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Week One at Toronto Sick Kids. A recap of Oct 24-30th.

In memory of our baby Kyle: Oct 24, 2011 - Nov 8, 2011. We had 15 days with him. This is a summary of the first 7 days. As many people reading this know, I was pregnant with a baby boy affected with a severe mutation of Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency, which means that he can't metabolize protein properly. Protein gets changed into ammonia, but it doesn't get past that point in affected children. The ammonia builds up, causing potential brain damage, and eventually causing the organs to shut down. We were going to do medical treatment to be followed by a liver transplant. We weren't convinced we would get to the point of transplant, because the treatment would be difficult to manage. But we were willing to try. We were doing it day by day. We were going to try, and if he made it, we would go buy everything that was needed. I was due Nov 14, or Nov 11 based on ultrasound. I've had two previous full term pregnancies. My daughter was born at 10 days ove

Making a Leap: Reducing Employment Hours to Increase Self-Employment

Looking back to 2012, one of my goals was to increase my self-employment income to be more than 15% of my income for the year. Three years later, I've surpassed this goal! Although we aren't at the end of 2015 yet, I can estimate my numbers quite well. There is a possibility that my self-employment income will be more than I have forecasted. Primary job: (25 hours/week) 2012: 79% of income 2013: 75% of income 2014: 80% of income 2015: 70% of income Secondary job: (average of 5 hours/week) 2012: 12% of income 2013: 13% of income 2014: 10% of income 2015: 10% of income Self -Employment: 2012: 5% of income 2013: 11% of income 2014: 10% of income 2015: 20% of income Other Income: 2012: 4% of income (Maternity Employment Insurance during January) WOOT!! This year my NET self-employment income will be 20% of my total income. I've grown business slowly, quite purposefully. I havn't advertised due to fear of growing too fast, and not hav

1 in 100 Canadian Births Conceived With IVF

This past Saturday, the Globe and Mail newspaper had an article regarding PGD - pre implantation genetic diagnosis. I plan on writing more about that topic in the future, but in the meantime, one of the statistics that was in the article was that approximately 1% of the live births in Canada were conceived via IVF - in vitro fertilization. The 1% quote is pretty close. In 2009, there were 380 863 births in Canada , and 3160 of these were via IVF based on the statistics stated below. This is an overall rate of 0.83% of births were via IVF, which can easily be rounded up to state approximately 1%. I know a number of people who have used IVF in order to get pregnant, but I had never considered the overall percentage before. I'd share one of cute pictures of friends children who have been conceived by IVF, but even for those who are open about the conception, it feels a little too public to request permission to use a picture. One in one hundred children being born ar

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