Tag-A-Member

[gratefulgirl]

Let's tag some members who we haven't seen in a while and see if they'll come check in and play. Feel free to tag anyone you want to hear an update from. If you aren't tagged but want to update, go ahead.

I'll start! misshart00

[bocaburger]

NariaDreaming :-)

[NariaDreaming]

Thanks for the tag Boca. It's bittersweet. I lurk in her to see your littles, but this time of year has been hard.

For those who haven't stalked my ute since I left

BFP in May with twins, EDD of 1/20/17, lost at the end of May

Lost my job in August, so focusing on TCF, and kinda making it

BFP in September with an EDD of 5/15/17. Lost on 10/4. D&C and genetic testing revealed our son had Trisomy 16. The timeline of our loss was very similar to our loss of our August angel, so at that point we decided we were done with our own gametes.

Mid-October, Ampaints and I officially moved on with pursuing her donation of 8 blastocysts to DH and I. After a whirlwind process and a cross country FedEx delivery of our snowflakes, we transferred one highly graded blast on 12/14.

And as of today I'm pregnant, but if we base things solely on the peesticks, things don't look so great. I've been testing faint positives since Sunday (4dp5dt/9dpo) and the lines haven't gotten much darker. Just got back from my beta (7dp5dt/12dpo) and praying for a number over 40. EDD is 9/1, the day before our anniversary.

I also have seemingly lost my mind because I picked up a GRE review guide, and I'm looking at applying to PhD programs in cellular & molecular biology with the end goal of a post-doc in developmental and reproductive biology. Aka I want to be an embryologist. There is a PhD program 5 miles from my home that is fully funded. And I won't be doing a program unless they're paying me to be there, so hoping and praying the stars align.

[steph]

NariaDreaming praying for you guys. Hopefully 2017 will be an amazing year for you.

[steph]

twinkie0612 come back!!!

[NariaDreaming]

Dec 21, 2016 10:21:29 GMT -5 steph said:

twinkie0612 come back!!!

I'll go pester her off-board. I know she's got a lot on her plate right now

[steph]

Dec 21, 2016 10:30:00 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Dec 21, 2016 10:21:29 GMT -5 steph said:

twinkie0612 come back!!!

I'll go pester her off-board. I know she's got a lot on her plate right now

Thanks! Last time she was here was months and months ago and I often worry about her and her babe. Hope everything is okay!

[NariaDreaming]

Dec 21, 2016 10:36:17 GMT -5 steph said:

Dec 21, 2016 10:30:00 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

I'll go pester her off-board. I know she's got a lot on her plate right now

Thanks! Last time she was here was months and months ago and I often worry about her and her babe. Hope everything is okay!

I told her to get herself over here, but Little Miss A is as cute as a button

[Rama]

kam3100?

[kam3100]

Dec 21, 2016 11:06:42 GMT -5 Rama said:

kam3100?

HI! I'm here. I'm more of a lurker than anything. Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of finding out that the pregnancy wasn't going to progress. It is sucky.

Other than that I'm doing okay! My 2.5 year old is keeping me sooooo busy.

For the record I stalk you Rama at times but I'm not on any boards you are so it would be awkward to comment lol

[joy]

Dec 21, 2016 8:52:38 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

I also have seemingly lost my mind because I picked up a GRE review guide, and I'm looking at applying to PhD programs in cellular & molecular biology with the end goal of a post-doc in developmental and reproductive biology. Aka I want to be an embryologist. There is a PhD program 5 miles from my home that is fully funded. And I won't be doing a program unless they're paying me to be there, so hoping and praying the stars align.

SCIENCE!

If you want any insight on graduate school in the hard sciences, let me know.  I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry, post-doc'd for five years and have now aged up to a staff scientist position. 

[joy]

Rama - update us on your fabulous self.

