The First Few Baby Steps ...

I have wanted to be a surrogate for a couple of years now but my life kept me busy and I couldn't find the time to start the process, or better yet I should say complete the process. You see, I found the agency I wanted to use and started my application a year ago but I never got around to sending it in/finishing it until a few weeks ago. It was just now that my life was settled and I knew that the time was right for me to start my journey as a surrogate.

After the agency had all of my information, they completed my background check and then my on-line profile was 'ready' to be viewed by the agency so they could 'match' me with a couple (IP's = Intended Parents) who they believe is compatible with me based on our profiles.

It didn't take long for them to find me a 'match' on 7/9/12 and I knew when I read their profile that they were exactly whom I was wanting to help. The couple was also provided with my profile.

We both agreed to take the next step, so the following day I spoke to them on a conference call so we could get to know each other a little better and after the call if both myself and the IP's were ok with it we would exchange direct contact information so we could set up a face to face meeting. I knew I wanted to get to know this wonderful couple better and see if I was meant to be the person to help them by carrying their baby via gestational surrogacy.

Surrogacy is an arrangement in which a woman carries and delivers a child for another couple or person. This woman, the surrogate mother, may be the child's genetic mother (called traditional surrogacy), or she may be genetically unrelated to the child (called gestational surrogacy).

That pretty much brings you all up to date, we have a barbecue at the IP's house tomorrow and I am anxious (a wee bit nervous as well) to get to know this couple and have them get to know myself and my family to see if we are all ready to embark on this journey together. I feel so fortunate to have my 3 children and would love to give the gift of biological parenthood to a couple unable to conceive. I am sure some people might wonder why one would want to be a surrogate and my usual reply is, 'because I can.'  I have an amazing support system and an empty uterus at the moment so why not give the most amazing gift and help this couple start a family.