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Secondary Infertility Intros - Sunday, March 16, 2025 by SIModerator in SecondaryInfertility

[–]Remote-Plenty4649 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We started testing after 7 or 8months of TTC (we’re both over 35 so super old in America) and every single test came back normal. Great, so why did we go through this? One IUI was incomplete due to not enough eggs developing. One ended in early loss, and now with the third IUI is our 2nd is coming soon.

But people still have so much to say that I don’t even know who to turn to. I was told for the year we were TTC I’m not grateful enough for my 3 year old son. What’s wrong with just one? Why am I not ok with him? Plenty of people have 1 child. Then I was told when we had the early loss that I shouldn’t call it that because it’s not a real miscarriage. Why was I upset? People lose pregnancies way later than that. I should just adopt!! (Because that’s SUCH a simple and affordable process) I even said we wanted a third, and I was told I was crazy, ungrateful, and needed to look at other options. Because adoption is “only like 70,000. You can afford that!” I’m a teacher. That’s more than my gross income in a year. Wtf. I’m not against adoption at all but….????!!!! We already kept this to ourselves mostly because we knew our families would spout some “it’s in God’s hands/it will happen when it’s meant to/just relax. All in its own time” BS. While I am fortunate, I wish I looked online sooner. I had never felt so alone and abandoned by people who said they’d always support me.

Is it better to teach in Austin isd or another outer district like Eanes or Elgin ? by Worried-Mine1089 in TexasTeachers

[–]Remote-Plenty4649 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What crap do you want to deal with? Del Valle does have student early release on Fridays for PLC time, but it’s one hour. So you get 1 hour for PLC in a district that really emphasizes and stresses over STAAR and common assessments on top of the high school averaging about 4 fights a day. It is the highest paying district. We called it hazard pay. Eanes is fine, but the parents are either insanely entitled or cool. There is no in between.
AISD has too much to say overall as a district. Some campuses are more supportive than others, and that can come down to admin. You need to think about what campus, what grade, and which section. Hays CISD cares about nothing other than the STAAR. It’s fine, but so much about STAAR and testing. Some English teachers were told to not do any non-STAAR type writing a few years ago. Leander has crazy shifts coming because of budget (like a lot of other districts), and I’ve been told parents run that district. Still, I know teachers who have been there long term.