tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876669545227409782024-03-06T00:32:25.404-08:00Gest Another DaySharing my experiences of gestational surrogacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-16754888730924089222015-05-02T18:38:00.003-07:002015-05-02T18:38:41.829-07:00Argentina Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My trip was amazing! Look at this happy family! I am in the process of posting to my family blog about the trip. I had to split it up into separate days since I took so many pics! If interested, you can find the posts at<a href="http://ltmrfmly.blogspot.com/"> http://ltmrfmly.blogspot.com/</a> Hope everyone is well.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-79356771814101936732015-01-06T19:46:00.002-08:002015-01-06T19:46:53.459-08:00Upcoming Trip<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.3199996948242px;">BIG announcement: This chica is going to Argentina in April to celebrate Jeremias's 1st birthday! You heard that right! The ticket has been purchased! I will be re-familiarizing myself with the Spanish language. I had 2 years of it in HS, then 2 semesters in college, but when it is not used,it is easily forgotten, I am going to be brushing up on some basic skills. Super excited!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-889917308725046142014-05-12T19:09:00.000-07:002014-05-12T19:09:06.275-07:00Jeremias doing well<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a little nugget of cuteness. He is eating and growing well. I have been in contact with the guys. One of their mothers is ill and is in the hospital. They have been balancing caring for both Jeremias and the their mama. It sounds like they are handling everything with an incredible amount of grace and patience. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-40720895618940734152014-04-27T17:40:00.001-07:002014-04-27T17:40:22.467-07:00Welcome Home, Jeremias!Jeremias is finally home in Argentina with his daddies. They all arrived home this weekend. He will be meeting LOTS of family and friends over the coming days. Jermeias is busy making sure his dads are REALLY sleep deprived. I sure do miss these boys! I hope contact will continue and we will share our lives for years to come. :) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-57645951584550247022014-04-16T14:25:00.001-07:002014-04-16T14:25:09.313-07:00Visiting with Jeremias<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All the boys will be leaving the area tomorrow. We saw them on Sunday at their hotel and they are coming to our home this evening for dinner. They just sent this captured moment to me from our visit on Sunday. I love these guys and will miss them. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-40245601630926815932014-04-14T12:01:00.001-07:002014-04-14T12:01:19.342-07:00Birth Story - JeremiasI was scheduled for a c-section on Friday, APril 11th. On Wednesday, April 9th, I woke up feeling a bit crampy and tired. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions like crazy, so thought nothing of being crampy. I rested on the couch mid morning and about 10:50 AM, I used the bathroom. I had bright red, bloody show. Whenever I have lost my mucous plug in the past, it was just pink tinged. I wondered if it may be a hemmorhoidal issue, but after going to the bathroom a couple more times, I determined it was not. I was having crampiness, but no REAL contractions. I called my OB clinic who said to come on in and get monitored and checked. <br />
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I made arrangements for my kids, Brian came home, and went with me. I started timing my "cramps" which had seemed to be getting more regular, but still nothing that seemed intense. On the way up to the clinic, they were spaced 4-7 minutes apart and I started to slightly pause and take notice. <br />
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I had felt Jeremias moving earlier in the day, but there was not any action from him at the clinic, so they gave me some grape juice and buzzed (sound and vibration) my belly with some instrument to get him woke up. He started moving about and contractions started being a bit more intense. My blood pressure was a little high. My vaginal discharge was no longer bright red, more brownish. They decided to send me over to Labor and Delivery to get a bag of fluid, thinking maybe I was a bit dehydrated and not even in active labor. <br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The nurse checked me - I was dilated to 4. 15 minutes later, the OB checked me - I was dilated to 5. She determined I would be staying. The anesthesiologist came in and discussed our options for surgery. Because I had that grape juice at the clinic, I would need to wait till I could get the spinal for the c-sections surgery. I could also just be put to sleep. AN hour later, the doctor checked me again, I was dilated to 8. I had no choice - I was going to be knocked out to have this baby/ c-section surgery. They paged the </span><span style="text-align: center;">anesthesiologist and started prepping me for surgery. The contractions were VERY uncomfortable.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">I remember being bumped into walls being wheeled into the OR room. </span><span style="text-align: center;">The contractions were crazy. They wanted me to transfer from 1 bed to the operating table - I did quickly between very close contractions. The contractions kept coming intense with no time between. They asked me to open and relax my legs to place a catheter. I was screaming like a primal wild animal at this point. When they finally forced my legs open to start putting a catheter, the doctor said there would be no time, I was just going to have to push - he was right there. WHAT?????!!!!!! I was pushing away from the table with my legs, trying to escape this crazy situation I was in. There were several people trying to help me, forcing my legs up and my chin to my chest, but I was delirious and did not know</span><span style="text-align: center;"> what the hell to do. Finally, I felt his head crowning, I realized what I had to do, and concentrated on proper pushing. I FELT EVERYTHING! His head stretching me and coming out, his shoulders and body, then the placenta. OMG!! Then I was fine. :) I was in disbelief at what happened. I still kind of am. :) I can say that recovery is A LOT different from what I expected to be having, that is for sure! I am tired, but feel great! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I told Brian that if I was unable to care for Jeremias until his daddies arrived, he HAD to hold him. Jeremias was not going to be placed alone in the nursery. He only had to do this a few minutes while I got monitored and cleaned up. </td></tr>
