I feel like the fertility process is pulling my hubs and I apart. We’re both not great at communication, but I feel like this stressful process just is not bringing us together at all. I can’t vocalize what I need (because I don’t actually know what I need) and hubs is stressed and I feel like he’s drinking more and just not talking about his feelings. Anyone else navigating this? I don’t even know how to broach this topic. I am all about therapy, has anyone benefitted from couples therapy?

How early did you start seeing patients with COVID symptoms?

One time I was SO wasted at my now exes family’s big xmas party... when it was over everyone went to bed or home, I had to pee so bad but I was too drunk to remember where the bathroom is so I opened a door and it had a small space inside and I just went in the dark

The next morning it turns out that someone peed in the closet inside of his mom’s purse where she had her now damaged passport and documents. She was furious and the family was shocked, I had no idea how to tell them so I didn’t...

What creatine brand would you recommend?

I’m on autopilot everyday, just become numb. I just don’t have the motivation for this job anymore but with only 1 YOE I feel stuck... in all these job applications + covid.

So I adopted a cat during quarantine. Although I love him, having him seems to have worsened my anxiety. I would never give him away but the responsibility has been giving me severe anxiety. Even though I had thought long and hard about getting him. I think coupled with the fact I started a new job a month ago, I’m feeling a bit overwhelmed. I’m starting medication this week and hoping it will help me. But right now, I am so stressed out and anxious :/ any tips? Or words of encouragement?

6w3d and have had manageable nausea for the past few days but since early this morning I have felt horrendous. The absolute sickest I have ever felt. I have thrown up hundreds of times in the past few hours and cannot keep down a bite of cracker or a drop of water. I have ordered b6 and unisom. Has anyone felt like this and have it quickly subside? Or should I expect to feel like this for a while? I have a work trip this week beginning Monday and there is no way I can go if I feel like this

Looking for advice on how to help my husband understand my depression. Some days are darker than others. He doesn’t understand how I can get nothing done in a day...anyone ever leave a relationship?

How do you think climate change will impact insurance coverage in the future?

Just found out my wife’s uncle had a heart attack and they had to take him to 4 hospitals to get treatment.... the 1st 2 wouldn’t admit him cause they said how do we know if has covid or not... the 3rd one said we can’t admit him cause he didn’t come in our ambulance ... WTF is happening in India ... another reason why India is still and will continue to be a 3rd world country!!!

Anyone using MH Inspire Science? What are your thoughts? Are there enough labs for distance learning or do you supplement?

Best place to get a sleep study done?

CBD for sleep - recommendations pls?!?

Lit associates-what all do you delegate to your assistant? What do you ask them to do that helps you manage your symptoms?

I am in a relationship for 3.5 years now. .
We both love each other. Used to enjoy the company emotionally and physically. We took it bit slow as it was 1st relationship for both of us.
For initial years we tried various stuff on bed and we both enjoyed it thoroughly.
And finally last year after 2-2.5 years of dating when we were comfortable enough, we decided to have sex.

But, after many unsuccessful attempts we discover that she might have medical condition vaginismus

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Need a pep talk! I've gotten into the habit of snacking/eating out of boredom or when procrastinating, so I decided to mentally hit reset and do a monk fast today (36hrs, not my first one). I'm soooo hungry though 😭 trying to stay strong

First time back in the gym since March 2020, been using adjustable dumbbells at home but damn… I am weak 🥲

Having a hard time working at home now. I was strong for the past 3 weeks, but started to lose momentum last week. Today, I can’t concentrate at all, I’m on YouTube, sleeping, etc. HELP.

Do any real people actually want schools to reopen as it stands now? Im hearing so much about it but it feels like a weird disconnected political thing and not a live humans with kids thing.
*Obv the goal is to get covid under control so kids can go back safely, this is assuming infection rates stay steady or continue to climb

So I just had 2 tables fight in a restaurant. Table A coughed and table B said oh covid and laughed. Happens that table A is Asian and table B is white.
Table A assumed the joke is because they are Asian and table B says no, everyone got covid not just Asians it’s just a bad joke; who is right?
Table A escalated to a fight and had to be both separated and asked to leave. Who is right?

What's the best form of compensation to ask for and why?

My employers' CEO just announced that they just received $7 million from investors. He wants to use that money to offer incentives to employees that hussle and drive more revenue for the company. We're not sure what those incentives look like yet, but here are some post-announcement rumors from my co-workers:

Cash bonuses, raises, profit-sharing, company equity, 401k match, etc.

Ib pivot to consulting?
Currently a post-mba associate in investment banking. Would it be hard/possible for me to pivot into consulting?

Currently a Wealth Advisor for Citi but I honestly hate it here with a passion it’s the worst company I’ve ever worked for in my life and I’ve been in Wealth Management in the banking channel for over a decade. Series 7, Series 63, Life, CFP, ChFC, and soon to have my MBA with a focus in Mergers & Acquisitions. I’m look to enter another area of Finance at this point instead of starting over somewhere else from scratch, but not sure what direction to go. Interested in Investment Banking or M&A.

How do you actually find a decent person to date when you’re working 80+ consulting hours? Like seriously...everyone I know who recently got engaged or married had been long term dating since high school or college. What has worked for people?

At this moment, I am almost depressed. I am in a relationship with this guy for 2 years now. In the past 2 years, we have fought more than we have lived days with peace. We both have high ego problems because of which it’s really hard to resolve a conflict. Things have recently escalated to calling names/swearing and even physically abuse from both sides. We both want to end the relationship, have tried so many times, but we cannot.

