Seven months. In 7 months a lot can happen! For us.... not so much. We were able to save up a large chunk of what we needed to move forward. We secured a line of credit for what we have not yet saved (though we keep adding to our savings every chance we get). We were able to get the contract done (and under budget). And we have waited. And waited. And waited some more. We are down to 8. 8 days until we get to meet the new doctor in Canada and get to the exciting part of this journey. On April 27th, Brad, Our amazing surrogate, her husband, and I will make the trek up to Vancouver, BC for several appointments. First is a meeting with a physiologist to make sure we are all in the right mind set. Then we meet with the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) and he will run a few test and talk to us and hopefully get us a medication calendar/schedule. After meeting with the RE we get to take an injection class, so we know how to inject ourselves with the lovely hormones we (surro and I) get to take. From there I am not 100% sure what to expect but I feel like we should be starting our hormones within a week or two. Again, I am not 100% sure about this, but I think I start the meds first and then she does. I will go in for an egg retrieval and Brad will leave his contribution and the clinic will fertilize the eggs and watch them for about 5 days. By day 5 we will know how many embryos we have and the quality of each one. We will implant one or two eggs (probably two) and then what I have heard is the longest 10-14 days of my life. Out surrogate will then get a pregnancy test done and we will have a good idea if we are pregnant or not. This test will be repeated 3 time (if I am not mistaken) within a week or so and each test we want the beta number to double.
It may seem like I have not idea what is going on and to some extent that is true, but I only know what I have read and what my friends have told me, however every journey is different.
What we could really use right now is your prayers that everything is able to move forward without a hitch. This is a very exciting time but also very stressful for me. I try not to dwell on it, which is one of the reasons I have not given an update in so long. So much of the next few months is out of my hands.... it is very hard not to be in control.
It may seem like I have not idea what is going on and to some extent that is true, but I only know what I have read and what my friends have told me, however every journey is different.
What we could really use right now is your prayers that everything is able to move forward without a hitch. This is a very exciting time but also very stressful for me. I try not to dwell on it, which is one of the reasons I have not given an update in so long. So much of the next few months is out of my hands.... it is very hard not to be in control.