A lot has changed in the more than two and a half years since I first started this blog! If you’re interested in catching up on what the surrogacy process was like for us, here are some links to a few posts highlighting our journey:
Surrogacy Posts
- Birth Story, Part 1: The Day I Thought I’d Never Get to Have: A Surrogate Birth Story
- Birth Story, Part 2: The Best Day of My Life: A Surrogate Birth Story
- Questions on Life After Surrogacy
What Gestational Surrogacy is Really Like
- Part One: Getting Approved for Surrogacy
- Part Two: Surrogacy During IVF Treatment
- Part Three: Early Pregnancy
2014
- Meeting Our Surrogate Agency The first meeting with our surrogate agency as we began the search for a gestational carrier; October 28, 2014
- We’ve Met Our Match: Finding out we were officially matched with our gestational carrier, Elle*; November 19, 2014
- Meeting Our Gestational Carrier: Preparing to meet our gestational carrier & her husband in-person for the first time; December 14, 2014
2015
- Taking the Next Steps: Obtaining the legal and medical clearance required to start IVF treatment; January 21, 2015
- The First Day of Injections: The beginning of our IVF treatment cycle; February 20, 2015
- Our IVF Cycle: Eggs in Time for Easter: My egg retrieval results and initial embryo count; March 8, 2015
- We Did It: The Fresh Embryo Transfer: The fresh embryo transfer; March 15, 2015
- The Loneliest Moment: Receiving the negative embryo transfer results; March 26, 2015
- Embryo Transfer: The Frozen Edition: Transferring our last embryo; May 12, 2015
- Is This Real Life?: Receiving the positive embryo transfer results; May 25, 2015
- The Sweetest Sound in the World: The first ultrasound at 6 weeks; June 9, 2015
- Congratulations, You’ve Graduated: Graduating from the care of our fertility clinic and being released to a regular OBGYN; June 27, 2015
- It’s a…: Finding out the baby’s gender and experiencing our first in-person ultrasound; August 24, 2015
- The Growth and Development of Sweet Pea: The growth and development of the baby after reaching the halfway point; October 30, 2015
2016
- Our Double Life: Leaving home for the baby’s birth; January 7, 2016
- The Wait: Waiting for Elle to go into labor; January 13, 2016
- Welcome, Sweet Pea: Announcing the arrival of our child; January 27, 2016
- The First Half: An update on the first six months; July 25, 2016
2017
- Life Update: One Year (and Three Months): An update on the first year; April 30, 2017
*Name changed for privacy reasons
