Contract!

Today I opened an email from our attorney, with a very special attachment:)  It was the first draft of our contract.  I haven't had a chance to look at all of it yet, but they spelled Lady L's name wrong, so I know it will take a little work anyway.  I am hoping that there is nothing major that needs revising, but I guess I will find out very soon.  Anyway, probably not overly exciting to most people, but for us, each step is progress, and that means we are one day closer to becoming parents.  Woo hoo!

First Day of Injections for Lady L

Today is the first day of injections for Lady L.  She is taking .5 cc's of Lupron once a day to shut her ovaries off for the month.   In a few days, it will be second nature to her, but injecting anything into yourself is very nerve wracking!  After she has the syringe ready, she cleans off her belly, and pushes a needle in, and then injects the medication.  She will be on this for the next 4 weeks, and her belly will be filled with purple and green (but mostly painless) bruises by then.

I am happy to say that I got a text this morning that her fist injection was complete.  She was a little nervous, but got it done!  That's my girl!!!!

This is one of many sacrifices that she is willing to make to help Aaron and I.  There are very special VIP rooms in Heaven for compassionate surrogates.

Way to go Lady L!

One month

Lady L just pointed out that our transfer is set for exactly one month from today!  We are hoping that turns out to be the magical day that changes our lives forever.  Of course, we will still have to wait 2 weeks after that to determine whether or not it worked, but one month, wowza!  I can't believe this is really happening.

Orientation

Today= HUGE success!  Today we went over most of the FDA regulations regarding our embryos and the results of all of our tests.  Lady L will have to have her blood work repeated again, as she needs to have the tests run within 30 days of the transfer.  Drum roll please... we have a transfer date!  IF all goes well, we will transfer on March 22, 2012!  We are thrilled, and know that we will have many prayers coming from us and all of those around us in the next 5 weeks. 
Things have gone as smoothly as possible so far, and we can only hope that things continue to move along nicely for the next ten months.

As always thanks for all of your love and support.
xoxo


The 4 of us at the clinic today


Lady L, our Reproductive Endocrinologist, and me today.

Tomorrow

Our computer took it's final breaths last weekend, and I will say it has been SOO freeing!  If I didn't need to finish our taxes, I would probably stay off of the computer for a while; I have accomplished so much more than I normally do without the distraction of the Internet.
Anyway, tomorrow is the big day for the four of us.  Lady L, her husband, myself, and Aaron will all be at the clinic at 9am for our 3 hour orientation.  We truly could not be more excited.  I will have to take some Tylenol pm tonight or I will toss and turn until the rooster crows!  We are hoping for some type of timeline or at least an idea of when things could be happening.  We haven't heard much from our attorney, other than a statement showing he opened a file on us.  We trust that he is hard at work getting our contract written so perfectly that it won't need any changes or revisions:)  Okay, maybe that's a bit much, but we trust that he's working hard on it anyway. 
Aaron and I have both been swamped at work, and Aaron has been getting some side jobs done as well.  We have been brainstorming some fundraising ideas to help us fund this project, and hopefully this summer will have a plan of action.

That's it for today, I will update tomorrow if I can get to a computer, otherwise within a few days.  Please keep us in your prayers; even though tomorrow there isn't anything medically happening, it's still a big day for us. 

We hope you had a very happy Valentine's Day, and enjoy the upcoming President's Day weekend.

Fantastic News

We are overly thrilled to announce that we are infectious and communicable disease-free!  I got a call from the woman in the lab, who told me that although she was not a physician, and couldn't technically go over the results of the tests with us, that there was "no reason to change our plans, and proceed ahead."  Or something like that;)  Anyway, since the mail already went out today, tomorrow we will be mailing in our retainer fee and contract with our attorney to begin this phase.
More good news- the lady in the lab said that she would schedule the March transfer from Reprotech (where our embryos are stored) for whenever we (meaning Lady L's baby-cooker) are ready for them, so we won't actually have to pay the transfer fee.  We are thrilled about that, because every penny counts;)
Only 2 weeks until the "orientation," and I don't anticipate much happening before then, so I probably won't have much to update until then.

Frazzled

On Monday, Aaron and I had our blood and urine tests.  I called this morning, inquiring about our results.  I guess the clinic doesn't have all of the results back yet, but they should have them "early next week."  Normally, I would be fine with this.  However, we have our retainer signed, a check written, and ready to be sent to our attorney.  We are nervous about sending off a large chunk of money, only to find that either Aaron or I has a blood disorder or something that would prevent us from continuing on this journey... 
On the other hand, if we wait, we could run into the obstacle of not having our contract finalized when Lady L's uterus is ready for the embryo transfer. 
I emailed our coordinator, asking if, based on the lab results that ARE back, there was any reason that we should put a hold on sending in our retainer.  I received an out of office reply.  Wouldn't you know, she isn't in the office today?  Just our luck, lol. 
I am not sure what the best thing to do would be, but we are going to hold off sending in the retainer, at least until tomorrow. 
In other news, I ran farther that I have in years (with no breaks) on Tuesday, and hope to do the same tonight.  I fell on the sidewalk on my way out the door to a conference on dealing with difficult children (much like I was, ha ha) yesterday, so I am not sure if I am a little sore from the run or the spill:)