In my first post, I mentioned that I am a teacher. I happen to teach at the same school as Kym, whose blog I have been following for months. She inspired me in many ways. First, she was pregnant with a surrobaby at the same time that I was pregnant with my second daughter, Allison. She delivered exactly one week after I did. During my pregnancy, I remember thinking "Oh my God, I would never do this whole pregnancy thing for someone else". I had good pregnancies, but no pregnancy is ever what I would call comfortable.
So then, I had Allison, and healed, and went back to work, and acclimated to a new type of "normal". When Allison was about 9 months old, I began thinking that surrogacy would be something that I would not mind doing. However, my husband strongly opposed the idea, with reasons such as "you could die" and "you are seriously crazy right after you have a baby". Really, he told me that I was crazy. The only problem was that I know that I am crazy right after giving birth. I just blame the hormones. The truth is that I really do like being pregnant, and I would do it over and over again if I did not have to keep bringing babies home each time. Don't get me wrong, I adore my kids, and would do anything for them. I just only want two.
Well, things remained pretty much unchanged for a long time. My husband continued to say no each time I brought the topic up. I just kept thinking that I could eventually change his mind if he realized that I was serious about surrogacy.
Then, two weeks ago, he says to me that I can look into surrogacy. Just like that, no prompting from me, and no asking him about it. So, I did. The clinic that I called would not do any screening without an order from an RE. Then, I talked to Kym, and she told me that she had someone in mind. She gave my email to that someone, and we began emailing back and forth. From there, we tentatively agreed on terms and dates, and now I am waiting for her (my IM) clinic to review my medical records. I hope that all goes well. I have no reason to believe that they would deny me, but you never know!
So, now I wait, and it seems extremely long because I am on Christmas break from teaching. At least I have my two kids to keep me busy!
