I met my husband back in *** We have been together for 10 years but only married 2.5 years.He is caring, funny, outgoing, and an all around great guy.
My husband, Mike, is my rock.We have been through my ups and downs.My mom was diagnosed with lung cancer in *** and passed away in *** She was the only parent I had and this was extremely difficult for me.A year prior to her passing we were married and we were so grateful that she made it to our wedding.She loved him like he was her own son.The one thing she wanted the most was to be able to see her first grandchild.We tried shortly after our wedding, but boy was I in for a rude awakening.I never thought it would be so hard and I am sad to think about my mom never getting to meet her grandchild.
After 8 months of trying we saw a fertility specialist.We completed all the screenings and finally were set to start our first IVF in Sept *** 3 weeks before starting IVF, my mother passed.This was one of the hardest days of my life.We still went forward and I felt like maybe this would work out because how can you have another loss after losing a parent.Once again I was wrong.My retrieval was great, but I could not have a transfer due to my thin lining.Well after 7 months of trying to get my lining thick, nothing worked.Our doctor recommended gestational surrogacy.Honestly, we didn't even need to consider it because we knew that we wanted a family and would do whatever we had to in order to achieve that.
After months of researching surrogacy agencies our dear friend told us she would be our surrogate.We were beyond thrilled and after all the screening and legal work we finally had our transfer in August *** We were in awe when we found out our friend was pregnant! Her beta numbers were high and we transferred only 1! At her 7 week u/s we found out that she had a blighted ovum.We were devastated.We gave our friend time to heal and with the holidays coming up it would be too hectic for her as she has a family of 3.Mike and I met with our doctor and we discussed doing another retrieval or just trying our last 2 frozen embryos on me.In December *** we transferred our remaining embryos to me since my lining was near a level that he was willing to transfer at.I felt great the entire time.However, I found out that they never took.Once again the devastation set in, but I quickly regained my composure and jumped right back in.
We are now going through 2 rounds of IVF to bank our embryos and do PGS testing to screen for all chromosomes.We are perfectly healthy but we need the peace of mind knowing that we will transfer only good quality embryos so that we can finally have a successful pregnancy.Our friend has had some family issues to deal with so unfortunately she will need to put this on hold for a quite some time.We were upset but we understood.However, my desire to be a mom is burning a hole in me and I can't wait any longer.My husband has supported me in every decision I have made and agrees we need to search for a surrogate.So this is where we are.
We are hopeful that we will have our family and our dream will finally come true.Our goal in this process is to find a surrogate who is compatible with us and is willing to become a part of our family.We are fun, loving, energetic, and love to travel.Anyone who is willing to be a surrogate is giving someone the greatest gift.They are truly a selfless soul.We would love nothing more than to meet the right surrogate and welcome them with open arms into our family.We have a close family and wonderful friends who have been so supportive of us during this process that I feel so blessed.The only thing left for us on this journey is finding someone who is willing to fulfill our dream of becoming our surrogate and giving us our little miracle.
