☽I'M A CLOWN JESSE, JESSE IM A BUFFOON☾

tl;dr: How do queer couples have kids? The same way as straight couples, silly! But this comic series has soooooooo much good information about fertility options! During my fertility journey, we did hormones+timed sex, IUI, and IVF. I was producing good eggs and my uterus was working, but somehow my egg cells weren't getting where they needed to go. My doctor wanted to do a laparoscopic investigation, but my husband's pending layoff meant we had to pull the pin on IVF quickly and hope for the best. Fortunately, IVF took on the first try and my kiddo will be turning 8 in a few weeks. A note on embryonic testing: Most testing only looks at chromosomes because that's all they can currently look at. A missing chromosome is fatal except in one very specific circumstance (Turner's syndrome). An extra chromosome can be fatal (Tay-Sach's disease), but in survivable disorders like Down's or Klinefelter's syndrome, selecting against them poses ethical challenges. If a couple has a more complicated case, more complex (and expensive) genetic tests can be ordered, but this is rare. If you'd like more information, PBS's NOVA series has a great episode about IVF. One of the couples featured are two trans people and they are adorable!

can't wait to say "during pride month?" at every minor inconvenience all of next month

i feel like some ppl don't understand that it's not that i identify as nonhuman, its that i AM nonhuman.

@wickedcriminal