Monday, February 27, 2012

This is getting real!!!

Well we finally got our schedule and it is starting to feel like this is actually happening.  For so long it was "February" then "March" and then finally "April" I was starting to wonder if it was ever going to really happen. 

So the plan is to stop bcp on 3/3 (I will have to fill a scrip for 3 pills, darn it but it is worth it)
Appointment for ultrasound on 3/9
Start Estrace on 3/10
Appointment for ultrasound for lining check on 3/30 and start progesterone.
If lining is ready transfer on 4/5.
If lining is not ready ultrasound on 4/5 and transfer on 4/12.

So that is "the plan".  I am such a planner that this is like a warm cozy blanket to me.  I know it can change, which I can roll with (hubby has an ever changing schedule as a pilot) but just seeing it on my calendar makes it seem like a reality.  I know that I can work around my kids' activities and school schedules and make it work!

I am so, so, sooooo excited!

Julie




Monday, February 20, 2012

Contract signed and a transfer date!

Okay, I am a bad blogger.  I know.  I can't seem to get excited about blogging these days.  I really want to chronicle this journey, but it is hard when it seems all you are doing is waiting.  But from all of the other surrogacy/embryo adoption blogs I read, it seems waiting is the name of the game.  Always waiting for something.

On to the contract....  We tried really hard to go ahead without a contract between us and Bro/SIL but the doc would not do the transfer without a signed contract.  So Bro & SIL bit the bullet and paid for their and my attorney so we could get a contract signed.  Monte and I had our consultation with our attorney over the phone on Friday and then had the contract signed, notarized and mailed on Saturday.  I wasn't gonna be the one holding things up!!

Also, the embryos have shipped and will arrive at the clinic on March 5th.  When the clinic receives them, they will send me a detailed calendar.  They also set a tentative transfer date of April 5th.  I have no clue how they can know that yet, but I am trusting they know what they are doing :)

As soon as I get a calendar and it all lines up I will cash in some reward points and reserve a hotel room for April 4th & 5th.  Hopefully my mom will be able to go with me, since Monte will have to be home with the kids.

So that is the plan for now, but as I have learned plans change all too often!