I had my retrieval today and they'll call tomorrow to say how many of my retrieved eggs are actually mature. Somehow, I had it in my mind that some of them mature over night. Do they sit in a little incubator and grow a little more? Did I imagine that? Does anyone know?
It doesn't really matter at this point, I'm just curious <3
Everyone said the trigger shot was bad. I thought they meant it burned a lot and took a long time. Well, I did mine last night and within an hour and a half I was very dizziness and vomiting everything in my stomach. Felt like alcohol poisoning. I was in hell. I took Dramamine and feel better after a good night's sleep.
I wish I had hydrated a lot the day before the shot.... I did ok, but not a good as I sometimes have been. I feel pretty crummy.
Did this happen to anyone else? My clinic said it's just part of the estrogen shock. Does this mean I'm more likely to vomit a lot during pregnancy?
I'm a little worried cause I did my first injections last night. Just my first. Maybe it's just the let down from all the anxiety and build up, but I feel like shit. Very fatigued and the worst headache I've had in years.
I'm really worried I just have the worst timed summer cold EVER. No fever. I'm just spiraling...
Has anyone felt like this?
My fear is that it will only get worse. Do symptoms always move in a linear fashion or is there any hope that it'll get better (and then worse in different ways, I guess).
I don't feel very strong right now. I wish I did. I wish I felt like the powerful woman who worked multiple jobs, lived lean, saved up for this, walked away from unsupportive situationships, nurtured my platonic relationships, played the long game, and is now taking control of my fertility. I just don't. I feel weak and scared.
ETA: In the spirit of humor.... I'm curious to hear yours. What would you say as your honest summer message if there weren't any consequences?
So I'm going to share it here instead.
I want to make my summer auto-reply: "Professor Puzzled_Air doesn't get paid during the summer. She's out here grinding and hustling. Her response to your email will be delayed."
Also, WHEW. Not getting a summer class amounts to an 11% pay cut from what I was (apparently naively) anticipating I would make this year and what I made last year. I didn't hit the ground running fast enough with summer jobs because I was over confident I would get a summer class. I'm stressed. I love so many things about this job, but this is tough.
ETA: I did go to great lengths to figure out a way to make an autoreply that ONLY goes to student emails. FWIW. If that makes a difference....
ETA: this was very poorly phrased. I do have a basic personal/professional site, but it's time to renew the domain ($$$). I'm wondering if I should ditch what I currently have experiment with a github page. Generally, I like the academic github pages I've encountered for their simplicity and ease of navigation, and.... it's free. Also, I think it's a different ethos. I'm more at the "thank you for googling me, here's my contact and list of publications" phase and (unfortunately) not yet in the ~contact my agent~ phase, like some of my peers (I'm fine with this, I made choices). Everyone has been very generous and helpful! Thank you!
I'm a millennial "professional track" teaching faculty in the humanities. Publishing is hard with a 4/4/1 load, but I'm really proud of what I've accomplished and like for it to be easy for people to find if they google me. When my book came out, I made a very basic website. Photo, bio, link to CV (google doc).
It's time to renew and I'm not sure I really need it. I'm seeing more and more of my peers (more so faculty on the younger side, and grad students) have professional portfolios / CV githubs. I had the impression this wasn't a humanities thing, but some of my humanities colleagues have them, too. Would it be weird if I made one? Are there pros and cons I should know about? I just don't to accidentally look like an idiot.
I'm not looking for anything fancy. Not trying to market myself beyond having a little control over what comes up when I'm googled. I want people to be able to find my CV and list of publications easily.