It takes three: Less than 10 weeks!!

Baby Evan is 28 weeks today, it's less than 10 weeks until Jenn is considered "full term". It's both exciting and overwhelming at the same time!

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

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

It takes three