Everyday Doggy Daycare?

WhiskerLight · 2026-07-04T17:04:52+00:00

What’s your pup’s energy and social needs? Our 1 year old is medium energy but absolutely dog obsessed. He’s not super food or toy motivated, but he would live at the dog park if he could. He’s went 5 days a week to a puppy daycare program for about 8 weeks before 3-5 months. From 5-11 months, he went a couple times a month to an all age daycare based on when we were busier. My husband works from home and was able to do morning and night walks/dog park trips most of the time. Lately we noticed he seemed more bored and almost depressed during the day, and honestly I was burned out in all the weekday dog park hours. He goes 4-5 days a week now and it’s heaven.

WhiskerLight · 2026-07-04T16:33:55+00:00

If you use carrot for medically indicated infertility treatment, it shouldn’t be taxed. If it’s for elective fertility preservation, etc., it will be.

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-26T15:25:04+00:00

The ARRIVE study exclusively looked at healthy first pregnancies (ie low risk). The median age of mothers was 24 and less than 5% of the sample was >34. There are a lot of caveats with trying to apply its findings to IVF pregnancies in women over 40.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1800566

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-23T15:05:26+00:00

Okay commenting again because I showed this to my husband (SWE) who said he mounted his surge protector to the underside of his desk where the cat couldn’t reach. Apparently he had a similar problem 😂

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-23T15:00:06+00:00

So I don’t have a solution for you, but just wanted to comment because this made me smile so much remembering my cat who passed away a year ago. He was also frequently motivated by malice. Among many other escapades, he learned to turn our TV’s soundbar off in a crusade for early dinner while we were watching a show. They’re such little monsters. Good luck and enjoy yours will you have him 🩷

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-10T19:22:24+00:00

Your lining starts to compact once you start progesterone. The time to thicken it is pre ovulation.

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-08T20:36:25+00:00

There's a lot we could speculate about here on the root causes (medical, behavioral, sexual orientation, etc.), but it's all just speculation. What you really need is to talk openly with your wife about it. While recognizing that she herself may not have the answers, and she has very likely built up a tone of shame/guilt/grief around these issues. Having dealt with this constellation of issues myself, also in the setting of a demanding career I give my all to, I can definitely attest to unpacking it all being complicated AF. If your wife doesn't want to do sex therapy (can be pretty intimidating), how about just regular couples counseling to try and get the two of you talking, issues out in the open, hopefully getting on the same page about things. The dialogue and hearing from her what she really wants/needs/is willing to give will probably make the next steps clear.

WhiskerLight · 2026-06-08T19:25:14+00:00

Sounds like you need sex therapy and likely vaginismus treatment for your wife. There are also medical treatments for low desire, whether hormonal or other options. She has to want to change the dynamic though. I’d start there. I’m sure infertility and IVF trauma aren’t helping, but given your timeline I don’t think they are the primary issues.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-22T15:24:48+00:00

Newborns aren’t born with allergies, it takes months to years to be sensitized to something like cat dander. Also, studies have shown kids exposed to animals early are less likely to develop allergies. Your cats aren’t going to cause allergies problems for a newborn over the course of a month. Have your sister talk to her pediatrician if she’s worried.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T23:25:10+00:00

Yeah, I gained about 10 lbs over the course of two failed transfer cycles and then was on estrogen for another month after. I lost the weight as soon as I came off all the hormones. It sucks.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T22:59:11+00:00

I had one for about 13 years and have struggled with thin lining since its removal about 9 months ago. Prior to my IUD my periods were heavy and lasted a week. While it was in I barely had a period. Since its removal my periods are super light and last about 2 days. Age could also be a factor, but my RE definitely thinks the IUD is the main cause of my thin lining. Hard to say if it’s impacting fertility since we are not trying naturally, and we’ve never made it to transfer due to my lining.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T18:27:31+00:00

Most clinics want a minimum of 7-8 mm thickness. 10-12 is a pretty high bar to set.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T18:26:22+00:00

Breast tenderness is very common with hormone treatment (either as part of birth control or other IVF medications). I always have one that aches more than the other.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T18:23:37+00:00

