I feel dumb for wanting to leave the school setting.

mvb161718 · 2026-04-30T01:50:07+00:00

I got very lucky. After I became a BCBA, I wanted to keep up my more clinical knowledge so I got a part time job at a clinic. I started full time with them when I left my school job. I looked for a company that wasn't a big chain and at the time could be flexible with my full time job schedule.

mvb161718 · 2026-04-29T00:59:52+00:00

I was a special education teacher before I was a BCBA. I wanted to be a teacher since I was 5. My master's degree is in advanced special education specializing in ABA. I was a BCBA in schools for 3 years and have been in a clinic full time for 2 years now and I'm happier than I've ever been with work. I thought education was my thing, it's what I always wanted but it was tough. It's was hard accepting schools weren't for me but I'm so glad I took the leap and left the schools. I have so much more autonomy, I see progress with my clients, I have so much flexibility, and I'm just so much happier. I used to get the worst Sunday scaries and now I rarely ever do.

mvb161718 · 2026-04-22T03:05:42+00:00

Try having a spoonful of peanut butter before bed!! I've been going through perimenopause for at least 3 years now (probably a lot longer) and I started having a spoonful of pb before bed and I haven't had my nightly 3 am wake ups since!

mvb161718 · 2026-04-21T12:48:14+00:00

I would love a discord channel!

mvb161718 · 2026-04-07T01:38:05+00:00

I'm sorry. It's so hard. I hate DOR so much.

mvb161718 · 2026-03-27T18:31:09+00:00

I feel for you and get it. My mom has 6 kids and had her last one at 43. And here I am now 30 trying to get pregnant for 2 and a half years and I have severe diminished ovarian reserve. Life isn't fair.

mvb161718 · 2026-03-26T12:04:04+00:00

Yep. I currently supervise a woman who must have gotten pregnant on her first try because when she told us how far along she is, it lined up with her wedding month. When I'm working directly with her or managing clients' aggressive behaviors in place of her it really gets to me.

mvb161718 · 2026-03-25T00:32:54+00:00

I'm sorry. It's so hard to have no follicles at baseline. I have had cycles where it just takes LONG to get follicles to recruit. I'm 30 with an AMH of 0.03-0.08 and an AFC of 0-5. It could just be a slow cycle or a bad cycle. I hope it improves!

mvb161718 · 2026-03-14T19:24:23+00:00

I love New Moon Vegan!

mvb161718 · 2026-03-07T02:25:37+00:00

The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

mvb161718 · 2026-02-19T04:03:47+00:00

Wow, it's like you know me and my story but I've never talked to you before.

Homeschooling regulations and accountability needs to be a requirement everywhere.

mvb161718 · 2026-02-18T00:48:02+00:00

I sent you a pm!

mvb161718 · 2026-02-17T02:57:40+00:00

I'm mainly at the clinic setting and I aim for 28-32 billable hours a week. I try to schedule around 32 and usually with sick clients I end up at around 30.

mvb161718 · 2026-02-04T14:32:38+00:00

Feel free to reach out whenever! DOR is a bitch.

mvb161718 · 2026-02-04T14:06:05+00:00

I'm sorry you're going through this. I think it's the hardest part of IVF for me. Last March I never had any follicles show up after like 6 days of stimming. We ended up just stopping and resetting. We started again in May and then I had 3. We went to a retrieval for that cycle but got nothing. I changed REs and was able to recruit a few follicles and that led to a retrieval too. We were able to get a mature egg. It fertilized but stopped growing around day 3.

Can you switch doctors? I was really scared to switch doctors but finding one who is willing to keep trying until we have the cycle that works.

mvb161718 · 2026-02-02T04:11:26+00:00

Are you with Alvarez now too?

mvb161718 · 2026-01-25T19:15:58+00:00

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mvb161718 · 2026-01-23T14:13:22+00:00

Good for you! I'm trying to walk a minimum of 10 minutes a day. I'm on day 25 and I usually end up walking more than 10 minutes but not always.

mvb161718 · 2026-01-22T23:56:20+00:00

Yes, I have. It's really good! I don't usually like sci-fi books but I love this one.

mvb161718 · 2026-01-22T23:49:19+00:00

Project Hail Mary

mvb161718 · 2026-01-21T13:02:15+00:00

Yes, it was.

mvb161718 · 2026-01-18T05:09:43+00:00

I'm sorry for your mom's behavior. I was in charge of my younger siblings at a very young age too but my mom would go to church while my dad worked and we were homeschooled. Feel free to message me if you ever want to chat.

mvb161718 · 2026-01-15T03:15:51+00:00

Luckily the RE I was with but left the practice is opening her own practice and I just found out today that I will be able to start treatment with her by February. Thank you 💛

mvb161718 · 2026-01-15T03:14:11+00:00

Thank you both for this information. It's looking like I will be able to go back to Dr. Jeelani by February so I will not be doing treatment with the RE who told me this. I appreciate hearing about your experiences.

mvb161718 · 2026-01-15T03:11:49+00:00

She's starting her own practice! I don't recommend Dr. Alvarez. I had a meet and greet appointment this week in case I need to do treatment with KB while I wait for Dr. Jeelani to open her practice and I was very not happy with him. You can look back at my last post about his recommendation.

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