Group Introduction Thread!

[kh826]

Hi Everyone,

Whether you are new around here, or you have been hanging out for a while, let's use this space as a thread for some updated group intros. It's been about 6 months since we did a group intro thread here, and those intros seem woefully out of date for a lot of us (yay for new pregnancies, new babies, and other life events since then!).

So please feel free to intro yourself to the group here!

Some suggestions of things to include, if you need ideas:

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)

* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?

* What do you do for a living?

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?

* A fun fact or two about YOU!

Thanks for playing!

KH

[kh826]

I will start us off...

I am K and my wife is J. We met in college (in a sociology class) and have been together for 11 years. We got married in August 2012, so we are coming up on 3.5 years of marriage. We have a puppy dog named Reese - she is a Pomeranian terrier mix. She is 6 (almost 7!) years old, but still looks and acts like a puppy, so that is how we often refer to her. We also have an 18 month old son named William who is more amazing than I ever imagined possible (I know, I know, I'm obnoxious... but I am unapologetically obsessed with my kid!). I carried William, and we conceived via a fresh IVF cycle following 5 failed IUI cycles.

We are currently 33w2d pregnant with baby No. 2 (who we have affectionately nick-named Dosey for the time being). I am carrying again. Dosey was conceived via FET using a frozen embryo from the fresh cycle that brought us William. EDD is January 22nd, and we are team green this time!

We have 9 embryos remaining in the freezer!

J is a SAHM, and I work a corporate job in the pharmaceutical industry. We live in Philadelphia, and we own a small 200 year old historical home that we have totally rehabbed in the last 6 years since we have lived there. We hope to move at some point after baby #2, but before baby #3 (hopefully in 2016 if the right house comes along and we can swing it financially!).

We would ideally like to have 3-4 kiddos in total. I will likely carry them all with our remaining frozen embryos, unless circumstances change.

A few random things about me:
* I overthink everything.
* I am loyal to a fault.
* I have had a bit of a tough year -- I lost my younger brother and my father (with whom I had a strained and difficult relationship) 4 months apart to the day this year.
* I can be outspoken (also to a fault, at times).
* I am my own harshest critic.
* I like to cook, but I HATE to clean!

Can't wait to learn some new things about some of our old & new friends here! Yay community building!

[kekaellypula]

I'm Kerri and my wife is Kass. We have been together a little over 5 years now. Been married for a little over 3 months. I'm 10 years older than her. She robbed the nursing home with me. She recently joined the Air Force so right now we are separated due to military/government obligations. We are TTC#1. I'm attempting to carry since I'm old and my insurance covers most of it. If it doesn't work for me then it will be her turn, after I mourn my lack of fertility. We live in upstate NY for right now. That will be changing within the next 6 months. I work as a commercial estimator for a local general contractor. It's fulfilling when I win and have jobs to bid. I like being busy. It bites when I'm sitting at work for 9.5 hrs trying to look like I'm doing something (been doing this for a few months). We have 2 dogs. Rott/Lab Mix and Aussie Shep/Lab Mix. The Aussie is in love with Kass and when they reunite I will have the camera ready to record! Once we find out where we will be stationed we plan on starting the foster/adoption route as well as trying to procreate.

[rikkiandjulie]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
* What do you do for a living?
* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
* A fun fact or two about YOU!

My name is Rikki, and my wife's name is Julie. We have been together for 10 years this month, and married for 7. We met at a gay youth group in High School, I was 15 her 18.

We currently live in Iowa City, Iowa. A really awesome liberal college town, that we both grew up in. However, we have lived in several major cities Portland, Sacramento, Denver and Kansas City. We keep coming back home though, and are excited to raise a family here.

I manage a Caribou Coffee store, I LOVE my job. I love who works for me, I love my boss, and I love our company. Julie works in IT for the county, she also loves her job, and the public service student loan forgiveness that comes with it in 10 years is an added perk. She also has great insurance.

TTC wise Julie had 5 failed IUI using donor sperm, they were all medicated in some way. I just had my first IUI using donor sperm on 12/2. It's the same donor she had used, as we had bought 7 viles. I am very cautiously optimistic, even though I know the odds are slim for a first cycle baby.

