Slowly but Surely...

Not too much to report just yet, but we did officially get our legal clearance.  Woo hoo! 

On another note, my IP's have also chosen yet another egg donor.  This makes it our third and hopefully our last. Third times a charm right? 

So we are moving right along, slowly but surely. 

Just a quick update on my previous post for those of you who checked out "Share the Love".   Emily and her Family raised $7,000 with her fundraiser!  Talk about putting a HUGE dent in those adoption fees!  At this rate they will be able to bring home their little girl by Christmas for sure.  I'm so thrilled for them...

Share the love

Ok, so first off this has nothing to do with surrogacy, but it does have to do with completing a family so I thought I would share. My fellow blogger, mom, photographer and friend {Emily} is adopting a little girl from Africa. She is an orphan and her name is Elsabeth {yes, the spelling is correct}. It is not my story to tell so I won't try, besides she tells it perfectly on her blog. If you want to learn more click here. Emily and her family really want to bring her home and they came up with a genius idea to get the community involved. Anyway, Share the love and have a happy Wednesday!

A speed bump...

So here we are moving right along, contracts are almost finalized, calenders are being made and we are {finally} getting some forward momentum when....our egg donor comes in with not one, but two STD's! Yikes!

Thank goodness for medical screening is all I have to say! So, unfortunately we will be delayed another month at least. We are all bummed, but keeping our eye on the light at the end of the tunnel.

I've always said, "On the way to wherever you're goin', you're bound to hit a red light or two, but eventually they turn green." I'm stickin' with that! =)

Alrighty, I have a free night with no kiddos tonight, I am going to enjoy it!

Some positive PR

Can I just say, I love happy endings!

In case you missed it...

A Must See...

I just wanted to give a heads up to everyone...tomorrow night {September 29Th 2010} there will be a special on ABC's Nightline featuring surrogacy. Apparently it is about a couple welcoming triplets via surrogate. The family worked with the same agency as me {Growing Generations}. That's all I know about it so far, but I can't wait to see it! So, set your TIVOS people. It is not very often surrogacy is in the media...especially in a positive light. If you happen to miss it, it will be available for viewing September 30Th online.

click this link
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?catId=1206872

That's all for now folks!

getting the ducks in a row...

I haven't posted anything in a while because there is nothing really new to report. I'm in the middle of one of those holding patterns where people are busily getting things done, and I'm (thankfully) not having to do much on the surrogacy front right now. I like to call it the calm before the storm. Contracts are being drawn up, the ED is going through screening and it will all come through right around the same time and I'll hit the ground running. (Can't wait!)

Of course, I would love to say I have been sitting around eating bon bons, patiently waiting for some news, but I have been a busy lil' Mama! My oldest son started 1st grade and my youngest started preschool. Need I say more?

So, while I have been oh so patiently waiting, my IP's sent me something pretty to look at...talk about make my day! Oh, and they sent chocolates (yummm) and a lil' bear too...so sweet!!!

Lucky 13

Well, we had our match meeting Friday and it went really well. Actually that is a bit of an understatement, it went fabulous! We ended up meeting the IP's in the lobby of the agency on our way up the elevator. We were all a bit nervous and chatty, but all smiles. At the agency, we had our little awkward talk about all of the lovely "what ifs" that may or may not happen. {I hoping for the may not!} So after we got all that out of the way {and with a huge sigh of relief that that part was behind us} we went to lunch. We really did have a great time together. My husband and I felt almost instantly connected. They are truly wonderful people. We are so excited to embark on this journey with them.

We flew there and back all in one day and let me tell you, that's exhausting! I slept like a lump on a log that night. So as a side note here, freaky thing happened on this Friday the 13th, our boarding pass was B 13, our lunch was $13.87. my change back was 13 cents, and the agency's office pad was on the 13th floor. Crazy right? I think 13 might have to be my new lucky number, especially with how well our day went!


So here's the next steps as of right now given we don't have any delays. This time around I will be going through a fresh cycle. They are finalizing everything with their egg donor and while they do that contracts are being drawn up. We will get the legal mumbo jumbo out of the way and then as I understand it, I will sync my cycle with the donor. {That means more injections...YIKES!} Once we are synced and she is ready to "donate" we will do the transfer. We are hoping to do the transfer no later than December, but wishing for October... You never know what could come up though so we'll see. Anyway that's that in a nutshell. I keep posting on this roller coaster as things start moving again...

Signed,
One excited, giddy, hopeful surro-mamma. =)