Welcome to LA!

We flew out to Los Angeles for our transfer on Monday, November 12, 2018. This is the day I had been dreaming about since I applied to be a surrogate back In May <3 

(don't mind Ian's crazy eyes, this dude rarely takes a serious picture) 

 

Flying out there I was in a bit of disbelief that we had made it to this special and very critical moment in our journey. Over the last 4 months our family has been getting to know the guys and their families. I should really say that we have been bonding because upon matching with them I felt we already knew them. These last 4 months have been absolutely incredible for our family and I couldn't imagine going on this journey with or for anyone else. These two incredible men have become like big brothers to me and even our young girls mention them daily and include them in their conversations often. We have not only began his journey to help them have a family that they so very much deserve, but we have added to our family in a way that I couldn't be more grateful or happier.

After much reminicising and excitement thinking about my appointment, we arrived in LA. We picked up our rental car and were a bit early to check into our hotel so we went for a relaxing drive. We wandered about the winding roads up a hill where the most beautiful homes and breathtaking views existed. You just don't see neighborhoods like this in Florida! We saw houses built on the mountains and their tennis courts and pools in the back yard were simply held up by wooden posts and frames. It was almost scary to me that they were held up the way they were. 

We finished up our evening with a nice relaxing dinner just the two of us and skyped with the girls before they went to bed. After all tomorrow was a HUGE day!

On Tuesday, we woke up and had breakfast before making our way downtown for our appointment. We were told to arrive at 10am and that our transfer would be anytime between arrival and noon. Luckily the office seemed fairly quiet that morning and we got into our transfer room within and set up within 30 mintes. I had to have a full bladder for the procedure so I was extra anxious to get things moving quickly. 

 TRANSFER DAY!!!

Lucky pineapple socks and my big fat positive vibes shirt to carry me through the appt!

The procedure itself was very quick and not painful at all. The doctor came in and did an ultrasound and said things looked great and ready for the transfer, then he did a wash of the area at that point a nurse came in with a syringe holding the precious little embryo. The syringe had a long flexible catheter attached to it and within a minute the doctor had the embryo in place and I was left to lay on an incline for an hour. (Mind you I still had a full bladder and had to pee so bad!!! This hour wait  was pure torture!!!) 

Stick baby stick!!! 

The guys had a choice between transferring a girl or boy embryo, but they could not make the decision. They kept going back and forth between which they would decide and since they had 4 equally graded embryos ready to go no one was better quality then another. At the end of the day they decided they did not want to know and the clinic chose one at random. 

Once I was released from the clinic we were told to go straight to the hotel were we finished out our trip with LOTS of bedrest and UberEats ;)

My bedrest was up at 11pm the night before we were scheduled to leave so we woke up early and walked Venice Beach area a little bit, stopped by the cutest breakfast place (where we had the absolute best server that we have had in a while) and then headed off to the airport for a LONG day of travel. 

Lots of love, luck and fingers crossed that this little baby sticks!!!

T- 10 days until Beta Testing to see if he/she did <3