We have three dogs all named after the ninja turtles- 2 Maltese and a lab/chihuahua mix. They are Leo, Raphael, and April. We are OBSESSED with them.

Fun facts - I LOVE to cook, and hate cleaning. I work all the time, but never feels like work. I love to see, and embroider.

[iggy]

I'm Iggy, and my wife is Lola. We met in 2006 when we were both post-grad students in university. We started dating in 2008, and got married in 2012, our 3 year anniversary was on Saturday. We have two pets; 'my' 10 year old Jack Russell named Freya, who still acts like a 8 month old puppy and a 2 year old cat named Loki, who is currently in love with our Christmas tree.

At the moment, we are currently trying to find the perfect sperm donor so that we can start TTC, but its much harder than we anticipated. We think we would like 2 or 3 children, and I would be carrying them all, unless I cannot.

At the moment, we live in Toronto, but I'm originally from Amsterdam, and my wife is from York, in England. We intend to move back to the Netherlands in the summer, though in all honesty, I would love to raise a child here if our families were closer.

My wife and I are both engineers; she works in renewable energy, I work in aerospace.

Fun facts:
- I am a bit of a mythology geek, hence the pets' names
- I joined the Royal Netherlands Air Force when I was 18, against the advice of everyone I knew, and it was definitely one of the best decisions I've ever made.

[jgy]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
JGY is good. It's been my screen name forever.

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
My wife is S. We have been together officially for 11 years (on and off before that) and married for 5.
We currently have 1 cat and 1 dog. The cat is really a lot like a dog in many ways, and he's awesome. The dog is hugely challenging; aggressive and territorial and VERY active and naughty. But he's ours and we love him and he's pretty fantastic with the kids.
We have 2 sons (really the house is just overflowing with testosterone now). Big G is closing in on 3 years old in March. Little g is about 3 1/2 months right now (December).
* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
We live in a big metro area in the upper midwest. We have a house in a somewhat-challenged urban neighborhood. We love the diversity and the community activism. We hate the crime.

* What do you do for a living?
I work a corporate job for a healthcare company (we own hospitals and clinics). S is a sports coach at the local university. We are both former rugby players (among other sports).

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
We are done building and on to living! Parenting is everything we ever thought it would be; intensely challenging, but also amazingly rewarding at the same time.
We conceived both boys via unmedicated and unmonitored IUI. We used the same donor, and worked with an RE. I had a myomectomy (fibroid removal) in between beginning TTC, and conceiving our first. I had Leuteal Phase Defect, and took progesterone after ovulation for that. I carried both kiddos.

* A fun fact or two about YOU!
Ugh, these are always hard to come up with. Let's see:
*I grew up on the East Coast and I'm still there in my heart
*I always swore I would be a young Mom, but instead I was almost 40 when I had my first, and over 40 for my second
*Like PP, I love to cook and hate to clean
*I once got my nostril ripped in half during a rugby game
*Every winter I sing in a choir that raises money and awareness for a variety of charitable organizations

That's what I've got for now ... maybe I'll come back and add more things later

[ionaerebor]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
ionaerebor is fine, or just Iona
* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
I'm a single mum to my gorgeous, amazing 4 day old daughter, Ailsa, but right now its just the two of us.
* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
I live in Stockholm, Sweden
* What do you do for a living?
I'm an engineer, but I'm on Maternity leave for now.
* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
Right now I'm just parenting. I would have loved to have 3 kids, but I don't think that's really feesable for me as a single mum. I would ideally like to have a second child in about 5 years though, single or otherwise.

[esquette]

Hi! I'm Esquette! (It's a variation on my name. I made up the spelling. More words should have Q's in them.) My partner of almost 10 years will be referred to as Sweetie. She identifies as trans, but doesn't currently want to pursue the FTM process. We had a wedding a little over a year ago and we are both 28. We are trying for our first kiddo, and as of this writing are currently a little bit pregnant.

