snarky. I love snark. I snark things myself. Drive-bye's and just ridiculous people? Sure. Go for it. I'll love-tit the hell out of the responses. But freaking out because someone included one line that they shouldn't have and ignoring every other thing on the post? Come on. I agree that support must be given to be received and we have places for certain things, but I roll my eyes a lot when it seems like anything other than daily threads is snarked and shut down anymore.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
I see exactly what you're saying. Maybe I am a terrible person. But maybe I should have been more clear. They're in the middle of the IVF process. So whether or not someone donates has no bearing on whether they conceive, just whether or not they pay for it themselves.
Me: 37
DH: 36
Married: 08-25-07
DS: 11-20-09
Name change alert: Formerly Lisswastaken
I also hate girls that can get KU with out even trying. Irritates me to no end. For example, one of DH's friends knocked his wife up on their honeymoon in August..WTF.
Me: 32 DH: 31
TTC #1: January 2008
Surprise BFP: November 2009
CP: September 2016
Me: 37
DH: 36
Married: 08-25-07
DS: 11-20-09
Name change alert: Formerly Lisswastaken
My FFFC is that I absolutely hate working with a friend of mine. She is the most amazing person and I probably would never have met her if she didn't get hired here but she is 100% wrong for the position she is in. Her job requires a lot of attention to detail and the ability to work very quickly and accurately and that is just not the type of person that she is. I spend so much time fixing her mistakes and scratching my head and saying "WTF were you thinking" that it takes all the fun out of working with her.
Me: 26 Hubs: 28
Married: 6/6/15
Baby Girl: 3/22/2017
MY FFFC is that I'm ok being just a little fat. Being an endomorph, it is a lot of work to lose fat. I try to be healthy, get my heart rate up regularly, eat green things, not too much sugar etc. But as far as weight goes, I know I would look better 20lbs lighter, but I would have to seriously deprive myself of things that give me pleasure (alcohol, pasta, cheese, bread, treats) to do that and I quite frankly don't want to. I'd rather be a little chubby and happy than thin and deprived. Society can deal.
Diagnoses: RPL, Endometriosis, MFI (count, morph, DNI, DNAS, multiple bilateral subclinical varicoceles), low progesterone
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BFP: 15 August 2015, loss confirmed 23 August 2015
BFP: 16 November 2015, loss confirmed 22 November 2015
BFP: 18 July 2016, loss confirmed same day
BFP: 04 March 2018, loss confirmed 23 March 2018
BFP: 12 June 2018, TWINS; D&C 06 July 2018
Met with OBGYN in January 2016
Me: all clear, H: OAT
November 2016: HSG = All Clear!
January 2017: H tested again, High DNA fragmentation and stainability
February 2017: Clomid + TI + Progesterone = BFN
March 2017: Clomid + HCG + IUI + Progesterone = SA/wash: zero count on attempt #1, <1,000 on attempt #2= BFN
Varicocele Embolization- 5 May 17
December 2017 SA: Zero improvement after embolization
January IVF- 25 retrieved, 11 mature, 8 fertilized, 3 frozen day fives (3AA, 3AA, 3AA), 1 frozen day 6 (5BB), 1 frozen day 7 (3CC)
Three PGS normal (3AA, 3AA, 5BB), one inconclusive (3AA)
FET #1: 27 February 2018, 3AA & 5BB, one stuck! BFP 04 March 2018.... Loss confirmed 23 March 2018
May 2018: SHG/SIS = all clear "beautiful uterus"
FET #2: 04 June 2018, 3AA PGS normal embryo, 3AA PGS hatching inconclusive embryo.
BFP: 12 June 2018, EDD 20 February 2019
Ultrasound, 25 June 2018: There are two!
Lost Baby A 02 July 2018
Baby B not growing, D&C 06 July 2018
Laparoscopy, hysteroscopy, chromotubation: 23 July 2018: blocked right tube, heavily inflamed, covered in endo. Removed right tube. Removed more endo from uterus, tubes, ovaries. Endo remains on bladder and bowel.
ER#2 ~Jan 2019
Me: 37
DH: 36
Married: 08-25-07
DS: 11-20-09
Name change alert: Formerly Lisswastaken
DH: 36
Together since 2007
Happily Ever After 4.30.2015
~~One Beautiful Daughter~~ Born: 11.6.2017
Trying for #2!!
Me: 32 | DH: 36
Married June 2005
1/2016 - TTC#1
4/2017 - Initial RE visit, Dx: Severe MFI (Varicocele, 14% motility, 3% progression, but normal count)
7/2017 - Stage 3 endometriosis discovered during laparoscopic removal of ovarian cyst
9/27/2017 - BFP at 10dpo (cycle 22), baby boy due June 9, 2018
Me: 28 | DH: 31
Together since 2006 | Married May 2015
TTC #1 since November 2015
BFP 5/17/16 | EDD 1/27/17 | Born 2/4/17