Pregnancy is going great, I am now 13w,4 days pregnant with this sweet surro baby. I purchased a doppler from a surro friend so I can hear the baby's heartbeat at home; I recorded it and shared it with the IP's. I had a really nice lunch with E, the IM this past Saturday. It is always so nice to catch-up outside of Dr. visits. This week I am working on scheduling the Maternity21 test and then we will have our first appointment with my mid-wife in a couple of weeks.
Our three kids are now very comfortable and supportive with the surrogacy, they always refer to the baby as S & E's so that's been really great. I think it helps that my kids have met the IP's so they really have an understanding on where this baby is going after it comes out of my belly. My husband of course has been really wonderful since day 1 of the journey, he has taken over some of my usual 'jobs' in the house so I can take it easy and get some much needed rest in the evenings.
It has been very entertaining to explain to people that this baby is not my own, even more funny when I am with my husband and we say it isn't his. Oh the look of shock and confusion is priceless but of course if they don't run we do explain things and so far I have had nothing but positive praise.
I started taking weekly belly pictures for a surrogate group I am a part of and here is my self-picture from today.
cute pic.
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