We have two fluffs (those are cats, for the uninitiated). One is a 16 year old orange tabby named Sissy, who is a lovebug that just wants to be in our laps all the time. The other is a 11 year old flame-point Himalayan with big blue eyes named Millie. She's a grumper, but she has the loudest purr I've ever heard.

We live in Colorado, in a decent sized apartment. We'd love to buy a house, but it's a tough market for buyers around here.

I am a high school special education teacher. Highlight of my day: while on a walk, two of my students stepped in fresh cement. We had to wash their shoes with a hose then run them through the dryer. It was pretty funny. Sweetie is a grad student, getting her PhD in Science!

Fun facts:
- I had a tumor the size of a basketball on my right ovary! It's gone now.
- I have a degree in Economics.
- My favorite color is purple.
- In college I had a buzz cut and an eyebrow piercing. SO GAY. :-)
- I love to watch junk TV: Friends, Scrubs, How I Met Your Mother, New Girl, etc. I don't like to watch series finales though. Too hard to say goodbye.

Yay new people!!

[kona]

You can call me Kona (it's actually our dogs name

My wife is M, we have been together for 14 years, married for 11 years and legally in NY for 1.5 years.

We live in upstate NY. I would move in a second though.

I'm a physical therapist.

We have one daughter O and one on the way.

I am super athletic and competitive to a fault.
My guilty pleasure is watching HGTV endlessly, which has stopped for the last year since having O and canceling cable.
My dream is to build a house, we even have plans, just lacking the funds. I keep hoping one day.

[2brides]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
2brides or A

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
L (wife) and I have been together almost 16 years (had a wedding ceremony 13y ago - before it was legal anywhere.) We originally met 23 years ago as acquaintances with mutual friends (L was working at the university and I was a freshman (there is a 12.5y age difference between us)), went our separate ways, and re-met through one of those mutual friends 8 years later and started dating. We have fraternal twin boys (G and C) who are 9.5 years old and in 4th grade (it took 2 ICI cycles and 9 IUI cycles to conceive them - though that seems like eons ago.) We have two 14 year old cats.

* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
DC Metro area

* What do you do for a living?
I am a Social Worker and L works in the corporate world.

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
Full on parenting. We wanted 2 kids, got a 2 for 1 deal, and we are done!

* A fun fact or two about YOU!
I adore Broadway musicals.

[karlamo]

It's nice to read everyone's intro.

My wife and I have been together for 12 years and married for 7. We met right after college when we both moved to DC to volunteer with Americorps. She is highly active on R's BMB not so much here but she does lurk I believe.

We have 2 boys; R who is 22months and L who is 3 months. My wife carried R via reciprocal IVF after 12 IUI's and 2 failed IVF cycles dx her with DOR. I carried L using one of the frozen embryos we have. We have 4 embryos left but have no plans to have anymore children. We are still paying storage just in case we change our minds.

We live in Mass but are undecided as to where we want to raise our boys. My wife is from Chicago and her family live in the Midwest so that's on the table. At the very least we plan to be in Mass for another 4 years. I work as an ASL Interpreter 3 days a week and stay at home with the boys 3 days. The Mrs. works in philanthropy.


Fun Facts: I'm a runner and I love doing road races. I've run about 10 half marathons, a full marathon, and a sprint triathlon. I plan on running my first PP half in the Spring. My wife and I both love to travel. After we had been dating for a year she surprised me with a trip to Paris. We've been globe trotting ever since:)

[JustJudy]

Great idea! I'm newer around these parts.

You can call me Judy, it's not my name but I don't plan on changing screen names any time soon. My wife is also a J, which I've discovered is a popular initial on this board!

We've been together for 10 1/2 years, we met in college and got married at the courthouse in CA while it was legal for 6 months in 2009. However, we consider May 2010 our anniversary because that's when we had our dream wedding with 150 friends and family. It was such a great party! We're trying for baby #1 and I'll be carrying.

We currently live in Portland OR and have been here for almost 7 years. Just this month we discovered my mom is sick with a terminal cancer so we've made the decision to temporarily move back to SoCal to be with my family. Right now the plan is to come back in a few years, I want to raise our future family here in OR, but need to be near my mom right now.

