Wrapping up the pre-matching details

We are at the tail end of wrapping everything up before we can be matched. Sounds like my insurance will work out as far as coverage, everything from our therapy session and my psych testing came back fine (I was not concerned but I suppose, you can't ever assume on things!).
I also did a little digging. I will not be able to use my midwives at the birth center that I had our 3rd child at. I did however find some midwives that are just down the road from us (by just down the road I mean 20 minutes - but that beats the 45 minute drive to the birth center) that is in-network along with the hospital they deliver at. The hospital is on the newer side and allows for water birth - which was/is a huge thing for me. I have had wonderful water births with our last two children and if all goes to plan, I would like to utilize a birthing tub during this delivery as well. We will have to tour the hospital, but it is nice knowing it is fairly close to our family so we have help with our children when the time comes!

Word has it the matching process may start as soon as the end of next week into the following! I am excited to be moving forward, but also nervous if I am being completely honest. I have full trust in our agency to connect us with the perfect couple/family and make sure everyone is comfortable before moving forward!

"I'll carry your baby!" and minor updates

No - we have not been matched yet. Just to be clear there!

But as I was showering today I had a flashback to high school. I was out of state visiting my best friend. She of course introduced me to all her friends. I met one - we will call her C (to keep her name/information private) and we were talking about everything and anything. Somehow we got on the conversation of children and she mentioned that she was told it might not be possible for her to carry/have children. I remember without hesitation saying "well I will carry them for you!".
Mind you, I was maybe 16. I did not know much about surrogacy, the process and heck, whether or not I would be able to have my OWN kids. I just always assumed that it would not be an issue and I would give birth to as many children as my heart desired.
I just found it interesting and random that that memory was triggered today. If I wanted to get into detail I could probably tell you the shirt C was wearing that day too :) I had not thought about that conversation in years ... kind of makes me wonder the other things in life I have forgotten about!

We are getting closer to the matching process. I have an appointment Monday with a 3rd party insurance review company to give my insurance company permission to talk with them to see what is and is not covered under our own insurance. This will help determine if a secondary insurance plan needs to be taken out by the IPs for me.

I suppose that is all for now!

Mental Health Exam

Well - we just completed our mental health exam. I was required to take the MMPI and the PAI (combined were just over 900 questions!). We had a great visit with the therapist after and talked about a lot of important and thought provoking things. Some that we had talked a lot about and others that we had not really touched on. It was a long 4 or so hours though that I spent in the same office!

Besides our home visit, it was one of the first things that felt really personal. Up until now it has been a LOT of paperwork - and really only that. I have to admit I have been craving a bit of the personal interaction. The actual discussion vs the hypothetical "when we get there" talks. Maybe that does not make a lot of sense written out like this. But it is a good thing.

The therapist also showed us the typical needles for the meds that are used. The little one I did not mind seeing ... the larger one made me a bit more squeamish. Nothing I cant handle but hopefully my husband won't mind helping me out with those! 

I suppose again I don't have much more to update. Hopefully we will start hearing a bit more from the agency soon about the next steps!