Posts by darthtunaqueen

We did one year and 10 failed cycles before finding out DW has a massive cyst thing that needs to be surgically removed, and that our KD had a 100% abnormal sperm morphology. I was so pissed. We're on a long break now (DW is going back...

Carmen, you can always ask for freezer meals in place of presents. I will be available for breastfeeding help!

Darcy, the $3,000 is the deposit. They put it towards your fees, and we can roll it forward through children, and if by some miracle we get 2 positives after a first try, then they'll give us the remainder of the money back. Lea, bummer...

Oh no, Max!!  That is so unbelievably heartbreaking, I'm so so so sorry!!  :( :(  Big hugs to you and your DP.

I'm always lurking, but I love QOTD so I'm going to chime in.  I'm a NICU RN, so homebirth is OUT (even though it's safer in low risk pregnancies!!  I see too many scary things!).  We live outside of the "catchmen" area...

Ida, meh... I used to teach swim lessons and I find now that floating things on the baby impede my ability to feel that I've got a hold on them, or impede my ability to help them learn to feel safe in the water. If you are comfortable in...

Sara/Seraf, what a load of crap they fed you. You absolutely do not retract to get a catheter in. And a bag is perfectly fine, we use them all the time in NICU. If we're really concerned we do an in and out catheter (ie if the dipstick...

Sphinxy and the inseminators sounds like a death metal band. ^_^

A really really great resource is the Standford Hand Expression video. It was developed as a test project for NICU mamas who were taught to hand express AND pump to get and keep an excellent milk supply (and it works!). The video is...

E2W, I'm sorry my comment came off that way. I grew up Christian (baptist) and my youth group used to recognize most of the Jewish holidays (which, I now find very interesting considering how restrictive some parts of the baptist church...