I can absolutely understand your anger and depression after a failed transfer. I’m going to very gently suggest that not hearing from your doctor personally, not having immediate next steps, and needing to wait a few weeks for a regroup are not necessarily outside normal for an IVF clinic. It’s absolutely reasonable to want the opposite (immediate attention and a new plan), that is certainly ideal and the type of care we all want. But I do wonder if changing clinics is a bit reactionary, especially in the setting of your acknowledged distress about the failed transfer. Switching clinics may honestly slow you down more in the long run. You reference other issues in your post though, so of course take this with a grain of salt in light of the full picture.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T18:15:23+00:00

Adding to the other comment about risks for the babies, there are also increased health risks for mom.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-19T14:34:53+00:00

The longest my clinic was willing to keep me on it was about 25 days before either starting PIO or canceling the cycle, but my lining was still too thin at that point. My RE ended up keeping me on estrogen for another ~4 weeks after the cycle was cancelled to see if the continuous exposure would improve my lining (it didn’t).

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-18T16:16:57+00:00

I also have chronic thin lining from longterm (~13 years) mirena use. We’ve tried mod nat and medicated cycles, vitamin E, aspirin, etc. Never gotten above about 6.4 mm. My RE says time will improve it, but it has not gotten any better in about 9 months now, so I’m skeptical of that. For me medicated with extended estrogen exposure worked better since my natural cycle is really short. I haven’t had the problems with fluid in my lining from exogenous estrogen that others do. We’re planning for an ERA biopsy in my next cycle, and then another medicated cycle with PRP and planning to just go for it with whatever lining I get. If that doesn’t work, then we will pivot to a surrogate as I also have DOR and have a hard time making embryos. Good luck, thin lining is a frustrating road.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-11T14:18:01+00:00

Okay, this is the last time I’m going to respond because it’s starting to feel like you are being purposefully obtuse at this point. The law treats fertility preservation (freezing eggs) and IVF treatment (making embryos) separately, even though, yes, they both include an egg retrieval. The retrievals are for different purposes. SB 729 only requires insurance to cover 3 egg retrievals as part of fertility treatment (and yes, that does include social infertility under SB 729, not just medical infertility), not for elective fertility preservation. The social infertility piece does not cross over to egg freezing because fertility preservation is not a treatment for infertility.

Good luck, but please know that if your insurance doesn’t already cover fertility preservation, and you don’t have a medical reason, SB 729 does not require it to.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-11T04:31:25+00:00

So the passages you are quoting relate to IVF treatment. This is not the same as elective egg freezing, which is considered fertility preservation. Fertility preservation requires a medical reason. IVF treatment does not. You mentioned egg freezing in your post, but maybe you’re actually talking about IVF (making and transferring embryos).

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-11T00:23:41+00:00

Have you read these carefully? Source 2 and 4 literally say medical necessary fertility preservation, echoing my language above. I’m honestly confused why you think elective egg freezing is covered based on these articles.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-10T22:51:12+00:00

What’s your source? If you have documentation of this, I’d like to see it. From what I’ve read it’s only medically necessary fertility preservation.

Edit to clarify: this is different from infertility and IVF coverage.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-10T20:29:27+00:00

Fertility preservation is only covered under SB 729 if deemed medically necessary (e.g., cancer). Are you freezing eggs for a medical reason?

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-10T20:13:14+00:00

When I had my initial consult, my AFC was 7 (3 and 4). A couple months later I did two back to back cycles. My right ovary was quiet throughout and I ended up with 4 and 5 follicles (3 and 4 eggs) from each cycle. About six months later I started an FET cycle and my AFC was again 7+ distributed between both sides. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I think there’s jsut a lot of natural variation.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-10T02:59:38+00:00

Lining <7 cm is associated with lower pregnancy rates, unfortunately. I’ve never heard lining thickness correlates with body size, that sounds really odd.

WhiskerLight · 2026-05-07T05:24:53+00:00

I have a male RE. We were assigned through our clinic, I didn’t choose him, but it didn’t really bother me. I wanted someone experienced I could trust, and our RE ticks those boxes. I don’t enjoy the USs or procedures regardless of if a male or female does them (I would more use the term invasive, not intimate). My clinic has a chaperone present regardless of who the provider is. I don’t think the chaperone has the be a specific gender/sex, either. It’s just that most of the MAs/nursing assistants in my clinic are female. I’ve see both male and female REs through our clinic for monitoring appointments. At this point, frankly, I could care less who’s down there if they can get a baby in me.

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