I'm a Realtor. Right now I'm in the process of figuring out what I'll do in CA. I'll likely get my license down there as well and be someone's assistant or buyer's agent.

A fun fact or two about YOU!
Hmm.
My junior and senior years of high school I went to a HS of the Arts. It really was like Fame with people dancing and signing in the halls and classes.
My sister and I were both conceived via IUI. So my mom is really great about this whole TTC process!

[crazyaunt84]

I'm A, my wife is C. I started off over on TB as crazyaunt because my niece had just arrived, and I was constantly being teased that I'd be the crazy influence in her life. I'm proud to say that I am. She's almost 23 months old now, and of her 3 aunts I'm certain I'm her favorite.

C and I met in 2006, started dating in 2007, and got married in 2012. We've got a cozy little spot in Upstate NY (I'm actually surprised at how many of us are in Upstate NY...I thought I was the only one!) and we have a small contracting business that we own and operate together. We've got 4 cats - I adore them, C can't stand them (or so she says). I brought 2 into the relationship, she brought 1, and the 4th kitty found us on her own about a year ago and refused to leave.

We started TTC in Feb 2014. We did 4 ICIs, 5 IUIs (the 5th IUI was cancelled mid-cycle because our donor sold out and we couldn't pick a new one in time) and one IVF fresh transfer all unsuccessfully. We hit the jackpot with our first IVF frozen transfer, and we're currently expecting twins.

Hmm...fun facts...

I have a bachelors degree in music. Turns out those are pretty near useless (not music education...so I can't teach). I went back to school a few years ago and got a second bachelors in Business. Much more useful. I have done some fun musical stuff though, including singing in some bands, choirs, etc.

C and I are 19 years apart in age. It seems like a big gap, but honestly it never comes up and our families and friends don't seem to notice anymore either.

[dannigirl]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
I'm Danni and my wife is Jo.

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
It's just Jo, myself and our pup. We've been together over 8 years and married over 4 now.

* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
We live in Alberta Canada

* What do you do for a living?
We are both in the military. Jo's actually overseas right now.

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
*** Poss trigger ***
We are hopping back on the baby making train after another small break. Our little girl was stillborn at 5 months, a year ago on 10 Dec, and we took what we thought was enough time off before trying again, but 3 IUI's later we are still not pregnant and are about to purchase vials from a new donor as ours retired.

Jo is going to be home for a few weeks in Jan, which is perfect timing for my cycle. So we plan to have our first IUI with the new donor at that time. Femara, trigger and hopefully progesterone will be the protocol.

I promise if Jan doesn't work for us, I will stick around. I always shut down and get offline when we take a break, especially Facebook. It's so hard seeing all the baby pictures when you're not in a good place. And since losing our little girl, it's been hard to stay positive sometimes, but getting offline tends to help. I can work on myself at that point and not obsess with others.

* A fun fact or two about YOU!
Oh boy... I'm a planner.. And a 'researcher'
I'm almost always reading about something. Like right now I'm reading as much as I can about vitamin D deficiency and what that means to fertility and depression. I've always been like that, if I hear about something I don't know much about, I will read as much as I can about it. Drives Jo nuts sometimes. lol

[wittyandwaiting]

Thanks for getting this started kh826!

I'm Witty. My partner, C, and I have been together for just over a decade and jumped into co-parenting quite quickly since I (we) also have a wonderful 14 year old son. Right now we are expecting a little lady who is due in March and we are not sure what the future hold in terms of TTC; we have one vial remaining of our donor and there are not expected to be more, we conceived this baby on our 8th try and we keep talking about doing what we call "a roulette round" with that final vial but we'll see what happens.

We live in Canada, close to Toronto and I work in the public service sector, with a focus on economic development; my background is in Social Work which is only loosely related to my current work.

Fun facts and Randoms:
Although gay marriage has legal here for our whole relationship, we won't get married until we are done building our family because we want all of our children to be part of our wedding day.

I looooove funfetti cakes which is both awesome and sad because they are not available in Canada. I manage to get them a few times a year so maybe that's a good thing.

I talk a lot, and sometimes very fast.

I almost never actually type on this board; I use Siri or some other voice to text.

