So, just the
fact that I’m here should be a clue….. but let’s start with a look back.
2013 was a
busy year for us. On January 6th
(coincidently Joseph’s birthday) we put an offer on a house and it was
accepted! It was definitely a
fixer-upper that was going to take a lot of time and energy for a while. Then, right before we closed escrow and within
a few days of each other, I received two separate requests to be a
surrogate. I was super flattered with
both offers, but it just wasn’t the right timing between the new house and the
new (well, newish) job. So I put it out
of my mind again.
In August I
had surgery to repair the umbilical hernia that developed while pregnant with
Joseph. I asked the surgeon if it would
cause problems if I were to get pregnant again.
He couldn’t give me a concrete answer, just that it does happen to some
women, but others have no problems with a future pregnancy.
As we closed
in on the end of 2013 and started approaching my 34th birthday in
January, I started thinking about being a surrogate again. Things with the house had slowed down. I was starting to notice more pregnant
bellies and think longingly about the experience. Scott and I started talking about it again
determined that if it was something I wanted to do then he’s behind me
100%. In January I got as far as
drafting an email to my previous agency to let them know that I was
interested. However we had a vacation
coming up and then other family stuff came up and the email was left unsent.
Which brings
us to last week… I got a call from the
surrogate coordinator from my previous agency.
T&L has some friends who are looking for a surrogate. They didn’t have anyone in their current
roster that was available so at that point they reach out to prior surrogates
to see if anyone would consider helping out.
She called me first because of our relationship with T&L and because
she thought we would be a good match. I
let her know that it is something I’ve been thinking about and even told her
about the unsent email in my drafts folder.
We talked a little bit about what I would need in order to move forward:
single embryo transfer, prenatal care
near my home town and not San Francisco (which is where the potential IP’s
live), and some blackout dates when it came to the embryo transfer (I’m in
accounting and I cannot take time off during month end). I let her know that my preference would still
be to deliver at the birth center but that it wasn’t a deal breaker. She talked with the IP’s and they agreed
that they want the same things!
We’ve got a
conference call scheduled for this evening to see if we click!
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