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Jun. 1st, 2006 at 7:02 PM

http://www.mombian.com/2006/05/03/lgbtfamilies/

both my brother and i are gay.
jon lives with his partner andre, they are talking about buying a house and starting a family.

i am living with my love jeani.
we are raising our 9yr old daugher mia, (9 going on 19.. lol)
and have a small zoo in our house. we are surounded by life every second of the day.

jeani and i found each other after surving many years in horrible relationships and have been building a wonderful life together ever since.

i am currently pregnant with twins, after suffering a devestaing loss of our daughter julia a year ago (miscarried at the end of may). the ttc journey has been long and expensive, and so worth it every time i feel the babies move inside me and we get to see them on ultrasound.
i had never thought that i would get the opportunity to be a mom. it is one of the greatest gifts that anyone has ever given me.
what better way to raise twins than with 2 moms?

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dayweletgo wrote:

Jun. 2nd, 2006 12:05 am (UTC)

seeing your posts always makes me smile about a future after i graduate (in 1 semester!).

:)

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lizardjee wrote:

Jun. 2nd, 2006 07:49 am (UTC)

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piknik wrote:

Jun. 2nd, 2006 03:07 am (UTC)

if you don't mind my asking, how did you eventually get pregnant? i'm curious because i am interested (as i've said in my journal) in pursuing fertility medicine and i hope to help gay couples as well as infertile straight couples. i know a lot of Reproductive Endocrinologists won't. did you ever run into trouble with that?

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lizardjee wrote:

Jun. 2nd, 2006 07:53 am (UTC)

no trouble, we got lucky, jeani had worked with the nurses who work in the office we went to, so we had an in. we got away with a bunch of things/tests etc that are "required" but we didnt have to do. we went with an RE. i was dead set on doing it naturally, but after one failed cycle i went to clomid. i got pregnant on 50 of clomid, but miscarried julia at 10wks.
after more clomid cycles and sitting some out b.c of clomid induced cysts, we the nurses gave us gonal-f, and we did one cycle of that with lupron, and we got the twins. (using our last 2 vials of sperm from california cryo).
the only other RE in town requires that lesbian couples go through psych evals before he will even talk to them.

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piknik wrote:

Jun. 2nd, 2006 04:09 pm (UTC)

OMG that is wretched. why don't they make straight couples go through psych evals???? god knows there are enough crazy parents out there who don't have any place in having responsibility for another human being. i hate it when doctors think they're so far above everyone else. i'm still surprised when my patients go, "oh, okay. that sounds good, thanks." i'm thinking "wow, they trust me!!" (not that they shouldn't, it's just still new to me to be in that position).

i'm rambling -- and hey, i was a unit secretary before med school, it's a *very* tough job. and like my mom always says (she's a nurse), the unit secretary is the toughest and worst job there, so they deserve all the respect!!

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lizardjee wrote:

Jun. 3rd, 2006 01:17 am (UTC)

well that one guy was the only RE in the area for the longest time so he pretty much called all the shots. we just got a branch of CNY fertility out here, and they are amazing.

i was working on a masters degree in anthropology/womans studies because its basically the only thing i am passionate about, but that is what i had to drop out of and never went back, maybe someday, when the twins start school. lol
: )

as much as i hate my job, i would be hard pressed to go start a new job at 1.2 the pay rate when basically all i have been doing is some admissions and then spend the rest of the time in the internet or reading. being knocked up with twins, its the ideal job. lol

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whatyouthinkiam wrote:

Jun. 7th, 2006 04:58 am (UTC)

(Sorry about the randomness of my presence)

A thousand wonderful wishes for you, your partner and your children. I hope all of you are happy and well.

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lizardjee wrote:

Jun. 7th, 2006 11:11 am (UTC)

thank you.

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