When are we going to start???????

So every time I think we are moving forward we stall. I am growing weary of this match. Let me back track so after all the med screens and blood work I was cleared to start this journey. I receive an email from coordinator that she has forwarded my info to the attorney I requested and that he would be in contact with me as both the IP's and I will be working out the particulars. I even spoke with the agency owner to clarify the terms of the Gestational Agreement.

I speak with said attorney, I am very familiar with IP's attorney as he was mine on my second journey. So a week goes by no word I call "my attorney" he refers me to agency coordinator who tells me IP's lawyer is going out of town to a conference and I would have to wait until he gets back. Okay send in RE's Head Nurse with med instructions etc. and talk of me starting Lupron and me possibly have to switch brand and type of BCP's, now it gets interesting as the birth control pills I am currently on are for my own personal reasons as both DH and I want to prevent an oops pregnancy at this time.  I always go back on BCP's after a pregnancy for that particular reason.

For those who are new to surrogacy Lupron or BCP's are used to suppress the ovaries before PIO (progesterone in oil) is administered in preparation for an embryo transfer. Back to the long winded tale, I play phone tag from "attorney"  and tell him what the clinic is proposing but also he knows we DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT!!!!. I  will tell any potential surrogate not to start any type of meds without a contract. I put attorney in caps as they have yet to pay his fees to legally represent me sighhhhh. Sorry for swerving off course I just want to clarify a few things as I go along. His advice speak with my coordinator and do not switch anything as that can be seen and viewed as start of meds which I have an reimbursement for.

Well I final speak with my coordinator who finally reveals to me that the attorney we thought the IP's were using they have not legally retained and as of Friday November 21 2014 they have no legal representation. So I was flabbergasted after all the jumping through hoops and delays to still have a delay and its not even my fault I was tad bit miffed. I want to help this cou[le but it seems like something is off she wanted me to follow through and switch saying that the escrow company would reimburse me the cost. I agreed but it still left me unsettled so I gave in and called the agency owner who matched us  I explained the whole situation again to her including the fact that my contact with The Boys has been close to Nil with one line responses to a paragraph long email. That wasn't sitting right with me considering that close contact was what we both asked for and agreed on.

There is just so many unknowns and as we head into the Thanksgiving Day holiday I cant help but to feel a little saddened as I await a call as to whether or not they will be moving forward or are they even ready to take on this journey. There is still a little more that I want to say but I think you my foloowers get the drift. When I post again it may be just to say that I am back on the hunt for new IP's :(

We are Finally Moving Along!!!!!

Hello I am back and I have great news we are finally moving along and I have just completed the last leg of my medical screening. It was a Godsend that I was able to be seen and be on my period at the exact time that they needed me to be. That's the beauty of the world of surrogacy and the medical screening process you can move from being at standstill to a flurry of appointment in matter of days.

 So here's my checklist thus far:

• Psych Evaluation
• Medical records
• IF meeting face to face
• Pap Screening
• Blood Work
• Mock Transfer
• Saline Sonogram

Those are in no particular order they are just all completed and now we are onto contracts and I hope to have a draft in may hands next week. I just wanted to say thank you for reading my blog and spreading the word. I am sorry that I had to delete my post. I had to take a step back from the process a bit as I realized that I was becoming too worked up over no action being taken. I always enter a journey with a calm mind and spirit and this was out of character for me. I explained to my IF's and they totally understood as they were feeling the same way.

So now as we move forward with contracts we are calmer relaxed and we both know and realize what we want and are ready to take the next step in our journey there.

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