Where to from here? February 2015

On a high for weeks afterwards, Charmaine and I chatted constantly, tossing around ideas and plans at the drop of a hat, sending links and little videos of things we could do to prepare for the pregnancy and birth. In fact, that still happens when one of us sees something interesting!

Keen to progress things, we had our first appointment with our Fertility Specialist (FS) a few weeks after agreeing to proceed together. The doctor who had helped hubby and I create our embryos last year had since left the clinic we planned to use, so we were referred to our new FS. As this was a first appointment with this doctor for all of us, I think we were all fairly nervous about what she would make of us!

Interestingly, we did not think that we were moving fast, even though it had been less than a month since we were first introduced - we had all discussed undertaking the preliminary work now to get it out of the way, and to set us up for a possible transfer later in the year, probably in July. As it was only February, this seemed like a very sensible course of action. 

The FS was professional and kind. She met with Charmaine and Darren first, and hubby and I afterwards. She asked us a number of tricky questions, to get us thinking about what we were really undertaking - such as, will you be able to run around after a small child with your medical condition? Our FS seemed to think that both couples were good candidates to proceed with surrogacy, provided the additional testing all came back fine (bloods for everyone, and an Obstetrician appointment and scans for Charmaine). 

Overall, I think we all left that first appointment feeling very positive about our FS’s report to the clinic’s surrogacy committee and hoping to hear some good news soon.