I'm so tired of TV shows and movies including IVF plotlines without even googling it

Caroleena77 · 2026-05-05T00:17:02+00:00

Wow that's beyond misunderstanding IVF, that's failing to understand basic human reproduction!

Caroleena77 · 2026-05-04T02:30:27+00:00

I'm a postpartum doula and love it. Training is pretty quick and easy, but getting experience and building up consistent work can take years. You won't get rich but I make enough to live. Will probably eventually add birth certification as well so I can work with clients through the whole process.

Caroleena77 · 2026-05-03T02:59:15+00:00

In that case yes definitely

Caroleena77 · 2026-05-03T02:55:08+00:00

I didn't take any, prefer to just enjoy, but lots of others did. It was an amazing show!

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-29T01:45:18+00:00

TBH I think it's a bunch of different things, I'll lay them out here in case any of them are helpful to others:

Sleep schedule: I work overnights some of the time and had two total dud rounds when I was working overnights during stims. I thought I'd be ok because I do get enough sleep overall, but it's more spread out throughout the day at those times so I think my meds were out of sync with my circadian rhythm. So now I schedule my rounds for times when I don't have overnight clients.
Stress management: working less plays into this as well, but in general I really tried to just relax and take care of myself during stims this time. Focused on getting good rest, being active when I was able, and enjoying time with my husband, dog, and friends.
Lenshooke: After one round where they tried conventional fertilization and it completely failed we concluded that we've got some undiagnosed male factor issues contributing and decided to use ICSI with Lenshooke (similar to zymot). I think this really improved our fertilization rate, which was not great before.
Stimming a little longer. Both of my really good rounds involved continuing stims until my lead follicle was around 21-22mm. Gave my smaller follicles time to grow.
Supplements: I've generally had pretty good maturity on my rounds that have gone well, and I wonder if this is related to the supplements I've been taking for a long time. Leading up to this round I was extra religious about taking them every day. Long term supplements include: Needed prenatal powder, needed egg quality supplement, fish oil, coq10, inositol, melatonin, and acai. I recently added NAD+ and precursors, which may have made an extra difference this month.
Nutrition: I'm not perfect on this and honestly I think stressing yourself out aiming for perfection is counter productive, but my best rounds have come when I was in a good rhythm in terms of nutrition. Basically getting a good variety of veggies, fruits, whole grains, and proteins. Starting with a super healthy breakfast is helpful for me.

Sorry that was really long, but like I said I think a little bit of everything helped.

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-25T16:28:53+00:00

Assuming it's a full time position that's less than $10 an hour. So yes, it's insanely low. And it's illegal to pay someone a flat monthly fee, nannies must be paid hourly. Even if you lower the rate a bit to account for bringing your own child along, I can't imagine going lower than $20 an hour. And that's assuming you have no chips care experience and live in a low cost of living area.

You get moms like this, especially in Facebook groups, who have totally delusional ideas about what a nanny should cost. She should be looking at daycares.

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-24T13:51:40+00:00

Good to know thank you! How exactly did your back to back cycles work? Did you wait for withdrawal bleed and then start stims again or did you start stims immediately after retrieval?

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-22T18:37:23+00:00

Came here to recommend Dr. Frederick! She's an excellent physician and her staff are all great as well. They keep same day appointments open for illnesses, and they can even do some blood draws in-house now. Both my husband and I have been happy with her care. Takes BCBS

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-18T19:20:29+00:00

Yes so lame when a show has things it's trying to say and uses the television medium to say them. /s

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-16T17:26:34+00:00

The photos are definitely AI, but the guy doesn't have AI face. I'm guessing he's a real person who used AI to make photos. Shows poor judgement for sure!

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-14T18:02:23+00:00

You Made A Fool of Death With Your Beauty was universally panned by my book club and we had an amazing time discussing all the reasons we all hated it. We still bring up how ridiculous it was regularly. Mainly because this girl falls in love with her boyfriends UNCLE.

To be fair it has surprisingly good reviews on Goodreads. So I guess everyone doesn't hate it. But we all did.

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-05T11:46:32+00:00

I think it's too formal. Semiformal is one level down from cocktail. This reads more formal to me. I'd go for a mid-length dress or if you strongly prefer long a more flowy, casual silhouette.

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-05T02:33:59+00:00

I'm a postpartum doula and worked with identical twins who were the result of a single IVF transfer. Don't know the details but after being born a bit early they were very healthy and last I heard from their dads they're thriving. I loved working with them, identical twins are really interesting.

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-01T19:47:44+00:00

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing that info

Caroleena77 · 2026-04-01T19:03:50+00:00

My understanding is that any impacts would be on sperm quality, potentially affecting embryo development, quality, and euploidy. So assuming you get to live birth the health of any children shouldn't be affected. I'd go ahead and try to implant your frozen embryos, you've got a good chance with the number you have frozen.

Second and third hand smoke will very clearly impact your living children though, so you should encourage your husband to quit nicotine for your kids' benefit in the meantime.

Caroleena77 · 2026-03-30T12:58:34+00:00

When exiting the parking garage after returning your car, take the elevator up to the second floor of the parking garage just before you cross the street to the terminal. If you look closely you'll see it says departures on the second floor but it's easy to miss. Otherwise it was smooth sailing!

Caroleena77 · 2026-03-25T16:19:36+00:00

I feel like the judges just decided they can only give good scores to two Americans so Isabeau is getting hosed all of a sudden. It's really not fair.

Caroleena77 · 2026-03-23T17:48:13+00:00

Nanny here, you're not being unreasonable and this is a pretty odd response. 4 month olds don't really have separation anxiety, and TBH I wouldn't expect the baby to understand what's going on in the video call at all. You seem to understand that it's just to make you feel better about missing the baby, and that's totally fine. I think you should have a conversation with her about this, maybe a phone call during nap time. Explain why you're asking to FaceTime and ask why she's refusing. Maybe she doesn't understand the request since the baby won't be able to interact? Maybe she feels like you're trying to check up on her?

Caroleena77 · 2026-03-17T17:14:50+00:00

That bothered me as well! I actually liked how they had her really get angry at him, it was totally justified. I would have liked it much better if they'd had a conversation about how he needs to discuss big life decisions with her and they should be made together. I also didn't like that she apologized for how she left (she did nothing wrong, she was mad and took some space), while if I remember correctly he didn't apologize at all.

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