having some period like bleeding (less than moderate bleeding) at 11 weeks with no cramps. my doctor can’t see me until next week. have any of you experienced this with a normal pregnancy and proceeded to carry to term ? nipts was all normal.

How does everyone manage SAD during the winters. Feeling so down and not sure what are the best ways to cope.

Congratulations everyone! You made it to MEA break!!😄 I hope you have a restful break...or if you’re like me- get two extra days to plan for the rest of the trimester.

Having some severe Executive Dysfunction atm. I can't imagine that the patent attorney bowl here is short on the neurodivergent. Suggestions/tips/tricks/advice are all appreciated. I recently moved, bought my first home, got vaccinated, etc. - basically just a huge load of stressful events that are probably doing a number on my brain, but I also just can't seem to get on top of.

Please, if you're neurotypical, think thrice before posting - I'm not normal, and want help, not stress or dismiss

Are morning erections healthy in men?

I used to get strong erections daily, but off lately I have been missing out on getting boners in the morning.

Is this normal?

Should I be worried?

I get erections otherwise throughout the day, but the morning one is the hardest and longest (duration)

Sell Shopify or hold? Already 14% down today after the vaccine news. Will it recover?

I'm a little worried about microplastics in my food. Is this just hysteria?

Recently decided to purchase a hair removal package for my face. They use Candela lasers. Can anyone attest to the effectiveness of this procedure?

My mom is convinced that I'm eligible for the vaccine in NY because I work there, even though I live in NJ. Having trouble finding information to confirm this, aside from the CVS website where as part of the eligibility check, it asks "do you live or work in NY"?Can anyone confirm if this is true?

Had a cancelled FET then was put on BC. I got my period while on BC and am on day 7 changing a pad every 4 hours. Anyone experienced this? I’m thinking it’s the lining shedding from cancelled cycle

anyone have an chiropractor they would recommend in the city? please also let me know the cost per sesh and/or if they take insurance!

When you encounter a conspiracy theorist re the vaccines, do you set them straight or do you just ignore it? I struggle w how to approach this.

Best gyms in Philly? Pre-covid I was doing a mix of OrangeTheory, F45, Corepower Yoga, with a few other places mixed in from ClassPass. Thoughts on the nicest gym? Located in Fishtown but would go down to nolibs/old city/midtown village too

Hi Sharks
I am 25 years old with in hand salary of 1L(just from last month) and i want to buy a term insurance plan. My questions are:
1. Is it wise to take 2 plans of term insurance one with return of 60 years and another without return of 80 years of each 1cr.
2. Is it wise to include health riders in insurance plan to claim for 80d or just chose health insu
3. How much one can ideally shell out for insurance per month (both term and health) for self in terms of percentage of monthly income.

What's the biggest piece of junk science that you think is commonly accepted as true. Mine has to be that intermittent fasting will help you lose weight and become more productive.

GHIP or PPO for a relatively young and healthy person but have monthly charges for several medications, have to see doc every 3 months for basic checkups, and have bloodwork/labs done once or twice a year? All in network and single no kids.

Husband and I have been TTC for almost a year. His semen analysis came back all normal with the exception of morphology at 1% (Kruger Strict criteria). Anyone have insights into morphology and it’s impacts on fertility? From what I’ve read and after talking to our fertility specialist morphology seems subjective.

I just found out my new coworker has ADHD. While that doesn’t bother me, I have never worked with someone with ADHD. Anyone have any suggestions for me?

anyone here in the midtown east area looking for a gym partner? I’m finding it very difficult to physically motivate myself every morning to go to the gym and think that if I have company, it’ll help. Prefer if my gym buddy would be F since I’m F but I’m also open.

I’m showing my age I guess but it’s really hard to tell who’s on the cover. It’s Usher right?

If working in Tysons/McLean is it better to live in downtown DC or Arlington?

Did anyone do an updated insurance policy for their luxury purses or other expensive item collection?

What is the average salary of a supply chain major with ~5 years experience? Green belt certified, no post grad.

I’ve listened to Lil’ Bit by Nelly and Florida Georgia Line 7 times today.

Is Infosys still looks for percentage in X, XII and Graduation for experienced? What percentage they look for?

Is it fine to back out from a signed offer if a much better role comes up before the start date? Any legal consequences from doing so? I am torn between this new offer which is my dream role

Hi fishes, Please provide 11 ❤ to enable dm.

Hear that appraisals happen for an employee every year around the first ever joining date. Is this true? And, does performance review happens with your manager or how does it work ?

Taking AUD in 2 weeks. Got a 70 on Becker mock exam. Any advice I should have for these last 2 weeks, would be really appreciated

Hello everyone, is everyone back to the office in Milan or your company has a WFH policy?

anyone hear back about APMM program offers?

Received an offer for an internal promotion and the verbal offer differed from the written offer. Specifically, the bonus verbalized was 2% higher than the offer letter. HR basically just said ‘sorry, our mistake the letter is right’. What would you do?

