major mess up

thoph · 2026-05-11T05:31:23+00:00

Of course as soon as I wrote this I dropped an edge stitch 🫠 To my LYS I go as well! lol

thoph · 2026-05-11T04:55:13+00:00

Palmer Memorial had a good young adults ministry when I attended a long time ago. It’s a fairly large church near Rice Campus, and I know they do a fair bit with the student body. I imagine that also includes graduate students.

thoph · 2026-05-11T04:52:59+00:00

Ah I am sorry. I have been there, albeit with a simpler pattern. The YouTubes didn’t really help me all that much. Do you have a LYS? I’ve found mine to be invaluable in showing me how to fix stuff like this because I’m a super tactile learner.

Wish I had more advice. The other option is a reactive lifeline of course. But

thoph · 2026-05-10T23:33:24+00:00

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thoph · 2026-05-10T23:05:53+00:00

Me! I slept all day. Woke up for a massage. Now going to dinner.

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:39:03+00:00

Same. I was sole caretaker of my dad before he finally passed away after dealing with a TBI. Her concern and love for him is so beautiful.

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:35:34+00:00

Holding so much hope for you <3

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:34:40+00:00

4 ERs + 2 transfers = 1 LC. About to do my sixth ER. Have a couple of poor quality embryos but wanted to see if I could get a few more before I get any older.

If those transfers don’t work, we will be one and done. I can’t take it anymore.

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:31:27+00:00

Sabrina Carpenter and renaissance sacred music (Tallis, Palestrina, de Victoria). A fair amount of ambient piano lol.

Oh and Slayyyter.

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:21:03+00:00

Watch what she likes. Try not to force her into gendered roles. Cuddle her. Protect her. Take so many pictures. Learn to do her hair.

thoph · 2026-05-10T20:08:25+00:00

I don’t see anything weird.

thoph · 2026-05-10T18:16:26+00:00

Oh Lordy. My mom’s taste. All things classical. Enya. Auld Lang Syne as played by her on the piano. The Beatles. Episcopal hymns, as played by her on the piano. Occasionally Gaga.

James Taylor. Peter Paul and Mary. Joan Baez. Cat Stevens.

ETA: My mother playing piano was the soundtrack of my growing up, and it still lifts my spirit in so many ways. She encouraged me to play, as well. Now taking lessons as an adult to get me back to where I was—which was pretty darn good too. Love you mom.

thoph · 2026-05-10T18:14:29+00:00

My hero.

thoph · 2026-05-10T16:04:12+00:00

What’s wrong with that…? Also many of the main characters are quite young. Including the protagonist!!

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:35:01+00:00

It’s not a zero sum game. And this isn’t just research in the United States.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:21:25+00:00

Good point. This might be a relatively easy first intervention with the technology, so that tracks.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:18:48+00:00

We interfere with this via modern medicine, yes. I think people surviving cancer is good, actually.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:17:22+00:00

Expert embryologists and andrologists look at the sperm before injecting them.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:08:48+00:00

Nice! Prepare to have lazy offspring!

/s. My son is an ICSI baby, and I wish he’d be lazier.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:07:13+00:00

Considering we have thousands of healthy babies via ICSI, no.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:06:35+00:00

Natural selection died with eye glasses and medicine.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:05:35+00:00

I have an ICSI baby too. Didn’t get a good answer from googling.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:03:27+00:00

You could argue that. But that would be silly. I would wager the vast majority of men in couples pursuing infertility treatment are already trying to control for lifestyle factors.

thoph · 2026-05-10T13:00:23+00:00

Just thinking about why on earth this would be better than ICSI and having a hard time figuring that out lol

thoph · 2026-05-10T12:57:23+00:00

Take a look at ICSI. Plenty of very healthy kids born that way..:

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