What I learned in April

Today I am linking up with Emily at Chatting at the Sky

for What I Learned This Month.  

This is my first time to participate and I will admit that a couple of these things I learned last month but who's counting, right?  

the first one is my most recently acquired knowledge and that is that the flu is nothing to be messed with!  My family will be getting flu shots from here on out.  Someone(s) in our family has been sick since April 20th and wow it has really thrown us for a loop and knocked us out!  We are looking forward to being back to normal.

When I was nursing Cora and still eating dairy free I learned that liberally sprinkling dill weed on your baked potato is an excellent substitute for sour cream.  It still provides a zesty taste but without the dairy or if you're watching calories, as a much lower calorie option.  

This last one was a huge ah- ha for me!  I had no idea this existed.  During mom's night out one evening I learned that one of my friends is planning to do embryo adoption!  I am soo excited for her.

Have you ever heard of this?  

Basically, when a couple does IVF and doesn't use all of the embryos that have been fertilized then those embryos are frozen and/or donated for research or destroyed.  

A couple can choose to place those embryos up for adoption to another couple and that couple can then have the embryo implanted into the mom and the adoptive mom can carry and give birth to her adopted child.  How amazing is that?!  

I really love this option both for adoptive couples as well as the parents who want a different option for their frozen embryos.  

Another really neat fact I found out about embryo adoption is that it is the least expensive type of adoption currently.

So what about you, I would love to hear something you learned in April or what you think about one of the things I've learned.  

Kelly