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Is it official holdiay in Accenture today? 26th oct! Or optional

What’s the worst screw up you made as a young attorney?

What are your thoughts on invoking the rule of sequestration at a deposition in a case in state court? I have heard some attorneys argue that it is inapplicable, while others have argued that it does apply.

And does your answer change if the "extra" person is adverse to the deponent? For instance, a corporate plaintiff having two reps at the defendant's deposition.

Hello folks,
I'm serving NP in IBM currently with around less than 60 days left. I'm actively looking for referrals from Wipro. If anyone could help with that I'd be grateful.
Skill - SAP Basis
YoE - 3 years

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How do I get out of this funk?

Any lateral people who joined TCS, regretting after joining TCS ?

What is the minimum appraisal (%) at ICICI Bank?

Hi any vacancy for CSV in life science domain....

Are people seeing travel or working on-site again after the apocalypse? If yes where do you work?

For me personally I really want to get back to some form of being on-site with customers and team etc.

At Cap it seems only the DV Basements Brigade are on site again.

I am currently located in Germany.I have a valid work permit- blue card for Germany.I am planning to move from CGI India to CGI Germany. May I know how much package (in Euros) I can ask for CGI Germany , 7 years of experience in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices,Kafka,Elastic Search and Camunda BPM (niche skills).

Blepharoplasty— has anyone done it or know someone who has ? I’m considering doing it

Hi everyone!
I just started a job at a very large Private Equity firm. This is my second EA job in financial services, and it seems like everything is ASAP and super urgent all the time, which is stressing me out. Is this normal for most of financial services? My old firm was so much more relaxed, but I’m thinking it may have been an anomaly.

Got referred to fertility specialist after 6 months of trying (38 y/o) for our second child. We have Kaiser (CA) and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on what to ask on the first telephone visit or tips in general. Thanks.

Hi Ladies, I’m 31 yrs old I‘m in birth control right now and will be starting Stims from 08/29 as part of IVF treatment. This is my first time IVF, all my results are normal but due to male factor had to go with IVF, and my insurance is not covering for my drug:Follistim-900 unit Pen/Gonal-F, my doctor prescribed Follistim. So I was doing price match for both in Freedom fertility and Village Pharmacy. I see Follistim is costing $2741 and Gonal-F is $847(due to some discount), which is best one?

Anyone have any experience with APS? Did some blood tests after two early miscarriages (5 weeks and 6 weeks) and my anticardiolipin levels are somewhat elevated. Still have a couple weeks before I can get in to see my doctor, so curious what other people have to say in the interim.

Can one suddenly be diagnosed with PCOS. I had regular periods till end of last year. I had a miscarriage last May and then tried IUIs and harmone injected timed intercourses, with no success. Contd

For those of you that went through IVF - how many cycles did you go through? Did it result in a successful live birth?

Insurance companies are now allowing embryo banking. This happened to me and also another friend who works at a different company where we decided to go through with another IVF cycle before attempting a transfer (because an optimal number of embryos was not achieved) and insurance approved them. Hallelujah!

Has anyone ever transferred abnormal embryos?

So I’m 4 weeks going on 5 weeks pregnant and Monday I had “cramps” which really felt like gas in my lower abdomen. Went to the restroom and saw spotting of red blood. The gassy feeling only lasted for about a hour and each time I would fart, I felt better. I’ve been spotting since then and am really concerned. Has anyone else gone through something similar?

Ladies, I have an opportunity to join Deloitte. What is Deloitte’s benefit/coverage on IVF like? I don’t want to ask HR about it. Thanks!

Has anyone noticed traveling has an impact on implantation/getting pregnancy?

For those interested in egg donation process, I’m posting a description of the experience which was written by someone who successfully went through it.

This gave me hope and swayed my way to try it

Has anyone been able to extend their cycle or reschedule monitoring appointments? I have a sudden death in the family that I cannot afford missing the funeral for, but it will occur halfway through my stims

How do you keep yourself sane during the two weeks wait? Going crazy over here.

Traveled for the first time this week since COVID and got the dreaded “do you have kids?” question at team dinner. Him-“do you have kids?” Me- “No, I don’t.” Him-“Oh good! That’s the right choice!!” Me (awkwardly)- “I still have time… I’m not even 30 yet!” (Team member who knows about our 3 month and 6 month miscarriages looking on with THE saddest face) Ughhhh. He had absolutely no idea and meant well since everyone was talking about their kids but gosh…I wish this didn’t have to be a thing😩

Anyone dealt with early second trimester miscarriage with PGT normal embryos after FET? We transferred two AA normal embryos-- one was a blighted ovum and just lost the other early in second tri. If you have, what did you do differently the next time around for more success? Getting old and just crushed at losing both our normal embryos and 6-9 months.

TTC, any advice on asking for remote weeks during ovulation?

Hi everyone, I’m a 27 y/o female who recently found out that my AMH level was a 0.5 which I wasn’t expecting. With no plans on getting pregnant anytime soon, this made me really worry, so I’m looking into egg freezing for my future fertility journey.
I’m currently located in NYC and I was able to get my first fertility assessment done at Kindbody, but now wondering if I should get second opinion at a different clinic (maybe im in denial).
I would love to hear any doctor or clinic recs in nyc!

How long did it take to bleed after a 10 cycle of provera? I just finished day 10 yesterday.