Best advice I've heard to ensure you get through busy season: Don't get drunk at company outings.

Anyone have experience doing pro bono advisory for charities? Is there a good placement agency for this?

Have 8.5 YOE with CCTC8.5 LPA with 10% VP. Tech stack - java, spring boot, microservices. #FirstSwitch
Offers-
1. TCS 19.4 LPA includes 10% VP (Associate Consultant) Delhi 2. WIPRO-25 LPA - includes 10% VP (B3 band team lead) considering it. (Pune) My queries
1.l initially didn't ask for JB from any. Can do that in anyway now as they are offering it to others.
2. What should be considered as good range of package for my yrs of exp. 3. Tech stack should upgrade to be competitive in Market.

Just discovered a public slack channel (that very much should have been private) that a few women at my work have been using to bitch about the co-workers they don’t like. There’s a lot of very mean posts about several of the CDs, account people, producers etc. There’s quite a few hateful posts about me and my partner too 🙈 should I tell them?

Is there a huge difference in certificate, executive education, and MBA when it comes to switching a career into product marketing?

A real gem from Henry Ford: "stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time."

Hello everyone,

I’m new to the group and Im looking to start the IVF process. I have a few questions if you all can assit w/ info. & experience, where the best place to start?

Thanks

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good OB in NYC?

Pick up day tomorrow ; Doctor suggests performing an additional elective procedure such as IVM, ZyMot, and Gold-media.Any fishes have any feedback on these procedures? What was your experience if any of you had done.
Appreciate the help.

Any women here with lean PCOS? I do not ovulate on my own (metformin regulated my periods but I still don’t ovulate) and am moving from three cycles of Clomid/IUI to IVF soon. No other issues have been found other than my PCOS (HSG shows tubes open). Curious about your experiences. And the reason I mentioned lean PCOS is because it seems for others with PCOS part of the fertility path is diet/exercise/weight loss but I am already very tiny.

Does anyone have success conceiving with low AMH? I am 30 yo and my AMH is 1.11, RE says it's low for my age.

Doing FET with my husband; we just found out our ideal egg donor has available lots! It has been a struggle to find a compatible donor, but it looks like we made it!

before my IVF cycle, my doctor is starting a monitoring session and will put me on estrogen patches. he also gave me a trigger shot . normal ?

Hi ladies! My doctor has recommended I increase my folate intake in addition to taking prenatals. Any recommendations?

Any tips on how to improve lining thickness? My RE had me on Estrace for a week before starting Prometrium (vaginally) a few days ago, but my lining is only a little above 5mm. Looks likely that this FET cycle is going to get canceled (was potentially going to be this weekend) since the lining doesn’t seem to be thick enough. This will be the 3rd transfer cycle that’s getting canceled, it just really sucks...what’s worse is I didn’t see my doctor today, just the sono tech, (cont’d)

I’m looking into cyro banks to bank my eggs for long term storage. Has anyone had any experience with California Cyrobank, Reprotech, or Fairfax Cyrobank?

Does Next Gen issue a formal report for PGS testing results? I had my embryos tested and my clinic just told me which were normal and abnormal. No other info on embryos ratings, etc. they could have not even sent it in for all I know!
Also, how involved are you REs? I’ve been through 2 retrievals now, but feel kinda in the dark still on a lot of things. Some of the nurses are hit or miss and if I want to talk to my doctor I have to schedule a consultation and its typically a 2 week wait.

SIL and BIL told us excitedly last weekend that she was pregnant (had literally just found out, so barely four weeks). This week she tells us she’s not pregnant anymore :(. They did not seem super torn up about it and were very practical about it. We said how sorry we were, etc etc. should I do anything else? Should I not mention it again unless they do?

Okay, so I have pretty bad cystic acne, clogged pores and enlarged pores. I’ve been using curology and a mild dermatologist recommended soap. I have seen some improvement, however I was curious if anyone was struggling with it and has tried the “Flo Vitamin gummy’s “ on top of my fertility struggle this really has kinda killed my confidence. I know it’s not specifically fertility related but Was hoping to get some feedback on similar situations

I did an HCG trigger on 6/26. Took 1 test/day days 11-15, all positives. Now (day 17pt) I’m having cramps and lots of bloating. Is that normal in very early pregnancy? Slightly panicking...

Just started progesterone suppositories. Anyone else worried that you are starting them either too early or too late in your cycle? I read that too early can increase risk of tubal pregnancy…

I’m on an estrogen patch and I feel like it’s making me really sad. Has this happened to anyone else?

Wanting to know what IVF coverage other consulting companies have. EY, McKinsey, BCG.

First post-transfer blood work came back with “ok” progesterone reading. Doc wants to supplement with pills before bed. Any recommendations of how to boost progesterone? Is there something before or after the shot that can be done to increase effects?

Starting IVF in a month - any guidance in prep for it, things that may help increase success for egg retrieval or anything like that? I started taking supplements advised by my doctor, but curious to hear of anything else! Thank you SO much!

Best age to freeze my eggs? I’m 30. Is it too early?