Like @suesposa, I love facts too. I'm a total fact collector.

[firstcomeslove2013]

* What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
I'm A, my spouse is C and my kiddo is H.

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
C and I met in 2007, started dating in 2009, got married in 2012 and again in 2013! We have 2 old and grumpy dogs. When we started adding our children, I had 5 IUIs with no success. We reluctantly switched to C as a carrier (C was not planning on carrying). C had 6 IUIs which included one miscarriage and one take chime babe!

* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing?
We live in Columbus, OH. We bought our first home last October and we will be here forever, I'm never moving again because I hate it!

* What do you do for a living?
I am the Director of Sales for a Laundry company and I am so grateful that I get to work from home. C is a year round Camp Director.

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)
We are parenting up a storm and in the process of beginning to TTC #2.

* A fun fact or two about YOU!

I don't know how fun these are but here goes:
- I have a degree in recreation but now I work in laundry...not anything I thought I would be doing with my life in a million years.
- I recently lost about 60 pounds
- My spouse is transgender and will begin transitioning in January
- I LOVE scary movies

[healz413]

What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.)
I'm Healz. My partner is manada. She used to be a regular but isn't on much anymore.

* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
We will have been together for 5 years in February and have been married for 2.5 years. We have an almost 4 month old daughter El.lis who was born in August 2015. We also have twin daughters Tav.in and Cas.ey who were born prematurely and passed away June 18, 2014.

* Where do you live, if you feel comfy sharing? Toronto

* What do you do for a living?
I work for a non-profit organization that works on feminist and HIV/AIDS issues. M is an academic advisor at a university

* Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!)?
We are parenting and considering TTC another in the future.

We both have major infertility issues (diminished ovarian reserve for M and stage 4 endo with both tubes removed for me) and it took a lot for us to conceive our daughters. After many failed IUIs with M, we did an IVF cycle with my eggs and got 3 embryos. We transferred two to M and those were our daughters T & C. We transferred the final one to me and I carried E. We don't have any remaining embryos, but we do have two vials of our same donor. We may do another IVF cycle but haven't decided yet.

* A fun fact or two about YOU!

I play in a women's baseball (hardball) league

I was an NCAA Div III national champion shotputter in college

I'm 6'1

[Deleted]

Really great to read these again!
What do you want to be known by here (name, initial, etc.) Sherminator is fine. I am aware of a couple members IRL names, I usually think of them by their screen names anyway.


* Tell us about your family (Spouse/Partner/SO, Kiddos, Pets, etc.)
I was a single mom by choice. One and done. Its still my primary identity, how I feel internally about parenting, but recently became involved with and quickly moved in with - a woman Ive known for a decade or so casually, but intensely for the past 2 years. Its hard to explain, but she has kids the same age as my son- and she and her spouse and our kiddos all became friends. She and her ex wife had been living in an upstairs/downstairs arrangement for quite awhile before they split up. then it quickly changed. After some legal negotiations, we now have her children ( 5 and 2 1/2) living with us 3 days a week.(she also has a 20 year old from another situation) Its been alternately heavenly and hellish blending these kids. I am fiercely protective of J, and rapidly discovered that any perceived slight (real or imagined) of him, will send me to full on Momma Bear. Navigating my emotions around it all has been the biggest challenge, and the shock to my identity,not to mention my household, having always been single- has been a little scary. So now though I don't consider myself a "step parent" there's parenting to be done, both for J and the others, as well as starting a newish relationship. ITs a lot, but I don't regret jumping full into it. The fact the kids have known each other most of their lives already played a large part in the decision to do so. I waited until the last possible egg to have j- I was actually just a month over 45 when he was born. After a long infertility thing. SO- R is 5 years younger and for some reason it kindof bugs me, as minimal as the difference is.

* What do you do for a living? I work nights, and have on and off for years, for the state very near JGY. (which I constantly complain about, I have always hated nights, but cant shake it at the moment) Ive worked mainly in Corrections, and some in forensic (locked) mental health facilities for almost 20 years.

