Posts by darthtunaqueen

Erin, I'm sorry about your BFN.  :(  Huge bummer.  Next time, right???   Hopeful, I know what you mean about needing a break!  I hope you have a lovely break and are ready to get back on the horse after...

purplerose, be careful about the boundary in between protecting and taking away experiences.  Yes it's infuriating to have your family say nasty things (if that even happens!), but THE MOST IMPORTANT part is that you love her...

Amanda, thank you SO MUCH for this info!!!!!  A lot of "older" prems (33-37 weeks) go home before they're "normal baby size" and we have to adapt things like car seats for them, but I've never found good info on baby wearing...

Carmen, we don't know yet!!  DW is waiting to have her test done, she doesn't want to look at donors until we know we can actually start picking them.  Genesis has a shortlist of banks they use, and there's one bank that they...

Will they let you hold him in a carrier (like a Moby wrap) yet?  I know several people who have used Moby wraps with premies, but I know that he is very small and hooked up to lots of tubes and wires.   No, not when he's...

Dandy, I don't think any of us are worried about your lack of personals!  Being a NICU mama is incredibly gruelling.  Fantastic job with the pumping!!  Sending Adair lots of good thoughts, prayers and energy about lung...

Erin, often OBGYNs forget how much sperm costs.  TCOYF says 4 tries (through "conventional" methods) of really well timed rounds should be enough to get pregnant.  We're gonna start IUIs and go through a clinic, but we did a...

Your vitamins are most likely fine.  Pills and capsules are pretty shelf stable, and most liquids are.  Since you're going to finish them off in a month ish, you'll be fine.  You just may not get the same potency as...

Ooohhh can I ever chime in about the importance of getting a count, motility and morphology done PRIOR to insemination.  On BOTH ends (the TTC and the post "oh hey our baby has this incredibly rare chromosomal defect that is so...

Bethy, have you SEEN what our current government is doing????  Maybe you don't want to come up here.  We are not without the religious wing nuts, corporate greedy bastards and currently horribly shitty shitty politicians who...