Journeys
Have been back in the US for a few weeks now and, wow, this whole experience has really made me find patience within my heart that I did not even know existed before. As I have tried to contact the clinic for a variety of reasons in the past view weeks I have found that Panama culture is a little ‘relaxed’ for us Americans. Where in America we may sit and watch the clock for the next time we w.....
Wow! Time is FLYING! First, I found out that I am carrying a precious baby boy! Yep, my intended parents will have a baby brother for their son! That should be lots of fun. I was possibly going to be delivering in CA, but the chances of that needing to happen are looking less and less. Since I’m not from CA, I am pretty happy about not needing to travel. Of course, I would LOVE to go see my fo.....
This wait time for a consultation is becoming problematic because the medical courier that has been recommended to us – Kosta – has another pick up in South Africa in March and wants to retrieve our embryos at the same time. Right now, with the lengthy wait at Canadian fertility clinics, we don’t have anywhere to bring our embryos to and may miss this opportunity. Kosta seems to .....
Awesome news—saw the first ultrasound and we are expecting twins!! We were lucky enough to be present for the first ultrasound and it was nice being able to meet our surrogate in person. Originally, I had thought I would want a really close relationship with our surrogate, and maybe even to keep in touch after the journey was over. We had friends who developed that kind of relationship with th.....
I am pregnant with one little bean! Can you believe it? ONE!? I am usually the girl with the low HCG levels and all of a sudden I have numbers that are through the roof. They aren’t lying when they say every pregnancy is different. I am still taking my medications and was hoping that the clinic in Belgium would give me a call today to say I could stop them soon. Instead, they tell me I have .....
Still trying to remain hopeful. I’ve been in communications with many Canadian fertility clinics. One advantage to Canada is how close it is, after South Africa I would rather not have a long plane trip. Unfortunately, in Canada we have hit a few of the same roadblocks that we did when we were looking at reproductive clinics in the US. A couple of clinics have turned us down saying they do n.....
Ok, so although traveling makes the wait between the transfer and beta pregnancy test much more tolerable, I still had to buy home pregnancy tests. What can I say… I am a pee stick-aholic! So, I transferred on Wednesday. I waited allll the way until Saturday night to test. I was FULLY expecting a negative result. It was, after all, only 3.5 days past a 5 day FROZEN transfer. In the past with m.....
Well, we have started a new round of research to see what is the best next step for our family. At this point, I would rather not travel back to South Africa. We contacted several US clinics to see if they would accept our embryos and do our FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer). Nothing seems easy at this point. It took over a week to finally get the clear answer that the US Food and Drug Administrati.....
So, I am here in Belgium in bed. I am praying these two little thawed 5 day embies (now 6 day) are getting snuggled in. My future sister in law, Jenn, and I arrived in Belgium yesterday and the transfer was at 2pm. Upon arriving at the clinic, I was given my instructions and told to go into a room. I went in the room and waited. No one told me to strip down and get into my hospital gown. However, .....
So, I am headed back to Belgium next Tuesday. I am not sure who will be accompanying me on this trip. Sadly, it is looking like hubby can’t make it. I am excited though, that my future sister in law may be coming. We will see. I also found out they are growing the embies to 5 day! YAY! So, we will have 5 dayers to transfer hopefully and I LOVE 5 dayers. Anyway, I will update more when I get .....
