Legalities... and more!

So, we are still in the contract phase and just dealing with the boring legal side of things... not a whole lot to report, but I figured it would be nice to update those who are interested. It's funny, I actually haven't shared this blog with anyone yet, my husband doesn't even know it has existed for the last five years (lol!), but I can see the views and it appears as though there are a handful of strangers that are keeping up with it. So when I do finally share it, my friends and family will have years to catch up on, but for those I don't know who have already discovered it, they are staying up to date, day by day! haha

Anyway, I received the first draft of the contract last week and spent a couple hours on the phone with my lawyer editing some pieces of it on Friday. She submitted it to S and J's lawyer Friday afternoon and I am just kind of sitting here waiting to hear back about whether or not they accept the changes I requested, or if we have some more editing to do. Not sure how this will play out, but either way I'm confident things are headed in the right direction and this will work out this time. I just feel so good about it, if that makes sense? S text me the other night letting me know how excited she was for this journey, but not only that she is going to have a baby, but that she gets to do it together with ME. Let me just tell you, my heart melted into a puddle, right there, smack dab in the middle of my kitchen while I made dinner. I feel exactly the same. <3

I do have some exciting news to go along with the boring stuff, too! YAY! I heard from my nurse coordinator last night that my repeat antibody blood screening came back perfect, and drumroll........ we officially have a medical schedule, which means we have a transfer date, which means we have a DUE DATE!!! AHH! Okay, so the tentative plan is that I begin birth control tonight (this is to regulate my period so give them the ability to manipulate it to start and stop when they need it to for the transfer schedule. This is also awesome because it will allow me to NOT be on my period the entire week we are at Disney World. Woop woop!), I stop taking it June 11. I have an appt on June 16 for an ultrasound and more blood work. I will begin meds the next day and have monitoring appointments to check progress on June 23 and June 30. Then I will head back to LA on July 5 for an embryo transfer the following day. HOLY MOLY, y'all!!! I am SO dang excited to go make this baby for this sweet, sweet couple.

If everything goes according to plan, there will be a brand new baby entering the world on or before March 24, 2018!!!! In the mean time, I'll just be over here working on a miracle full of love, faith and a little science. :)