The wait is Over.....Contracts are Done

Thanks to everyone for crossing their fingers to speed up the contract phase.  Contracts are done.  We should get "THE CALENDAR" sometime this week.  Yea!

I got my big box of meds last week.  Only surro-moms would be excited to get a big box of needles.  Yes I know we are crazy but it is very exciting to know our journey is about to start.  Starting the meds means the trasnfer will be soon.

More to come.....will keep you posted

The Waiting Game

I went to the clinic today to do my last sono screening to get ready for the meds.  We are waiting for our contracts to be done before we can start meds for the transfer.  So at this point, it is just a waiting game.  As soon as we finalize our contract we can start the meds and transfer will be 4-6 weeks prior to starting.  The clinic said that if we get contracts done by next week then we will be on schedule for an early June transfer.  I transfered June 8 with the twins and my due date was at the end of February.  It worked out great b/c I was at home for summer break during my first trimester.  Especially during the morning sickness part of the journey.  It's nice to be home during that time.  Call me crazy, but from my experience being pregnant, girls make me sick.  Boys not so much. 

Need everyone to keep their fingers crossed that our lawyers get on the ball and finish our contracts so we can get started.  I would love to be able to spend the first trimester of the pregnancy at home while I'm on summer break.....just incase Robin has a little girl!  LOL

I will keep yall posted.....more to come :)

Post by Jeni - Surrogate's Point of View

I found this on another girls blog and it looked like good information to share with my followers. Click on the link below and it will take you to another blog written by a surrogate named Jeni. This is her point of view of being a surrogate. It is very interesting and very true. I could've said it any better. Thank you Jeni for writing this and thank you for allowing others to share.  Very well said!

http://lovemakesafamily2011.blogspot.com/2012/03/surrogates-point-of-view.html?spref=bl

Medical Screening

I want to start off by saying I have the best intended mother ever.  Robin is so sweet.  She called me last night to wish me luck and let me know she would be thinking of me at my appointment today.

I finally got the pleasure to meet Dr. Kathy (IVF Dr) today.  We started off my talking about all my previous pregnancies.  Since I carried my two children full term and carried the twins pre-term, she recommended transferring one embryo instead of two.  There is still a small chance the embryo could split into two and become twins.  I have carried one and I have carried two, either way it doesn't really matter to me because I enjoyed both pregnanies.  Although I would have to admit, carrying the twins was a little more challenging for me.  My goal is to carry a healthy baby to full term because I was very disappointed when my water broke with the twins at 33 weeks.  After visiting with the Dr. and her staff, off to do the medical screening.  She did an internal sonogram where she looked at all my "goods" then I had a hysteroscopy procedure done right after.  She said everything looked perfect and she would call Robin with the results.  From my experience with this IVF stuff, you never get out of the office without getting poked by a needle.  So with that being said, I had blood work done before I left.

So where do we go from here, you ask?
We have to get all the legal stuff handled and then I will start my wonderful shots to get my body ready for the transfer.  It will not be too much longer and Robin will be expecting her very first baby.  Yea!  I am so excited to be able to share this amazing adventure with her.  As Demi would put it, "I am very thankful my mom is sharing her tummy with Robin"  LOL, she is a funny girl!

All in all, everything went great.  We are continuing to move forward in the journey and that much closer to helping Robin's dream of having a family come true :)

More to come, I will keep yall posted