Late last year, I got some unpleasant career news. It was one step in many that is leading me toward reconsidering the path I'm on. But after I got the news, what was fascinating to me was that I strongly and immediately decided I was going to do HT. Even though changing careers would likely be financially costly. Even though considering big change in both my personal (3rd child) and professional (new career) lives had been previously REALLY stressing me out.

Somehow that news ...

(Literally as I was starting this entry, my clinic called about something - they're the best. Funny to see that caller ID come through right now!)

So I remember v clearly one part of the convo with DH where we decided not to go HT for our 2nd (very thankful we didn't now). But I remember saying I couldn't see myself taking all those shots, and having 'all those' appointments. That I couldn't see managing it with my career.

Riiight. Here i am, 2? Years later, doing just ...

If there's only a girl or girls on the cover, it goes right in the bin. If there's a boy anywhere in sight, I may open it. My own little personal 'So there!' to the catalog companies. It may not accomplish much but in that second, I feel a little better. Goodness gracious, is it that hard to start with the boys' stuff?

I even flipped through this one I just got - Garnet Hill Kids - for the purpose of this blog entry, and it had, oh yes, 95% girls' stuff. I think I caught sight ...

[QUOTE=ocean;520576]Day 3 stims update: 9 follicles on one side (R I think), 4 on other, all betw 7 and 13. Lining is 10, 'normal'. Next appt Monday.

I feel so much more chill about this cycle than the first one, it's like night and day. Where does this come from? Several things. 1) Therapy: I'm just focusing on the next step, not forecasting out the path of my life from each bit of news. 2) Jany, who reminds me I'm never going to give up (hence each bit of news isn't as emotional). ...

[QUOTE=ocean;497934][QUOTE=snoop;496559]
My husband feels it is not "right" being able to choose the sex of your baby. He also feels like I shouldn't be able to always get what I want...[/QUOTE]

When we were preparing to try for our 2nd, I raised the idea of PGD then, but I wasn't myself sure about it at all. DH had a strong reaction that it didn't feel safe/right enough and 'he would never forgive me if something went wrong' (with the baby). We didn't delve too ...