Matched!

So I had a call with a new couple last week! This couple is in the US this time and we spoke and both decided we would like to work together! The wait was horrible, the call was on Friday and we didn't touch base until Monday. Not knowing is very hard. I also Skyped with the twins parents and we are going to meet up next month when they come to the states. I had a productive weekend. Now we just wait on the clinic so we can start that process. I am excited and nervous all at the same time!

Potential IP's

So a couple weeks ago I got an email that the agency had a set of potential IP's for me. We set up a phone conference to speak as a group, it included my husband and I and the couple then a representative from the agency. I went well and I really liked them but the call ended with them saying that they were told that C-sections can be risky. Since I have had 3 and would have to have another one they wanted to speak with the fertility specialist about if it was a big risk. The agency submitted my records on my behalf to their doctor. They discussed it and decided they wanted to go with a less risky choice. I was bummed! Now I am just waiting again for someone to choose my profile so we can see if we are a good match. I am hoping that it happens and I am also a little discouraged that it might not. This is the first time that I have had someone not pick me and I really don't like it. In my support groups they liken the matching process to dating. Well I guess I was dumped LOL. I have asked my previous IP's to write me letters of recommendations to maybe make my profile even more desirable. I just want to do this one more time.

Exciting!

So today I went to the doctor to see if I was fit to carry again. He says I am perfectly healthy and seem mentally stable. So in otherwards I will be pursuing another surrogacy journey. This is very exciting! I can't wait for it to begin. Now is the waiting period. Soon I should be matched and I will make a trip to the clinic for them to medically clear me. I am blessed to be able to help yet another family! Wish me luck!

choices

So I decided that I wanted to do a sibling journey for the last couple. We figured it would be easier for us to send my records to the clinic to see if they would accept me as a surrogate. Unfortunately they decided to not use me a carrier again. That left me unsure what I want to do in the future. Recently I found another agency that works with clinics that allow a carrier to have had 3 c-sections. After much deliberation we have decided to do it one more time. I love being able to help make families, and I am happy that I am able to do this again. I am in the process of setting everything up and will update as things happen!

I just don't know!

I went for my 6 week checkup and the doctor said everything looks great! He asked if I was going to do surrogacy again, I said that depends is it safe for me to repeat? His response was well I don't see a problem with it you didn't have any issues. That really surprised me! Now I have so many things to think about. I can go ahead and do it for the last family again, or I can go with a new agency that has contacted me. However I first need to decide if I even want to go through all of this again. I love helping families and also love being pregnant but I am getting older and things get harder. If I do it again it will be as soon as it is safe so probably around this time next year. I just don't know what I am going to do but I will let yall know when I do make a decision!

Success

I have now delivered a 7th baby! She is definitely beautiful! I have been spending the last two weeks recovering. I did have a little issue during delivery. They did the spinal and I started to get numb. I was laid on the table and as they prepared me for delivery the tingling and numbness got more prominent. The doctor came in and started checking to make sure it was in full effect and I couldn't feel the poking. When he started the incision I could feel it! I almost thought that I was not really feeling it that it was my imagination. However I spoke up and they immediately stopped everything. The anesthesiologist told me "We can do an epidural or we can put you to sleep". Of course the needle in my back made me nervous for the spinal so I decided just knock me out! As all this was happening they were bringing John in to sit with me and as soon as we had to change it they took him right back out of the room. They didn't really explain anything to him just took him back out to his spot in the hall. Next thing I knew I was awake and in recovery. The only bad thing about being put out was the tube they had to put in my throat really made it sore. That all being said it went well and she came out very healthy! Now I need to take time to work on me and put some deep thought into some things! Stay tuned!!

Interesting day!

I am 38 weeks today, and my doctor requires that at every visit after 32 weeks that I have a nonstress test or an ultrasound. This is because of the IVF and the gestational diabetes. This week I had an NST. Every time they got her heart beat on the machine she would move so it took them a while to get it but she couldn't get a good strip. Their ultrasound tech was not in today so they sent me to the hospital to get some more monitoring. Mind you my first appointment is at 10 and I get to the hospital just before noon. They get me all hooked up and tell me they will be monitoring for 30 minutes to an hour. I lay there on the bed with these monitors on not being able to move around too much for 2 hours. With the test they are checking her movement and heartrate. This timeframe is usually her nap time and I hadn't eaten since breakfast its 1:30 by now. She was just starting to get active when they came in to do an ultrasound. My amniotic fluid was good and she was growing accordingly and moving on the ultrasound. They decided all was good and I could (finally!!!!) go home. I go in less than a week for my preop testing then my c-section is next Friday. Hopefully she cooperates and waits until then!