Last Monday I went to Raleigh to go to the fertility clinic with the intended parents. I had a 9:00 appointment to get my IUD out and to do a saline ultrasound to check the lining of my uterus I was anticipating a couple hour appointment so was surprised when I was done in 10 short minutes! We then just had to kill time while we waited for our 1:00 education class to teach us all about the timeline of the process, drugs we will be using and to sign all the paperwork. We were not done until about 4:30 so it made for a pretty long day. It was great to see the excitement in the IP's eyes as they are finally getting close to having a new little baby. Both the genetic mother and I left the office with birth control pills in hand to start that evening.
Fast forward one week and today I started the drugs necessary to get me ready to carry this baby (and hopefully just one!) I have never had to inject myself with anything so it was a little scary to think that that will be my life for the next couple of weeks. I know that in the end it will all be worth it when I am able to hand their new baby over to them.
The way things are going right now, we are hoping to do the embryo transfer the 20-25 of January and the baby would be due somewhere between the 9 and 15 of October. Hearing these dates makes everything so much more real!
The only main thing we have left to do is sign the final contract. I am waiting on someone to read it over for me which should be today and then we are going to finalize it all.
Until next time, Casey
