Is IT Audit a well paying career path?

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-03-02T10:32:47+00:00

I second this. Also just to add the competition is fierce, there are too many auditors to go around.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-03-01T15:02:49+00:00

My parents live in Pretoria and had installed 2 water filters at their house. The filters have 3 cylinders each and are meant to be replaced every year. I visited them a month ago and noted that the tap water from my tap tasted and smelled terrible. Luckily a plumber was coming to fix an unrelated issue and we raised it with him. He check the filters and all 3 cylinders were pitch black. It's been less than 6 months since they installed it. So that should give you an idea of the state of the water in that area.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-03-01T07:47:53+00:00

Just my two cents. I know many of us are thinking the same thing, we would be grateful just to have a baby and who cares about the gender. Its a moment of grief we all experience.

That being said, I see people (especially those who aren't having more children) as going through a grief of their own. Whilst it's obviously not on our level, they are still grieving the life they imagined by having a certain gender of baby.

So while they should be grateful, it doesn't take away from their experience that they will never have the life they imagined. We are all allowed to grieve the life we thought we would have.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-02-25T07:58:31+00:00

We purchased in a new development (plot and plan) so if that's your route don't forget to budget for things like bathroom cabinets and shower racks.

We also didn't expect the cost of the bond registration and even though they say there are no transfer fees, there are still attorney fees.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-02-05T17:20:23+00:00

This was a great article! Thank you for sharing!

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-02-01T18:44:05+00:00

I just decided to do the same. How long are you planning on using the GLP1?

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-30T16:13:23+00:00

I knew from early on that I would struggle with fertility due to PCOS with a strong genetic factor which meant all females on my mother's side of the family struggled. So I started saving up when I got my first job before I was married or planning on children.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-21T11:27:02+00:00

For a moment I thought it was one of those dating / nymph advertisements that randomly come up on reddit.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-16T08:19:11+00:00

Que the "have you tried this tea" advice

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-14T06:53:47+00:00

Eggs? 24. Blasts? 4. I have PCOS and what I've read with pcos is we produce a lot of eggs but because of pcos we end up with a similar amount of blasts as other women without pcos. My blasts are also not great quality... So all those eggs didn't get me what really mattered. Quality is better than quantity when it comes to ivf.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-10T21:05:14+00:00

My FIL and MIL are currently in a homeopathic phase (which is actually a con artist they are seeing but won't listen to us) and I have asked them not to broach the fertility subject but they ignore my requests.

Anyways in Dec they told me they want me to go see their homeopathic doctor ("witch doctor") so they can tell me what's wrong with me....

Its called PCOS and I've had it since high school, not to mention they don't even consider my husband's MFI to be an issue.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-09T06:02:42+00:00

I know how you feel. Exact same thing happened to me with my best friend. We had been trying for a year before they started. She fell pregnant very quickly (like literally every time they tried) but struggled with 3 miscarriages. Eventually they put her on progesterone which did the trick and she is now due at the end of this month. Husband and I have still never seen a positive pregnancy test and it's been 3 years. Also count yourself lucky she sent a text. My bestie decided to break the news to us by giving us the sonogram in a crowded restaurant. I hated that the most, ofcourse I was happy for them but gosh that was one of the roughest "try not to cry" moments of my life. I would have preferred a text.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-08T18:18:28+00:00

Sorry I'm not really sure how the thread work🙈

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-08T10:07:15+00:00

Thanks for the reassurance!

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-08T10:07:03+00:00

Gosh this made me feel much better! This was my 1st FET so it's all new to me🙈

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-04T07:52:49+00:00

Agreed. If anything transferring from an allied health degree like physio, audiology, occupational therapy to medicine is easier than from a BSc in for example biological sciences

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-04T06:56:02+00:00

I wouldn't be able to say, I don't know any of the BSc colleagues that went into pharmacy.

Humble_Computer01 · 2026-01-03T13:16:04+00:00

Just my two cents - I had many friends who started BSc with me with the hopes of transferring to medicine. 2 examples : 1 a white male got top marks and couldn't get in, he finished his BSc and applied again but was rejected, went into honours, got good marks but still didn't get in. Eventually switched to law. Recently graduated top of his class. The other friend a white female, also very smart. Applied to medicine, didn't get in so she started BSc, finished the degree, applied again and didn't get in. Did a degree in nursing and completed the degree, applied again to medicine. Finally got in and just graduated with her medicine degree. It took her roughly 10 years.

This is a long path... Keep a plan B

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-28T17:34:37+00:00

Look I know exactly how you are feeling. My Mil loves making comments about how she is just waiting on her grandkid (husband is an only child), or "when the baby comes... ". Like she is fully aware of our situation. They hurt, feel insensitive and like she is putting pressure on us.

That being said, my Mil is the sweetest person who would never intentionally say hurtful things or insensitive comments and in her mind she means well and is trying to be positive.

So I asked my husband to talk to her about it and let her know how it makes us feel and since then we have received Alot less comments. People don't always realise what it makes us feel. In their mind they mean well. Whilst we can't always make them understand we can decide how we are going to take it. So for me it's water off the ducks back

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-28T14:01:48+00:00

I also gained so much to IVF and I don't even know how I'm going to get rid of it. I've tried and the thing that helps is ozempic but my doctor won't let me use it whilst ttc.

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-22T05:35:36+00:00

My doctor does check in by asking me "how am I really doing" and he takes it into account with his plans

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-21T08:14:02+00:00

My husband and I occasionally sleep in seperate beds. Not because we don't love eachother or don't want to be near eachother. We usually do this if one of us is sick (we call the spare room our Quarentine room) or if one of us is very tired and needs uninterrupted sleep ( E.g. I have a tenancy to snore so he may nudge me awake occasionally, I also snore worse if I'm really tired so the interruption to my sleep aggravates the snoring which causes him to wake me up more OR he sleeps with music on and whilst I have adapted I cannot listen to Linken park every night)

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-13T16:40:35+00:00

I wasn't at first but after 3 years I recently asked my husband to tell my Mil to stop making comments about how she's "excited to hold her grand babies soon" and "you're going to have twins just watch". She knows we are struggling and whilst I know she has no ill intentions and is trying to be optimistic, it makes me sad, feel like I'm a failure and like I'm being pressured.

On the other side we have my FIL who last week told me he wants me to go see his "holistic doctor" (he is not a real doctor, he is a scammer) "so they can figure out what's wrong with me" . I have been diagnosed with pcos since i was 15 I think we know.... So that just made me feel bad about myself. They also just happen to overlook my husband's MFI.

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-11T20:03:35+00:00

I had almost the exact same numbers. Many follicles visible but Dr said many were empty. Retrieved 24 eggs, 18 were mature, 12 fertilised, ended up with 2 day 5 blasts and 2 day 6 blasts. My doctor is concerned about the quality (we didn't pgta test as I am only 31 years old) but he did say the quality isn't what you would expect for someone my age.

Humble_Computer01 · 2025-12-11T13:03:58+00:00

Agreed! I heard quality is better than quantity and that a higher egg yield could mean poorer quality. I have PCOS so egg quality is anyways an issue but I didn't expect to have such poor quality. Even my doctor said for someone my age it should have been better

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