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I Love My New Peeps!

July 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

This Fourth of July weekend was full of fun.  We had a big party at my house and all of my family came over to play on our water slide bounce house.  Among my family and friends were some new faces.  Those of my new Intended Parent’s (IP’s).

Shannon and Mike, along with their beautiful daughter, made the trek down to meet us.  They traveled seven hours for our much anticipated meeting.  I was so excited when they arrived!  It was just like greeting old friends.  Their daughter came carrying gifts for my boys, there was lots of hugs, it was wonderful.

They are a beautiful family.  I was so worried about disappointing them.  Hoping that they didn’t bank their future on me and then think my family was a bunch of crack pots (which can sometimes be debatable).  But the day went off with out a hitch.  I have a wonderful family and they welcomed my new friends with open arms.  It felt really good today when I received an email from my IM telling me how comfortable they felt with me and my family.

Their little girl and my NayNay made friends.  They played inside with the Leapsters and blocks.  We watched as they walked down the driveway hand in hand.

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We had already made the decision to move forward together several weeks ago.  But the deal was sealed while watching fireworks, and I heard a sweet little voice ask:  “Are you the one who’s going to give my mommy a baby?”  I told her “yes” and she said, “that’s good.  My mommy really wants a little baby.”

So I will start my cycle medications on Tuesday.  I should be pregnant sometime in the next month.  I pray that I can give that little girls mommy a new baby.

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Introducing My New Intended Parents

July 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I am so happy to get to introduce you to the family that has chosen me to be their surrogate.  Their names are Shannon and Mike.  Out of everyone they could have chosen, they picked me and I feel so lucky.

My new IP’s live in Northern California.  They have been together since college and have one beautiful daughter. Really, she is gorgeous.  They will be beating the boys off with a stick!

Their daughter was born 3 1/2 years ago.  My IM’s second pregnancy resulted in a heart wrenching stillbirth at 38 weeks.  I could not ever image that heartbreak!  Due to complications during that delivery she was forced to undergo a hysterectomy thus dashing any hopes of growing their family the “traditional” way.

My IP’s turned to surrogacy.  The doctors only removed Shannon’s uterus, not her ovaries.  So surrogacy is the only way to have another biological child.  They have actually tried 3 previous IVF cycles with 2 other surrogates.  All with no success.

Their first surrogate was able to become pregnant twice but unfortunately the embryo’s failed to survive past the first few weeks.

Their second surrogate never made it to transfer because her body did not respond well to the IVF meds used to ready her placenta.

So then they found me.

Surrogacy is such an amazing process.  I don’t know how I would feel being on the other end of things.  I don’t know how I would trust someone else to carry my child.  I mean, I know that I am honest and trustworthy.  But they don’t.  I feel so humbled that they have chosen me.  I can’t wait to get started.  They will be down to meet us on the 4th of July.  I hope I don’t disappoint them.

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Time for Another Surrogacy

May 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

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I delivered triplets in November 2007 as a gestational surrogate.  I’ve mentioned them occasionally here on my blog.  For a long time I had a page devoted to them.  When I turned into a “main-stream” mommy blog rather than just a “personal stories for my family” blog, I took their page down.

Since November of 2007, I’ve been putting all my energy into my own kids and trying to get healthy.  I’ve run into some roadblocks trying to gain approval for weight loss surgery.  So, I think I’m done with it.  Last night I decided to screw the surgery.  I can do this.  It’s very easy for me to lose weight.  It’s keeping it off that is the hard part.  But I’m going to devote the next couple months to losing about 50 pounds, all the while, I will begin my search for new intended parents.   Fifty pounds will put me at about the weight I was when I conceived the triplets.  It’s completely do-able.    I’m excited!

I plan on contacting my old RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist),  Brian Acacio.  He was AWESOME!  His office had called me about 1 year ago to ask if I had thought about doing another surrogacy.  They thought I was “so wonderful” and they wanted to work with me again.  Aw, shucks! :)   Also, my former attorney, Theresa Erickson runs an agency.  They had sent me some applications before but I never completed them.  I’m undecided on working with an agency or not, but will decide later.

Finding the perfect intended parents to work with can often be a long process and I’m happy to get started.  It’s so very rewarding.  The feelings of fostering life for another woman can’t be explained.  I’ll keep you posted as things develop!

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