Thanks for your support!

We recently sent out an email update to all of our friends and family along with this blog link to let everyone know we are officially moving forward with surrogacy. I am amazed at the wonderful amount of support we have received from so many people. It is so nice to hear that we have so many people behind us for this journey. It's funny that most of my friends think I am crazy for doing this- but they are supportive and they actually are not surprised at all. Everyone knows that I love being pregnant and love babies in general so they can understand how this is so important to me.

I hope there will come a time for our friends and family to meet R & S. (Obviously depending on if they are comfortable with that.) They are truly amazing people and I feel so blessed to have been matched with them. It is just amazing at how everything has worked out so far. R and I had another wonderful "heart to heart" last night over the phone again which I immensely enjoyed. It is so great getting to know them both more. R said they feel so lucky to have found Al and I, but they have no idea how lucky we feel to have found them too! It will mean so much more bringing a baby(ies) into the world for a couple that means so much to us- already. I can't wait to see how the relationship blossoms over the coming months.

I was also so thrilled to hear from R that her family and friends have been equally supportive and accepting of them using a surrogate to begin their family. It is hard to know what people's reaction will be so it is a relief that their side is open to this as well and that they accept us. It's really important to me that R & S's family like us too so hopefully this blog will allow them to get to know us better as well. And of course I can't wait for R's mom to join us on dr. appointments to see, feel and hear her grandbaby(ies) while in my tummy.

R & S are meeting with their attorney today so we are hoping to get the contract soon and then schedule our attorney meeting. I am looking forward to getting this last step finalized so we can relax and focus on the medical side of things starting in approximately 24 days!!!!!!!! The countdown is on.

Al and I were talking the other night and I mentioned how I actually want to video the birth (obviously the clean parts only) but mainly I want to video R & S's reaction the first time they see their baby(ies). I know those few seconds will mean the world to me and I don't want to miss out on that. If for some reason I have to have a c-section or if I have to be put to sleep for a bit, I would be devastated to miss their reaction. This is the thing I look forward to most of all and will cherish forever. Hopefully they will be open to us taping the birth as well for my own little piece to remind me of what we helped accomplish. This is all such a miracle!

Thanks again to all of you for your support. We can't wait to share the final chapter of our story with you!