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You guise... My employees are so dumb sometimes. I can't take it. MH and I went to get dinner at this restaurant that's across the street from our shop tonight. We sat outside and could see the front of the shop from our table. Just as I'm about to order, I see one of our artists waving at me to come back to the shop. I'm thinking it's an emergency or something important so I run over there to see what it is. The big important emergency? Someone wanted to book an appointment. A fucking appointment. Not one, but two artists thought the appropriate course of action was to pull me out of a restaurant. God forbid they make an appointment themselves or something.
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
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TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
TTC #1 since August 2013 DX: Endo November 2014: Hysteroscopy, D&C June - September 2015: Clomid + Novarel + IUI #1-3 January 2017: Laparoscopy - endo removed
Me too (kept my last name). I hate when people call me Mrs. LastName. No, Mrs. LastName was my grandmother.
It drives my mom crazy that I've kept my last name. As in, we can't talk about it because she gets actively agitated.
That is weird, why does it bother her so much?
I have a lot of feelings about it but ultimately I don't really care what other people do. It seems more common in my circle at least, which is probably not very representative.
PirateCat, I have no idea. She's not all "traditional gender roles" about anything else. This is literally the only thing, and it baffles me. H and I have fiddled with the idea of taking on a whole new last name when we have a kid, so we'll all share the same name, and that almost sent her into fits.
When she starts getting worked up I just remind her that it works for me and H, and that's all that matters. Ideally (for me), H would take my last name, but that's probably not happening either
icedtea, just off the top of my head, I want to say it's almost 50/50 for me IRL. Professionally, it's probably also about 50/50 among our clients, but being wealthy/having prominent family names probably has some effect.
SIL and BIL combined their last names and created a new one and they are very happy with their decision. I think some of his family members still have an issue with it but they just don't discuss it.
I do get the appeal of having the same last name as a family, but it just wasn't enough reason for me to change my name. I'm almost certain that if we have kids they'll have H's last name, because hyphenating is a pain, and that's a compromise I'm willing to make.
PirateCat, ditto re: hyphenation. We both have long names, and I just refuse to hyphenate them. I'm not sure if a future child will have my name or H's, if we don't end up with a new one. Both of us are willing to compromise, so we'll see.
When we were first engaged H was very much "take my name" but lots of discussions have brought him around and now he doesn't even know why he ever cared.
I'm in the same boat on hyphenation. My last name is 10 letters, so even though H's is only 5 I still think that makes it too long. What we've discussed is giving the kids my last name as a second middle name. I know at some point in their adult lives this might mean they drop it, but by then it's their choice.
icedtea, I think we always just assumed that I would keep my name. Shortly before the wedding we had a quick conversation that went like, "so you know I'm keeping my name, right?", "yea, I figured".
@bonzo2012, a second middle name is interesting and not something I've thought about. I'm trying to think if there might be inconveniences/annoyances associated with having a second middle name. I have a first name with a space, so I guess technically two first names, and it gets botched often and can be annoying so I'm kind of sensitive to it, but I'm thinking it won't be much of an issue with middle names.
The second middle name is an interesting idea. My last name is also 10 characters, but there's a version that's a couple letters shorter that could be a nice middle name. Hmmmm.
Related, a friend of mine changed her middle name to her maiden name when she got married.
Mine is only 4 letters, H's only 5. It wouldn't be the worst to hyphenate or double barrel or turn it into a middle name, but I don't know. My name is already complicated because everyone knows me by my middle name and no one can pronounce my first name and I have a lot of identity issues relating to my name already.
PirateCat, I've known a few people with multiple middle names. The biggest complaint seems to be that it gets dropped off of official forms. So for instance, if the full name was First One Two Last, the drivers license only has space for First O. Last.
It's tricky, since I certainly don't want any future kids to hate the name we give them, but passing on my last name in some small way is important to me. It's something I wish my parents had done, since my sister and I only have our dad's last name (my mom kept her name as well).
PirateCat , I've known a few people with multiple middle names. The biggest complaint seems to be that it gets dropped off of official forms. So for instance, if the full name was First One Two Last, the drivers license only has space for First O. Last.
It's tricky, since I certainly don't want any future kids to hate the name we give them, but passing on my last name in some small way is important to me. It's something I wish my parents had done, since my sister and I only have our dad's last name (my mom kept her name as well).
Yea, I figured it would get left out a lot, but that wouldn't be terrible. I think it would be a good symbolic gesture and they can choose to use it or not.
It's always annoying to me when there is only room for a middle initial on forms because my middle name is what I go by.
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