Hi all. My wife and I are working with a RE as we are a same sex couple and need the fertility clinic to complete the insemination process. My wife’s a clean bill of health for everything except a 3.8 TSH level. She is on synthroid to get it down and it’s up to us if we want to try with our first IUI in three days. The RE recommends it’s not as low as they’d like (2.5) and that >2.5 increases risk of miscarriage. I guess I’m looking for stories where you’ve been successful >2.5?

What is a good salary for a senior copywriter with 10 years of experience? Interviewing with companies like Epsilon and RVO Health.

Firms: oh woe is us we cannot keep associates and everyone is miserable
Associates: have you thought about accepting less work or giving clients realistic timelines?
Firm: it is an impossible challenge
Associates: we just want less work
Firms: a mystery. Have you seen our mental health webinar?

I’m thinking that teaching a 5 year old to read with a mask on won’t work. They need to see your mouth. Anyone have thoughts on this?

Starting to get back into playing sports after being mostly sedentary for a while. Any tips on not getting injured?

Does ML urine test?

How do you guys stay fit while on the road? I travel every week M-thu for work and i’m really struggling because i eat restaurant food every night

Alright I gotta say it.. charlottes gym scene is terrible. Where do people go to workout?

Echo and nuclear leaders and techs: is your facility 1) requiring COVID testing before exercise stress testing, 2) wear N95 and PPE, or 3) both testing and PPE?
Our clinic is removing the cost barrier of testing but staff are worried about risks since echo rooms don’t have HEPA or negative pressure systems and patients are allowed to remove their masks while running and breathing heavy during image acquisition.
Have you had good / bad experience with lack of Covid testing before stresses?

Do you pay out of pocket on insurance premiums at your firm? My wife may leave her job to stay home and we’re on her insurance. My firm told me we’re $750/pay period or $18k/yr. that sounds absurd.

I searched all the bowls and couldn’t find a cycling group. So, here I am, member zero of Cycling in Advertising. Welcome. Let’s make this a place where experts, novices and everyone in between can share experiences and advice about all things cycling *road, mountain, cross or unicycle. Pics of your gear is encouraged.

Covid travel question - for Spain I had to fill out a "health control form" because I am connecting in Madrid to go to Italy. The form had me check a box if Spain isn't my final destination (which it's not) and now says TRANSIT across the top of my QR code. I am connecting to another airline so will need to go get my bags - will I have any trouble since I assume getting my bags is within Spain and after immigration

How did you all find a therapist? It feels so overwhelming having so many options across the US (virtual) that I don’t even know where to start

Is anyone else dealing with constant exhaustion? I wake tired and never feel energized

I have ADHD and executive dysfunction, resulting in horrid eating habits my whole life. My body just doesn’t tell me it is hungry and pre-pregnancy, I could go days without eating. My husband is the same way. I am panicked about staying on top of baby feedings and noticing patterns. The Pocket Nanny tracker where you press the button of the feed, diaper change, etc, seems to be popular but doesn’t log it anywhere. Has anyone heard of these and have a recommendation for one that logs as well?

What are the ethics of giving your leftover oxy to a junkie on the logic that it could prevent on overdose on some shitty street heroin? Would he just sell it and buy shitty street heroin?

Fellow Fishbowlers, Looking to go into Recruiting, either in Healthcare or another corporate organization. IF YOU ARE A RECRUITER, can you PLEASE fill me in on the advantages and disadvantages of the role?!? Deeply Appreciate your input!!!

Hi all!
I’m currently on my last year of university, pursing a computer science degree. I have yet to get an internship, or any experience in tech. Any advice on where to start? I would be attending part time in the spring semester and taking night classes so I would like to have something set up for January, let me know what you think. Thank you in advance.

Anybody from Salesforce who can give a referral. Sorry for asking this like this but I just don’t know anyone at Salesforce. Its a customer success group role. Also need to-ask few question as well.

Hi friends,

I'm a new joinee in MSFT.

People in my team they don't come with me for breaks. (They blame the timings are different since they sit in crits but i don't think so because they have their own group of friends to go with)

Secondly, when my team members see me in cafeteria we expect they'll sit with us but people here are being rude they directly go and sit with their friends they don't call you to join. ( atleast they could have said they are accompanied)

People behave unpleasant

Does TCS provide onsite in Bank Of America project?

Paris hotels… which would you prefer?
a) Four Seasons
b) Hôtel Plaza Athénée
c) Mandarin Oriental
d) Shangri-La Paris
e) Ritz Paris

Help! I told my SO I’d let them know before I go to bed tonight. And I have totally procrastinated.

