I watched "A baby story" today while I was doing my daily exercise on the treadmill. I have no idea what possessed me to watch such a program, it's always been a *don't go there* show for me. I was unusually overcome with emotion and nearly broke down crying. When the baby was born, I started thinking to myself "could that be real for Chris and I one day?". I've never been to that place in my head before, it was just too painful to dream about. I'm not sure how I feel about it now. If I'm honest I think I'm just getting ahead of myself.
I would never have said this before, but it never hurts to dream, right?
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29w1d
8 embies on ice!
It takes three women to raise a baby. One Egg Donor, One Gestational Surrogate and One Intended Mother. Here is our story....
Evan Michael ~ Just a few hours old
Baby Evan!
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Donor / Surrogacy Timeline
- 08/14/10 ~ Evan is born!!!!!!!
- 08/13/10 ~ Labor starts!
- 07/09/10 ~ Herbs & pumping for adoptive breastfeeding begins
- 06/02/10 ~ 3rd trimester begins
- 04/01/10 ~ It's a boy!
- 03/26/10 ~ protocol for adoptive breastfeeding begins
- 03/01/10 ~ 2nd trimester begins
- 01/12/10 ~ One perfect heartbeat!
- 01/04/10 ~ One gestational sac spotted!
- 01/01/10 ~ Fourth blood test (1,699)
- 12/30/09 ~ Third blood test (885)
- 12/28/09 ~ Second blood test (463)
- 12/24/09 ~ First blood test (94)
- 12/21/09 ~ Jenn is pregnant!
- 12/16/09 ~ ET (Jenn)
- 12/11/09 ~ ER (Donor)
- 11/29/09 ~ Start of stims (Donor)
- 11/25/09 ~ Start of HRT (Jenn)
- 11/18/09 ~ Start of lupron (Jenn)
- 10/27/09 ~ Donor screening
- 10/27/09 ~ Mock cycle ends with biopsy
- 10/13/09 ~ Donor chosen and approved by Dr W
- 10/12/09 ~ Mock cycle begins
- 10/06/09 ~ Reviewing four possible donors
- 10/06/09 ~ Signed consent papers for new IVF cycle
- 10/09 ~ Started to review possible egg donors
- 09/09 ~ An amazing friend offered to be our egg donor, but sadly it wasn't a good fit given our past issues
- 09/09 ~ Decided to move ahead with egg donor cycle
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- Best not to ponder it
- Grow eggs grow!
- Time to take a breath and calm down
- Did I speak too soon?
- Another hurdled crossed
- Time to get out the big guns
- It's all good
- Phew!
- It's all a little weird
- Watch out for the medication side effects people!
- It's a go!
- The sad side of moving on
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First attempt with Surrogacy ~ Timeline
- 08/24/09 Beta test ~ negative
- 08/12/09 Embryo transfer to Jenn
- 08/11/09 2 embies normal, 9 embies abnormal
- 08/10/09 11 embies still growing, PGD today
- 08/07/09 Egg retrieval
- 08/05/09 HCG Trigger shot
- 07/26/09 I started stims
- 07/17/09 I started meds
- 07/13/09 Jenn started meds
- 07/09/09 Medication arrived
- 07/07/09 IVF schedule confirmed
- 06/20/09 Contract signed
- 06/07/09 Met with Psychologist for a counselling appointment
- 06/05/09 Met with Attorney to draft contracts
- 06/02/09 Slight hiccup with some lab results, we may have a short delay to fix some issues
- 05/29/09 First appointment for Jenn and I for cycle testing ~ all clear so far!
- 05/20/09 Met with nurse to discuss surrogacy process and sign paperwork
- 05/08/09 Met with Dr Werlin to discuss surrogacy option
- 04/22/09 Chris & I met with Jenn and R to discuss surrogacy
- 04/04/09 Jenn offered to carry a child for us
Our new baby
Jenn's expanding waistline!
8 embies on ice!
2 comments:
That show always makes me cry when the baby first starts crying, I always start crying too. I'm glad you are able to dream...I hope it will happen for you!
I used to watch that show every morning before school, and I would cry every morning watching it too! I've tried to replace it with What Not to Wear :)
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