Where are you in the process of building your family (TTC, Pregnant, Parenting, etc. -- or a mixture of many of those things!) I am done, we are done as a family unit, and 3 kids in preschool is way more that I had "planned" on. SO- (R) has never wanted bio-kids so shes very comfortable with the situation. One really amazing thing about her is her capacity to love my guy. Shes always had a very sweet bond with him, way before any of this was even thought of. The times the 3 of us are together, and she has more of a chance to one on one with him, is truly heart expanding to watch/see happen. Its confusing in the sense that we are a small nuclear family sometimes, and a rolling maul other days, but its slowly, slowly starting to happen/make some sense to the littles and us.

* A fun fact or two about YOU!
I am a horse girl. Just sold one, but still have the other. J was basically raised in a barn, and was potty trained with the "farm kids pee outside" method. I don't live on this farm. We have also a variety of other creatures housed there, so the man has access to a donkey, buffalo, kangaroos, rabbits, goats, pigs, chickens, ducks, a goose, and who knows what will show up next? The barn owner is a dearest friend, and we blend holidays, gatherings, rock picking in the pasture, and her kids,16 and 14 love J unconditionally, and are like cousins to him. He will be able to drive a skid steer and mower before ever driving a car. In spite of all this, Im not really "country"... Like JGY (again) I have mixed but mostly positive feelings about living in a community that is navigating huge social justice issues. R works in a field closely allied with issues of lgbt and homeless youth, and has strong ties to community activist groups. So you could say our friends are a "lively mix" of professional law enforcement and activists, with some pretty hard core rednecks thrown in.

I went to art school. and haven't pursued it since.

Sorry about the longish run ons. I hope this makes sense, but if I edit for clarity I might never hit "send"

[mahler5]

My wife and I have been together almost 5 years and married almost 3. We have a 21 month old daughter, C. I am pregnant with #2 via reciprocal IVF. We did IUIs with our first (5 cycles). With reciprocal IVF we had a failed fresh transfer and 2 failed frozen transfers before we got pregnant on our 3rd frozen transfer with our last embryo.

I work in the medical field currently and also have a law degree which I'm not using at the moment. Eventually I want to get back into law whether related to health care or not. But I love being able to work very part-time and stay home with C at the moment.

We have one dog that C adores. L not so much.

We live in the Midwest in a college town. I'm from the Midwest and L the South. I used to live in Southern Cal and miss it at times, especially the diversity. We live in a fairly liberal city but it's not that diverse unfortunately.

I was a music performance major as well. I've been playing in more groups recently which is nice.

I am a huge science fiction/fantasy geek at times. I'm terrible at sports but love hiking.

Also random, we are currently renting but planning on buying this spring when I am 7-8 months pregnant. That is probably crazy (feel free to tell me so!) but we also want to move before baby #2. I may start freaking out though and convince L to rent for one more year. We will see.

[firstcomeslove2013]

Dec 12, 2015 15:09:06 GMT -5 mahler5 said:

My wife and I have been together almost 5 years and married almost 3. We have a 21 month old daughter, C. I am pregnant with #2 via reciprocal IVF. We did IUIs with our first (5 cycles). With reciprocal IVF we had a failed fresh transfer and 2 failed frozen transfers before we got pregnant on our 3rd frozen transfer with our last embryo.

I work in the medical field currently and also have a law degree which I'm not using at the moment. Eventually I want to get back into law whether related to health care or not. But I love being able to work very part-time and stay home with C at the moment.

We have one dog that C adores. L not so much.

We live in the Midwest in a college town. I'm from the Midwest and L the South. I used to live in Southern Cal and miss it at times, especially the diversity. We live in a fairly liberal city but it's not that diverse unfortunately.

I was a music performance major as well. I've been playing in more groups recently which is nice.

I am a huge science fiction/fantasy geek at times. I'm terrible at sports but love hiking.

Also random, we are currently renting but planning on buying this spring when I am 7-8 months pregnant. That is probably crazy (feel free to tell me so!) but we also want to move before baby #2. I may start freaking out though and convince L to rent for one more year. We will see.

We moved when C was 7 months pregnant. I think it's more common than people think. We are still putting things away (H is 11 months old) but we survived. ;-)