I am looking for a job change, Do let me know if there is any opening for accounts payable. I am holding 6 years of experience..

Hello All... Hope u all are well.

I wanted to know how is company F5 and hows the work culture and work life balance working in F5?

Hi fishes,
So I had 2 technical interviews with HCL which I was shortlisted and I got a call to have a client prep session but I have not gotten any offer from HCL. I just want to know if this is normal

Hi All,

Please confirm HSBC salary deduction it only shows basic salary+flexi + pf+ gratuity but no other things like professional tax etc are mentioned in offer letter...will it be revised while joining or just the same

Anyone who have this knowledge please confirm

Is GCB 6 a good band in EDPI, for someone with 5+ years of experience

Just got to know zs is giving it's top Data Science consultant around 36 lakh fixed wow

Thoughts on FrontGate?

Aside from all the usual benefits like paid vacation time, health insurance, 401k matching program, have you ever seen a truly unique business perk?

I've been dating this girl for 9mo and dtr'ed 5mo ago. She hides me from her family. For ex, we had plans for me to go to her place but something popped up and her brother was there to help. She indirectly told me to not go over until her brother leaves. I brought this up and she said why would I want my brother to know a random person's sleeping over? Same thing for when her parents decide to stop by and I'm at her place, I have to leave immediately. Is it a red flag or is it still too early?

New gf said she’s addicted to me. What does it mean?

OTS is growing rapidly and leadership has asked us SMs to assist with recruiting. One of our needs is for cybersecurity and data privacy consultants interested in M&A e.g. CISSP, CISA, CIPP, CIPM, etc

As a salesperson I generally take the approach of keeping my opinions to myself, if a customer asks me something directly I'm not going to lie to them I'll share what I believe in a respectful way. In other words I don't try to force my views on anyone, but lately our world seems to be more and more polarized on everything, and everyone is offered just by knowing you don't share the same views as they do they can't imagine their opinion isn't the only one. How are you handling these situations?

What’s going on in Atlanta this weekend

Salary question! I’m a senior account manager with 5+ yrs experience (Commercial Insurance) - on the road to being an Account Executive in the next year. Can others post their base salary that are in a similar spot in their career? Just wanting to compare and make sure my salary is fair/average for the west coast area as I am not from here originally.

I did not have a good retrieval and I’m having a hard time processing. This cycle took so much out of me, I don’t know if I can do it again. I just want to cry.

I am 34.5 and have been TTC for 1.5 years. Failed one cycle of timed intercourse and one natural cycle IUI. At this point, considering IVF- there were no major issues when got tested by RE. Had a microadenoma and have been on medication since. Husband’s count and motility came back normal but morphology was a bit low. RE said low morphology does not matter much. Any advice before going to IVF? Thank you in advance

Has anyone used a loan to cover the cost of IVF treatments? If so, what lender did you go with and how was the experience? Would you have done anything differently?

Going through IVF cycle now. Every ultrasound session costs about $800-$900 each. My firm insurance covers like $90. I need to pay the rest out of pocket. Does this sound normal? Thank you!

Has anyone here had a difficult recovery post-egg retrieval? It’s been 3 days and I’m still in a lot of pain. The medical team said I should expect to be uncomfortable for 5-7 days or more due to the high number of eggs retrieved (=very swollen ovaries) and it will take 2 weeks to get back to normal.

Anyone took a leave of absence, or knows anyone who did, to try to conceive? What was that like?

If I do egg freezing with my insurance right now (Aetna PPO with Accenture), will I have to pay for IVF later to use the eggs?

Have been TTC for 6 months (with no luck) and just found out I have both Addison’s Disease and Hashimoto’s. I had never heard of either… How do they affect fertility? Can they be treated to enable natural conception?

My wife is 34 and just tested her AMH levels 0.83...she’s so upset at how low it is. While we wait for the antral follicle count, any perspectives from this group on how indicative AMH really is?

Anyone here have a pituitary gland issue that caused high prolactin levels and found out that it’s related to the infertility issue? Just want to see how you had it resolved. Much love! Thanks!

After two failed embryo transfers, I feel incredibly deflated. Where do we go from here ? How do we understand why embryo didn't implant and what should we do next.

I am getting ready to start my first IVF cycle and I went in for baselines and I have a few cysts that haven’t cleared up. They want me to trigger immediately to start the cycle over again. Has this happened to anyone else? Fingers crossed I don’t miss the next IVF start date at my clinic!

I am suspected for endometriosis. I haven’t tried hormones yet but getting an IUD on Tuesday. Is it worth doing a laparoscopy? I am concerned about the risks. 33F, planning to have kids in the next 2-4 years. Not sure if I should wait and try it out before I get surgery.