So it took me a while to set this Blog up. But I am ready to post!! I really hope this will be a great way for you all out there to share in our surrogacy journey. As it has begun!!
For the next few weeks I will be writing a lot, trying to share what has happened during the past few weeks, months, and really most of 2008. It will be a process, but well worth the effort. I cannot wait to share all that has been going on. For now, let me just say that it has been a long road to get here. Martin and I have been wanting a child for years. We got married with the dream of having a family as soon as we could. We never expected that nearly 2 and a half years after that wedding day, we would only be beginning the journey, and I wouldn't even be pregnant myself!! But here we are and we are thrilled. May be this is the way that things have to be. In order to get to that place of comfort and true acceptance we had to go through all that we did. Only now, it feels right. Only now does it feel whole. Only now, does it feel just as it should be. What a great place to be my friends!!
Just to set the stage, let me...well....set the stage. Martin and I have been married for 2 years, and 2 months. We live in Toronto in our dream home that beckons to hear kids running up and down it's stairs. We are very much in love, but like all other couples have had our ups and downs, which have only made us stronger and better and more in love. This love has been our guide, as we've had to handle things that most couples our age simply can't even imagine. My illness, Cystic Fibrosis (CF) has been trying to say the least, and caused us to realize that having a family would be very difficult. So....we decided to have a baby and use a surrogate, and so far have been incredibly blessed as we are now 6 weeks, 3 days pregnant! What can I say...MAGIC!!
Over the next few blogs I will go through the process thus far. Infertility, the clinics, the doctors, the drugs, more drugs, finding our awesome surrogate, and generally getting to the place that we are at now. For now that's it. But there is more to come.
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Oh - your blog is beautiful N! I am so glad that you have decided to blog and I just love your little baby ticker! You will be amazed to watch your little one grow! Ultrasound is just around the corner!
Hello, it's so nice to meet you! I am so happy it worked for you. I tried the surrogacy thing, didn't work for us, we did it in India, I don't have alot of faith in the doctors we had, but it just wasn't meant to be at the time I guess. I would love to try surrogacy in the states, but I can't afford it, so we are trying another IUI. I am at 44% right now, so am hoping IF I can get pregnant, will be able to have an uncomplicated pregnancy. There is always hope! Congratulations on your wonderful news!!
I hope this is not an inappropriate question and I am also sure you have heard this one about 1234890457489713 times!
Where you ever afraid your baby could have CF as well?
You can email me the answer if you like :-)
Mark
Mark - simple answer to a GREAT question.
CF is Genetic, and both Martin and I would have to have the gene to have a 1/4 chance of having a CF baby.
I have the gene, since I have CF, but we had Martin tested years ago, and he does not. So Cf is off our list of things to worry about.
If he was positive, we would not have had a biological child. Too much risk for me thank you.
I will email you this Mark. xoxo
Ok, question....how do I find someones email...Mark?
I'm so glad you decided to blog. Journey of Hope has been keeping me updated on your progress and I've been meaning to call and see how things went, but now I can go on here and read!!!
I'm so happy for you!! I did send back the "thing" to you, I didnt' hear from you so I assumed you got it.
Anyway, on to catch up and read up on how things are going with you!
I'm so glad you decided to blog. Journey of Hope has been keeping me updated on your progress and I've been meaning to call and see how things went, but now I can go on here and read!!!
I'm so happy for you!! I did send back the "thing" to you, I didnt' hear from you so I assumed you got it.
Anyway, on to catch up and read up on how things are going with you!
My email addy is wewurtskihit@hotmail.com :-)
Thanks for the answer. I took the test too (being Jewish apparently there is a high risk of CF) and was negativ for the gene.
I just wanted to know BECAUSE you have the gene if there was a risk. But i am SOOOO glad there isnt!! Through your blog and subsequently a couple of other CF blogs I snug in I have learned a LOT (you'll read it soon in my next blog! {{wink}})
Mark
That's awesome Mark. I love to learn about other people and what they go through. It makes me less ignorant and thus more tolerant of people in general.
It's amazing what you can learn from a simple blog!!
Nice to meet you! I can't wait to follow along with your story! Congrats on your pregnancy!
Alicia
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