[NariaDreaming]

Dec 21, 2016 11:38:12 GMT -5 joy said:

Dec 21, 2016 8:52:38 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

I also have seemingly lost my mind because I picked up a GRE review guide, and I'm looking at applying to PhD programs in cellular & molecular biology with the end goal of a post-doc in developmental and reproductive biology. Aka I want to be an embryologist. There is a PhD program 5 miles from my home that is fully funded. And I won't be doing a program unless they're paying me to be there, so hoping and praying the stars align.

SCIENCE!

If you want any insight on graduate school in the hard sciences, let me know.  I have a Ph.D. in Chemistry, post-doc'd for five years and have now aged up to a staff scientist position. 

I've taken a handful of grad-level CMB classes, back before I changed my life plans. I enjoyed them so much more than my undergrad science classes, if I could have just skipped the undergrad part and gone straight into a masters/combined program I probably wouldn't have bailed on my original degree, LOL.

I'm probably the only person that holds a degree in public administration who has dissected a human cadaver

[steph]

Dec 21, 2016 10:41:41 GMT -5 NariaDreaming said:

Dec 21, 2016 10:36:17 GMT -5 steph said:

Thanks! Last time she was here was months and months ago and I often worry about her and her babe. Hope everything is okay!

I told her to get herself over here, but Little Miss A is as cute as a button

I'm so happy to hear this!!!!

[Rama]

Dec 21, 2016 11:39:02 GMT -5 joy said:

Rama - update us on your fabulous self.

I'm just living life all normal and junk. :)

Did I talk about getting a new car in August because MrRama got into a bad car accident? Because that happened. We have a 2014 Subaru Legacy and we're *still* not quite used to having such a nice car. It feels a little like a rental we've had for months, hahaha.

I'm casually trying to teach myself Korean, too. Languages are my hobby, but I'm only fluent in English. I'm [stiltedly] conversational in ASL and can pick out enough words in Japanese I can sometimes piece together what's going on. I recognize Tagalog and Korean, but don't know those languages yet.

What else...I went to Disney World in late October, when the TCF meetup was supposed to happen, and had a blast. I love Disney A LOT.

Uh...yeah, I think that's pretty much all the excitement I've got in the past several months. Lately, with Trooper's loss anniversary coming up, I've been pretty morose and distracted. The closer to Christmas I get, the less I can focus and enjoy the season. I also just found out my cousin is pregnant again yesterday and have had my first ever dose of conflicted "woe is me" feels. So, that's been interesting and annoying to deal with. I don't like feeling this way. It's adding to my grumpiness.

[bocaburger]

NariaDreaming I LOVE that you want to be an embryologist! What a beautiful way to use this crappy life experience.

[bocaburger]

hrushka
theophania
ameliabird

How is everyone? Haven't heard from you in a while!

[ameliabird]

Jan 19, 2017 0:57:49 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

hrushka
theophania
ameliabird

How is everyone? Haven't heard from you in a while!

Hello!
Life with 2 has proven busy so I only come and lurk here every once and awhile. I'm sorry I haven't been around I'll try better
Here's a pic of my chunk who's the size of a 6 month old

[pbandjelly]

kokopelli
How are you doing these days?

[hrushka]

Jan 19, 2017 0:57:49 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

hrushka
theophania
ameliabird

How is everyone? Haven't heard from you in a while!

Hi mamas! I updated on SAIF, but basically I've been MIA due to:
- work
- kid
- trying to watch all eleventy thousand episodes of Gilmore Girls (check!)

I've been lurking a little more lately, and will try to chime in - but I'm usually on tapatalk, which isn't the easiest for typing well thought out responses.

Kid pic, PDQ:

[bocaburger]

shehulk723

[shehulk723]

Jan 26, 2017 17:25:43 GMT -5 bocaburger said:

shehulk723

Hi! I'm here! The tapatalk app quit working for me for awhile and I've been crazy busy with two kids, work and going back to school. We've been doing good. My oldest turned two a week ago!



Keira is 5 months now and has started getting up on all fours to launch herself forward haha.



I just uninstalled and reinstalled the app and it seems to be working so far, so hopefully I can check in more often now!