Final post of 2017

What a year it has been! Every year seems to go by a little faster, despite trying to slow it down. I suppose that is all one can do - slow down and enjoy the journey! We picked back up on our surrogacy journey in January of this year, so seems fitting the transfer should occur in January of this upcoming. 27 days to go if we remain on track. Lupron is going well. My oldest 2 insisted on watching...

Here we go

Injection #1 happened today. I did not stress about it and it was a good thing because I did not feel it. As my kids would say "easy peasy" (though they were very nervous for me). I enjoyed a day out with  my family yesterday for my birthday - grabbed my favorite coffee treat from Starbucks and went to a local hibachi place for an early dinner! We spent most of today putting away Christmas...

Flowers and Calendars

I had been watching for my med delivery today and I must have missed the delivery person by a matter of minutes while changing laundry because I noticed a package outside and it was most certainly not medications! Aren't they beautiful?! They are a gift from our IPs. I might have moved them a few times now trying to find the best place to keep them - I think the dining room table wins out though...

Legally ...

CLEARED! And what an exciting feeling! As of Friday evening we were officially done with legal. We have an intended transfer date which is super exciting!! Not too much more now - I am pretty tired after a day with family and getting up at 4:30 this morning to teach .... but I will update again soon. Oh, I know I said this in the last post ... but this nausea? Oh man. My husband is already poking...

the end ... to the beginning

It feels like forever since updating ... maybe not forever but a little bit at least. I started birth control - which I have not been on in over 7 years. It is making me incredibly nauseated. Which I read can be a common side effect in the first few weeks of starting it. Nausea is not on my list of top 10 things I enjoy, to say the least. But I am trying to take it in stride and just deal. Lots of...