Officially a MATCH

I was unavailable today for about an hour and of course that one hour I received a phone call from The Surrogacy Center with THE NEWS.

I had a voicemail from LeeAnn (the director of agency) who said she had GREAT news for me.  S loved my file and is so excited.  She gave me some direct quotes from his email- this is written by his translator/friend,  

"S  has been over the moon about the fact you have already found a surrogate and such a perfect one as well. I would like to express his deepest thanks on his behalf. He said that he was so grateful to you for finding such a positive person full of energy and wanting to share her joy of being parents with him."

Ohhhh, I definitely welled up with tears when I read that.  I can't believe I am officially matched.  The next step is I will get to look over all of his information and just be sure that I am ok with all of it- but, I am sure I will be.  After that... we MEET. I will know more information after I actually talk to LeeAnn tomorrow morning.  So, I will definitely update you all! 

I don't know what else to say other than I am SO excited. This process if finally happening!!!

Thanks for reading! xoxo

I'm JUST the oven.

Hi everyone!

Just a very quick post to clear up the question of "Is this your egg and S's sperm?"  NO NO NO.  Absolutely not.  This will NOT be my egg and never would be.

The agency I work with only does "Gestational surrogates" meaning the surrogate carries a child whom is not related to them.  It is called "Traditional surrogacy" when the the surrogate uses her own egg but the intended father's sperm.  This is a lot messier when it comes to the birth of the child since adoption would need to be involved, etc.

There are some people that can donate eggs and be totally ok with it... but, I am not one of them.  I will be  just the oven bakin' this lil bun!  :)  Hope that clears up that question!  I posted that a few posts back but I assume not everyone will be reading back thru all of them.

Still waiting to hear something!  I will be sure to post it as soon as I know anything!

A Potential MATCH!

Well, today is the day I have been waiting months for!  LeeAnn (from the agency) called me today with news of a potential match!  I was so eager for her phone call and even had a hard time sleeping last night knowing it was coming!  :)

So, she said the potential match is a man from France--for privacy purposes until I get his "ok" we will call him "S".  LeeAnn said that S is a single guy from France who is super easy-going, relaxed and has a love of life.  LeeAnn said that S and I share the same "spark for life."  I LOVED hearing that and couldn't stop smiling the whole conversation with LeeAnn.
She said S is a pharmacist in France and has no kids, yet.  LeeAnn said he loves his family very much and sent an entire photobook along with his application.  Of course I LOVE that he loves photos!  :)

He said in his application that "his purpose in life was to have children and be a father."  I admit, I got tears in my eyes hearing LeeAnn say that.  THAT statement is the exact reason I want to be a surrogate.

 When Steven and I originally were filling out our application for this process, we had decided that we wouldn't check the box for single parents.  We had thought this process should be for a couple to do together.  But, as soon as we got further into this journey- we changed our minds 100%.  Steven and I are so open to all types of lifestyles.  No ones life is better than another and no ones beliefs are either.  When we had our interview with the agency back in February we explained that we were open to a single parent surrogacy.  What if Steven and I had never met?  Does that mean I shouldn't be a mommy?  And Steven can't become a daddy?  No.  Period.
There are people put on this Earth that feel their sole purpose was to have a family and to love that family, unconditionally.  And, S is a great example of that.

Surrogacy isn't an easy process for intended parents.  It's very costly, time consuming and I am sure it is extremely scary.  If a single parent has decided to start this process, that exudes their strength and their love for wanting a family.  There isn't too many people in this world that could go thru surrogacy; but I think that if a single parent can get thru that- then they can surely get thru everything that a single parent has to go thru in the years following the birth of their child.

S has 2 weeks to look over my application and make a final decision.  My insurance coverage falls into some 'grey area'.  It isn't a yes or a no as to if surrogacy pregnancy is covered so that is something that S has to consider.  He would need to take out an extra policy for me just in case my insurance denies the claims.
So, its going to be a LONG 2 week wait!  But, LeeAnn said that she hopes to get some feedback right away and she will let me know if she hears anything!  He will have my file today and can start going thru it right away.
LeeAnn said that S said he would like to come from France and meet me VERY soon if he decides we are good match!  So, LeeAnn said this process would start to move very quickly.  Eeeekkkk!!

Thank you again for all of your support, words, comments, thoughts, prayers.  I appreciated the positivity more than you guys will ever know.  LOVE.LOVE.LOVE to you all.

I can't stop smiling, in case you were wondering :)  :)  :)


Kenzi