Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Getting started

Now that the whole "I'm Jennifer, blah blah blah..." stuff is done, I can talk about what's happened so far, which isnt a whole lot.

I decided to work with the same agency as my second surrogacy. Even though I just delivered in December, I had to put in another application. I suppose some information changes, so I understand. 13 pages of questions later and my application is in, and accepted. All I need to do now is get a copy of my medical records from my last pregnancy, and get my IUD removed.

I'm feeling excited, but nervous at the same time. I think the nervousness is because we'll need to plan the due date to be between mid May and early August. I need to deliver while I'm on summer vacation from school, which means that I need to be pregnant no earlier than late August. I guess I'm worried that potential intended parents (IPs from here on out) wont want to wait that long to get pregnant. I suppose if they cant wait that long I'll just match with someone who will, right?

Is this dry so far? I'm attempting to put my personality into it as much as possible, but its hard! I feel like I'm talking to myself rather than to someone reading this. Maybe when I know someone is actually reading (even if it is just one person) it'll get easier.

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  1. Im pretty interested in what you'll be writing on here. I think what you have done and what you plan on doing is pretty awesome and brave. My one question is how do you keep yourself unattached to the baby? I myself loved the feeling of being pregnant with my two and if i could go through it again i would probably in a heartbeat, but i dont know if i'd be able to get myself to not get attached.

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    1. Its a lot different when you know it isn't your baby, I always enjoy pregnancy, but with a surrogate pregnancy it's not the same kind of feeling. It's easy to not get attached when you aren't ever preparing you life or home for a baby

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  2. Great idea! I am looking forward to following your journey, as I'm sure many of the ladies from WTE are. Question- (If notthere too personal) how do you make sure the baby is the Ups and not you &DH your husband's?

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    1. We are required to abstain from sex for two weeks prior to the embryo transfer, and a week and a half after - or until I get a positive pregnancy test. They also put me on a medication called Lurton that suppresses my ovaries so I don't ovulate.

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