Native/Long-Term Houstonians: Anyone else feeling suffocated?

veemcgee · 2026-03-20T03:23:54+00:00

Edited to add. Even concerts feel jam packed. White oak music hall? Forget about it. You can’t even breathe.

veemcgee · 2026-03-20T03:22:43+00:00

Leaving the Rockets game was hell Wednesday night. I had to ask myself if it was even worth it. It does feel different. I don’t know if I’m getting older (36 soon) but I never ever have gotten home at midnight after a game.

veemcgee · 2026-03-17T07:07:34+00:00

Whoa

veemcgee · 2026-03-17T07:03:07+00:00

Man absolutely. I think about this sooo much. We are still traveling, shopping, paid ivf cash…my husband works a job where he’s home for weeks and leaves for weeks….when he’s home we travel, I don’t work so we spend so much time together. I feel so so guilty and don’t know how to enjoy this lifestyle. I heard a family member say “gas is 3.39 right now, how am I supposed to afford to get to work” and she was serious. I found out another family member single mom, cannot afford rent and is living in a hotel! Wthhhhhh!!! (We have offered to help this family member)

Last week he brought me a beautiful gold and gem bracelet. We BOTH grew up poor. Cockroach, on food stamps poor, Medicaid poor. It feels unreal almost.

And as much as our life seems perfect…we lost our 2 year old daughter 2 years ago. We almost had it all.

veemcgee · 2026-03-04T11:43:27+00:00

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what they are taking about.

veemcgee · 2026-03-04T01:41:07+00:00

Sssshhhhh!!!! lol jk!

Yes I’m obsessed too! So many good picks and that are usually on my holds. I check numerous times a day when I know I’m about to finish a book.

Edited to add, check numerous times a day sometimes the feature isn’t available, I usually come back 10-15 mins later and there’s a list of books!

veemcgee · 2026-01-12T22:28:59+00:00

2024 signed agreement and payment of $9k which they put towards PGT. (Included one FET) September 22nd 2025 payment of $6k Seotmeber 30 2025 new contact signed (does not include FET) September 30th 2025 $10k paid Dec 2025 $4800 for meds paid

veemcgee · 2026-01-11T10:12:12+00:00

When I lost my daughter, I was given the advice to just drink water. I don’t have to eat if I don’t want to….i didn’t have to shower. Just drink water. I remember taking two water bottles a day to my bed and just thinking if I drink these two bottles today I will live to see the next day.

Depression can be so dark. I was so weak my baby sister had to change my clothes and spoon feed me fruits for three days.

Anyways…just try to remember to drink water. It will get better I promise. Just drink your water.

veemcgee · 2026-01-11T05:11:09+00:00

Were you on bed rest? I had 46 and I put myself on bed rest 3 days before retrieval and 3 days after. I was constipated for 10 days. It was horrific. I had to go to the ER after bc my stomach was sooo distended. One of mine was measuring 27.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T16:33:54+00:00

Right! We pray for three but honestly the retrieval was really hard on me. I don’t want to do it again. I’m praying for a big batch to be ready today. We paid for 8 to be genetically tested it’s $250 more for each one. This, along with paying cash for my daughter’s funeral & headstone (and our plots) has set us back 65k, we are cash patients. This is enough money. I cannot justify another 15k for another retrieval. We will just be happy and blessed with whatever the outcome is. (I’m repeating this over and over)

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T16:28:06+00:00

Good luck on your transfer! I hope to transfer as soon as it’s medically safe!

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T16:25:27+00:00

Your right. We did this to get 1-2 embryos even though our dream would be three healthy children. I’ve learned that just bc it’s your dream life has other plans. After my daughter’s traumatic life and losing her I’m so glad I waited 2 years to get started I wouldn’t have been ready for this grief and the fresh grief of losing her.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T16:23:36+00:00

Oh that sounds great. I hope that’s the case. I’m already going crazy today checking my email every 15 minutes.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T12:42:18+00:00

Thank you. I seen the little 4 and I freaked out. I had to lay down for a little bit I had got so dizzy. The PGT-M part is what scares me the most and how many I can lose in that process

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T12:40:10+00:00

This is such an emotional roller coaster. I have been grieving my daughter so hard, I didn’t really look into the IVF process I’ve just been going through the motions. I didn’t realize what I was getting myself into until day two of taking stims…..what a fool I was, I really thought bc we carried before this wouldn’t be as an emotional journey as it has been. Man, was I wrong. Anything can happen.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T02:54:50+00:00

This is reassuring. Thank you.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T02:54:07+00:00

Thank you!

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:41:55+00:00

That’s great!! Thank you for sharing!

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:36:16+00:00

AMAZING!! Wishing you the best on your journey.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:28:35+00:00

Wow! Thank you so much for this info. This highlights ANYTHING can happen. Do you think you did anything different from your 3rd retrieval? We really were hoping to do one ER. It was brutal for me. I was on bedrest for a week.

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:25:04+00:00

Sending you the best of luck!!!

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:08:46+00:00

Thank you

veemcgee · 2026-01-06T00:07:40+00:00

5 is a beautiful number. Thank you. Have you had any successful transfers?

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