The embryo transfer is in 13 days!!!! I can't believe it! It feels like yesterday I was filling out my application online. Okay maybe not like yesterday. It's been very slow in some aspects, but in hindsight it's gone FAST. I mean this is a HUGE decision for everyone involved. The agency I'm working with has been WONDERFUL from day 1! I was just re-reading my benefit package and I realized I hadn't applied for life insurance yet and it says I have to have that done before the first embryo transfer! Usually the agency is right on top of it and telling me exactly what I need to get done, so I panicked for a minute until I realized the agency did it for me! #wonderful
The intended mom is getting so excited! She picked up her little embryos from UCLA and brought them to the clinic where the transfer will happen in Thousand Oaks, CA. She is so excited! I cannot wait! I am hoping to come up with a fun way to surprise her IF she's(Well, ME) pregnant first go around! I've thought of some fun ideas, but if any of you can think of any, please feel free to share! I would love it if SHE could take the test and SHE could find out first, but since that can't happen, I really want to take her by surprise. It's going to be kind of hard since she'll be waiting that day, but I think I can pull it off ;)
I had another appointment in Denver on Tuesday! They just checked my bloodwork and also did an ultrasound again! Everything is going great! I am taking 4 pills of hormones a day now instead of 3 just to make sure we're ready in 12 days!!!
I wanted to give a special shot out to our dear friends who will be watching the kiddos when we're gone. It will be great to have Adam with, and I can't wait to see Michelle and Mike! It will be hard to be without the kids but I am excited for them cause I know they'll have a blast. Thank you everyone!!!
xoxo
Julie
Friday, October 24, 2014
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Hormones, antibiotics and some confusion!
Another update! I started hormones on Thursday, 3x a day. I don't feel any different or anything from them, however I do notice the antibiotics! They've upset my stomach pretty bad but it's ok. I know they're a precautionary step to make sure we're all set for the transfer (WHICH IS IN 17 DAYS EVERYONE!!!). I will go for another ultrasound on Tuesday, just to make sure my uterus is doing what it should be in preparation for the embryo transfer!
This brings me to my next point. I wanted to clear up any confusion and just make sure I'm not misleading any of you fine folk. I am going to be a GESTATIONAL surrogate, which basically means I'm just the oven... The baby is no way genetically connected to me. The other kind of surrogate is called a traditional surrogate... In this case, the egg would be the mothers. I have had many people ask me questions which leads me to believe it's not understood that I am a gestational surrogate and not a traditional surrogate. I hope that helps!
Michelle and Mike are REALLYYYYYY getting excited.... Of course we are too!!!! They're going to make AWESOME parents!!!
Please keep praying for all of us, especially the IPs and their wittle baby!!!
Love you all
Julie
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Legal Clearance!!!
Welllllllllllll,
After a long 2 weeks, we final were issued legal clearance yesterday! This means that both the IPs and Adam and I have signed and notarized the surrogacy agreement, hence making it official!!! I took my last BC pill today, and start medicine (hormones I think) on Monday (I think!). There's so much to learn here, I am not really sure what happens between now and the embryo transfer. Because of the delay in getting the documents signed, our transfer date got pushed back one week! The new date is November 6th!
I also JUST found out I can open enroll in a new plan at AEO! That means I could switch to the more expensive health insurance with the lower out of pocket/copay! I will figure all that out, but for now... that's exciting because I was upset over having had picked the cheaper insurance. Still great insurance, just a higher copay and deductible!
I found a support group on fbook for surrogates! I am excited because while I have an awesome group of women online (MDC Spring Mamas SHOT OUT!!!!) who have known me since I was pregnant with Grey, I need to speak with people who have been surrogates before! In fact, one of those lovely ladies suggested I join the fbook surrogate group!
I will try to update more. I'm sure so many are so curious! The IPs do know I have this blog and they are fine with it, so I will continue to share what I can :)
Listen to a few things Grey has been saying about me being a surrogate:
Grey: "Mommy, you're having a baby?"
Me: "Yes, for my friend Michelle, remember?"
Grey: "Oh yeah cause her tummy hurts! Mommy, you'll have the baby and then give baby to her mommy and make her tummy not hurt anymore??!!"
We had to go back to the lawyer's office a second time to sign the contract (ugh!) and this time we didn't have childcare so the kids came with....
Grey: "Mommy what are you doing?"
Me: "I'm signing all these pages! It's a lot huh?"
Grey: "Is that for the baby you're going to have mommy?"
Me: "Yes but it's not my baby, remember? It's for my friend!"
Grey: "Oh yeah, the one whose tummy hurts!"
He is the sweetest thing ever! I look forward to the little things he says along the way! He seems to understand that I'm going to carry a baby for my friend, but that's about it right now!
xoxo JULIE
After a long 2 weeks, we final were issued legal clearance yesterday! This means that both the IPs and Adam and I have signed and notarized the surrogacy agreement, hence making it official!!! I took my last BC pill today, and start medicine (hormones I think) on Monday (I think!). There's so much to learn here, I am not really sure what happens between now and the embryo transfer. Because of the delay in getting the documents signed, our transfer date got pushed back one week! The new date is November 6th!
I also JUST found out I can open enroll in a new plan at AEO! That means I could switch to the more expensive health insurance with the lower out of pocket/copay! I will figure all that out, but for now... that's exciting because I was upset over having had picked the cheaper insurance. Still great insurance, just a higher copay and deductible!
I found a support group on fbook for surrogates! I am excited because while I have an awesome group of women online (MDC Spring Mamas SHOT OUT!!!!) who have known me since I was pregnant with Grey, I need to speak with people who have been surrogates before! In fact, one of those lovely ladies suggested I join the fbook surrogate group!
I will try to update more. I'm sure so many are so curious! The IPs do know I have this blog and they are fine with it, so I will continue to share what I can :)
Listen to a few things Grey has been saying about me being a surrogate:
Grey: "Mommy, you're having a baby?"
Me: "Yes, for my friend Michelle, remember?"
Grey: "Oh yeah cause her tummy hurts! Mommy, you'll have the baby and then give baby to her mommy and make her tummy not hurt anymore??!!"
We had to go back to the lawyer's office a second time to sign the contract (ugh!) and this time we didn't have childcare so the kids came with....
Grey: "Mommy what are you doing?"
Me: "I'm signing all these pages! It's a lot huh?"
Grey: "Is that for the baby you're going to have mommy?"
Me: "Yes but it's not my baby, remember? It's for my friend!"
Grey: "Oh yeah, the one whose tummy hurts!"
He is the sweetest thing ever! I look forward to the little things he says along the way! He seems to understand that I'm going to carry a baby for my friend, but that's about it right now!
xoxo JULIE
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