A little about my life during my first journey as a surrogate.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
I Enjoy Being a Girl
Well, we had our 6th ultrasound of the pregnancy and saw one sweet little healthy baby girl in there yesterday. She was measuring perfectly at 13 weeks, 6 days and had a heart rate of 147.
Naturally, my IPs were so excited to hear that their baby looked great and even more thrilled that we are 90% sure it's a girl. (Because there are always those surprise babies!) My OB had indicated that she thought it was a girl a few weeks ago in her office. It's always so neat to find out the gender. A huge package waiting to be unwrapped on Christmas morning! I found out with two of my three babies. The last baby was a surprise as we had one of each already. She was a girl. ;) Apparently girls like it in there as I am 3 for 4! I'm going to start calling it my loverly, frilly uterus. :)
I have had six babies two girls all three surrogate babies were boys though Im hoping that I hold traditon and have another or maybe two boys this time, Not hopful at this point because I havent been feeling good and with girls im sick with boys nothing...Congrats on the little girl for your IP's I cant believe they could tell so early thats awesome....
I'm a mom of three who is going through the process to be a Gestational Surrogate for the second time. I love to laugh, sing, read, spend time with my family and friends and talk to anyone who'll listen. Join me as I go through surrogacy's ups and downs, ins and outs and learn all about what it feels like to help create a family for someone else.
Sept. 15-start Estrace-2mg
Sept 10th-u/s-lining check-5.5 cms!
Sept 7th-AF (last one for 9 mths!!!!)
Sept 4th-last BCP
Sept 3rd-start Lupron 10u
Aug 15th-Start BCP
July 28th-start Estrace
July 19th-stop Estrace
July 15th-Start Lupron
July 8th-2nd u/s-lining check-11cms
June 29th-received final contracts and both lawyers approved!
June 25th-Start Estrace! Final drafts of contracts-almost there!!
June 24th-ultrasound-lining check-7cms
June 23th-AF arrived!
June 7th-received contract & sent revisions to IM
June 3rd-Flew to Dallas to meet RE & have hysteroscopy
May 31st-spoke to new IM
2WW: 2-Week Wait
AF: Aunt Flo -Your menstrual period
ART: Assisted Reproductive Technology
BCP: Birth Control Pills
BETA: Blood test for Pregnancy
BFP: Big Fat Positive (a positive pregnancy test)
BFN: Big Fat Negative (a negative pregnancy test)
CVS: Chorionic Villus Sampling
DE: Donor Egg
DH: Dear Husband
DP5DT: Days Post 5-Day Transfer
ED: Egg donor/donation
EDD: Estimated Due Date
ELV: Easy Labor Vibes
FET: Frozen Embryo Transfer
GS: Gestational Surrogate
GTT: Glucose Tolerance Test
hCG, HCG: Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
HPT: Home Pregnancy Test
IF: Intended Father
IM: Intended Mother
IP: Intended Parent/Parents
IVF: In Vitro Fertilization
LMP: Last Menstrual Period (start date)
M/C: Miscarriage
OB/GYN: Obstetrician/Gynecologist
PIO: Progesterone in Oil
RE: Reproductive Endocrinologist
ER: Retrieval (Egg)
4 comments:
I have had six babies two girls all three surrogate babies were boys though Im hoping that I hold traditon and have another or maybe two boys this time, Not hopful at this point because I havent been feeling good and with girls im sick with boys nothing...Congrats on the little girl for your IP's I cant believe they could tell so early thats awesome....
Congrats to you and your IP's! Baby girls are way too much fun! Hope you are feeling well:)
"Loverly, frilly uterus" - LOL! So happy for you and your IPs. So exciting!!
Thank you! They are beyond thrilled! :)
And I'm feeling pretty good. :) No complaints here!
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