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" Sorry for the radio silence from me the past few days...I have felt a bit :stalled: as we wait for the results of Mook&amp;#039;s chromosome/karyotype test. My phone should be ringing sometime today, since I was able to convince my favorite lab nurse to call and check on when we could expect the results. I mentioned my happiness (which didnt compare to Mook&amp;#039;s happiness!) about his count going up! The lowest count he ever got from a SA was 2 million, and this most recent showed 10 million--a small victory, but we&amp;#039;ll take it! His motility showed 20% forward movement, and a 28% morphology. So we are still looking at &amp;quot;low&amp;quot; in regards to count and motility, but borderline-normal for morphology! It has encouraged Mook to continue the great exercise routine he has done the past year, along with taking multivitamins. Who knows if this has a direct correlation or not, but it&amp;#039;s encouraging, to say the least!  So hopefully by tomorrow&amp;#039;s (in) Fertility Friday Five I will have more good news to report...     In the meantime, let&amp;#039;s talk about my Savings Account. Before our IVF cycle last year, I decided it was time to kash in. I thought it was time to put all my good karma to use, and pray that all the good deeds I had done would bring us luck. I guess I hadn&amp;#039;t saved up quite enough...  So this past weekend, I added (in my opinion) some major kash to my Karma Savings Account. Here is what I deposited:  Attended a community festival where I was subjected to hundreds of toddlers, babies in strollers, and pregnant bellies. ($$$$$)  Looked after our 6-year-old neighbor, while her mommy and poppa went to the hospital, hoping to deliver their baby girl (false alarm). We love this little 6 year old to death, so the depositing of karma kash in this instance is not made in malice. Even having to see my neighbor&amp;#039;s very-pregnant belly has not caused me to hyperventilate. ($$$)  Stopped at a lemonade stand in a neighborhood behind mine--2 adorable children selling lemonade with their mom and grandmother sitting near by. I could have driven right on by, but something pulled at my heartstrings. I dutifully paid my 25 cents, and even through in a tip. When I got home, I gave that lemonade to my very-pregnant neighbor. That&amp;#039;s got to be good for something, right? ($$$$)   Now that I&amp;#039;ve got more funds in the account, I&amp;#039;m hoping it will draw interest and I&amp;#039;ll be able to kash out again in a few weeks...  Questions for tomorrow&amp;#039;s Five for Friday? Send them to me today! jj@redbookmag.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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