She is also an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Nursing at a local university. Teri and her wife, Kris, have been a couple since January of 2000 and were legally married in Iowa in 2009. Teri and Kris have spent the last year and a half trying to conceive thru advanced fertility methods (IVF, IUI). Teri will talk about the difficulties in conceiving, the emotions involved, the massive cost, and why they chose conception over adoption. View Guest page