eribaudo's blog

Well, we got the call this afternoon and we were very disappointed to learn that our surrogate is not pregnant. The doctor gave us a very low probability due to the poor quality/grade of the embryos so we tried to prepare ourselves, but we couldn't help but be hopeful. Well we're taking a breather right now to gather our thoughts, but we expect to go back to square one and try again. We've been warned that this is not uncommon, but it doesn't make it much easier knowing that. Thankfully, our surrogate is very much engaged in the process with us and has reiterated her support.

After several months of working through the process, meeting our surrogate, choosing an egg donor, going through the legal documentation...we have arrived at this special moment. As we began, it seemed like it would take forever to get to this point, but as with everything else that you meet with great anticipation, the time has flewn. Last Monday, our egg donor was ready for the egg retrieval. We had been told that she had over 20 follicles so when we learned that they were only able to retrieve 8 eggs, we were concerned.

Our journey begins...

Brad and I just returned from our match meeting with a surrogate. We met a very nice lesbian couple who have been together for 5 years and have 3 children of their own. Our prospective surrogate was a surrogate for a gay man last year and gave birth to twins. The meeting went very well. Of course, Brad and I were very excited and nervous going into the meeting, but relaxed pretty quickly.