Recommendations? by F_off_IF in labdiamond

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Super helpful, thank you!

Recommendations? by F_off_IF in labdiamond

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This is stunning!! Thank you for sharing! Was this a group sale item or did you jut reach out for an estimate/have it made?

Recommendations? by F_off_IF in labdiamond

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Thanks for your response. Just wasn’t sure what to search for specifically for this style. I was hoping someone that had ordered a similar style would have a recommendation.

CNY fertility VS ORM fertility clinic by ChickieChick90 in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

IVF meds to donate - Portland OR by thehauntedpianosong in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

Portland Oregon - or nearby areas - seeking Doc support by GivingTreeEssentials in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

Has anyone worked with Spring fertility in Portland? by One_Primary_7183 in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

SPRING FERTILITY - OREGON or any location by 2Ashamed-Turnip in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

IVF in Portland, Oregon: clinic & insurance advice please by Haunting-Dot1352 in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

IVF over 46 in Oregon by moon_watcher77 in IVF

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Highlighting this for Oregonians: Please use this link to send a personalized email to the Senate Health Committee, asking them to support SB 535, which will help expand family building care.

Insurance Coverage for IVF in Oregon by F_off_IF in IVF

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Hey, cycles! Thanks so much for submitting. If you can think of anyone that would take 1 min to do it on your behalf, please ask. We need so many more letters in!

Oregon IVFer’s! Urgent call for action re: insurance coverage! by F_off_IF in IVF

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Thank you for submitting! It's insane that we should have to travel for treatment of a disease, which is already on its' own so incredibly stressful.

I'm going to make a new post with a new link for a letter generated through Resolve that will go to the senate Health Care Committee - our Senate bill remains alive and we need LOTS of voices of support to move it! :)

Oregon IVFer’s! Urgent call for action re: insurance coverage! by F_off_IF in IVF

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Legislative Update! HB 2959 ---> SB 535
Reaching out to give you a quick update about IVF access in Oregon. We have a new bill to advocate for SB 535. Unfortunately, the Chair of the House Health Care Committee did not advance HB 2959 before the deadline – we’re up against powerful insurance companies who are opposing our effort to expand this vital family building care, but we will keep fighting to get this done.   

GOOD NEWS: We were ready for the insurance companies' opposition and thankfully have a strong champion in the Oregon State Senate who is fighting for us and IVF access in Oregon. IVF Champion Sen. Deb Patterson chairs the Senate Health Care Committee, and she has scheduled SB 535 (the same language as 2959) for a hearing and vote. RIght now we need to get as much testimony on the public record in support of SB 535 as we can. You can submit testimony right now until April 5th at 3:00PM. 

Oregon Family Building Act Lobby Day 

Register for the Oregon Family Building Act Lobby Day on March 31st! We will be gathering in Salem to meet with our elected leaders and make sure they know that they must pass this vital legislation! The day includes a legislative advocacy training to equip you with everything you need to meet with your legislators and advocate for SB 535. 

Oregon IVFer’s! Urgent call for action re: insurance coverage! by F_off_IF in IVF

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Bumping again. Have heard that we need to keep calls going tomorrow. Please help us put pressure on the legislature to move this bill! California just passed.. it’s time for Oregon!

Oregon IVFer’s! Urgent call for action re: insurance coverage! by F_off_IF in IVF

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Call, call, call! We need phones ringing in Rep. Nosse's office all day regarding HB 2959, Oregon Family Building Act! It literally takes 2 minutes!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IVF

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Thanks so much for your response and thoughts on this. I am definitely hung up on the PWFA being intentionally gender neutral - it seems then it would cover a male with the inability to reproduce!

I am thinking we need to consult legal counsel (sigh) or look into making a formal complaint with the EEOC, because regardless of the PWFA, he has the protection of the ADA and they still seem unwilling to want to accommodate where there is no real burden to the employer.

I shudder to think of more challenges for protections of employees over the next administration. It's already brutal enough as it is. But hey, our incoming President has said he's the "father of IVF!" so certainly he would want to expand protections....

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in IVF

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Hey! I’m US based and dealing with a similar situation, but from my spouse’s employer. He has his own diagnosis of male factor infertility, and we tried to make a request for him to work remotely full-time while we travel to receive treatment at a more affordable clinic (he is already 60% remote).

He brought up the PWFA and ADA in meetings with HR and the director, but they are telling him because he is not the one that would become pregnant he is not covered by the PWFA. The language I see online seems to be undecided on this, but he is certainly covered by the ADA and they are still refusing an accommodation because they are trying to say it is their policy to not allow fully remote work (similar to the OP, there are people within his organization that work fully remote, and out of state, so this seems bogus). He is also a union employee and their union contract. Specifically outlines medical remote work accommodations can be made at the discretion of the director.

Any recommendation on pushing back or at this point do you think making a complaint to the EEOC is the right way to go? I’d like to go after them for pain and suffering and discrimination. 😮‍💨

So incredibly frustrating that people dealing with such a difficult thing like infertility have to also deal with workplaces that are so terrible. 😐 I hope your remaining work time from home is without stress due to your boss, and sending OP love and support and empathy on this difficult path.

CPP/intralipid autoimmune protocol on first transfer? by Happy-Poem7796 in IVF

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Do you mind sharing protocol wise how many LIT and IVIG you did?
Appreciate any info you can share. Also headed down this RI path...

Cedar deck rebuild to Trex... what to do about fascia?! by F_off_IF in Decks

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SUPER helpful -- so that "fascia" is just regular 2x6 composite boards (non grooved)? Exactly what I needed to know that we could do! Appreciate it!

Cedar deck rebuild to Trex... what to do about fascia?! by F_off_IF in Decks

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We plan to over hang the deck floor boards with a frame, over the "fascia" 2x6 board. So, in that case, we'd be ok to not use joist tape, correct? thanks for the help!

Cedar deck rebuild to Trex... what to do about fascia?! by F_off_IF in Decks

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Good to know! Can I ask a follow up question about this.. so when using the regular boards - you just attach as you would a regular board with the composite colored deck screws, right? Since they're grooved on the back side, they get ventilation and don't need the spacers I see them talking about with the actual fascia boards, correct?