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The guys rushed to get here. They had been in NYC doing touristy things with one of their moms. They got an earlier flight and arrived ASAP, getting to us around 3 AM - 8 hours after Jeremias was born. I got to act as temporary mommy until the guys arrived. I enjoyed this time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is my schedule all planned out.....notice it is crossed off up to Wednesday. I was supposed to have a couple more days! That lil' guy did not follow the plan! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I pumped while at the hospital and provided the liquid gold that is colostrum. </td></tr>
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I was discharged on Friday. I went to visit the guys and Jeremias at their hotel on Sunday. My mom, husband, and kids came along and we said our good-byes (for now). Another amazing experience! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-69396600138555044452014-04-13T20:15:00.002-07:002014-04-13T20:17:02.624-07:00TMII am going to lose 10 more pounds after I start pooping. I haven't gone since delivery. That is 13 meals in there people! <br />
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If you like pea soup scented perfume, apply peas in their original grocery store bag to engorged, swollen, feverish breasts. The juice oozes/leaks out of the bag and perfumes the skin perfectly. Otherwise, add another protective layer like a Ziploc bag. ;) <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">Jeremias was to arrive via scheduled c-section on Friday, April 11th. He made a dashing sprint into the world on Wednesday evening, leaving this gestational surrogate with an unmedicated VBAC delivery!</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;"> </span><br />
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Department of Housing: Surrogacy Division<br />
EVICTION NOTICE<br />
Tenant must vacate the premises by APril 11, 2014.<br />
Other living arrangements have been made and eagerly await your arrival.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
The ManagementUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-89459192298731272922014-04-02T05:18:00.000-07:002014-04-02T05:18:19.883-07:0038 weeks<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">I have been sorting through all kinds of emotions.....dealing with end of pregnancy </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">uncomfortableness, but, knowing this is my LAST pregnancy is bittersweet. I am excited to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">move on to other adventures, but am sad this is the last time I will be using my body to </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">grow life. The finality of it has been making me have such a mix of emotions. </span><span class="emoticon emoticon_smile" style="background-color: #fafbfb; background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yy/r/5buWW_6PBLx.png); background-position: 0px -94px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; background-size: auto; color: #4e5665; display: inline-block; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; height: 16px; line-height: 14.079999923706055px; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;" title=":)"></span><span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;"> I am </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">incredibly grateful to have been able to do it this one last time.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fafbfb; color: #4e5665; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14.079999923706055px;">The baby will be taken Friday, APril 11th unless he decides to appear early.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-2560512919266753322014-03-19T09:01:00.001-07:002014-03-19T09:01:30.157-07:0036 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.799999237060547px;">One day, AT LEAST 20-25 years from now, I look forward to seeing my daughter become a mother herself. Maybe we can recreate this photo one day, but SHE will have the growing life inside her and me beside her, old and retired from this sort of thing. I love full circle of life photos......</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-3438092826395614212014-03-09T21:22:00.001-07:002014-03-09T21:22:34.792-07:0034 weeksMy dear friend, Emily, knows this is my last pregnancy. She wanted to do something nice to commemorate this moment and offered to take some pregnancy photos. Here they are! :) <br />
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Everything is looking good. Jeremias was hiccuping during the procedure - very cute seeing him bounce as he hiccuped. The technician said he has hair already! Jeremias had a heart rate of 139, he was measuring at 34 weeks, he got an 8/8 on the biophysical profile, he is at 52% growth, and estimated to weigh 5 pounds 6 ounces. My blood pressure was 124/76. </div>
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As for the guys staying in an adjoining hospital room, that decision will need to be made last minute as the hospital will need to see about availability. If something is available, they can stay. Otherwise, they will be able to stay in my room on the couch and chair to ensure that they are caring for Jeremias overnight. </div>
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I have to start going to more appts. since it is getting close. 2 weeks, then every week until delivery. Life is good. I am tired and dealing with tailbone pain and acid reflux, but really, life is good. </div>
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I am feeling lots of emotions, ups AND downs about the finality of this being my FINAL pregnancy. I am ready to concentrate on other things in my life, but still grieve at the finality of this stage of life. Hopefully, in 20-25 years, I will be blessed with many grandchildren and get to experience children being born once again. :) </div>
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According to Zane: Jeremias says he is excited to come out into the world. He can't wait to meet his daddies and everyone else who is waiting for his arrival! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-28805133646093697262014-01-26T17:18:00.001-08:002014-01-26T17:18:05.405-08:00Rosie the Riveter - pregnancy style<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hope everyone is doing well! Things are good here, besides acid reflux and tailbone pain (my first child totally messed it up and it hurts with every pregnancy after). Other than that, pretty quiet! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-12016863081973370242014-01-08T06:04:00.001-08:002014-01-08T06:04:27.090-08:00LHOP combines with pregnancy dreamI started reading Little House on the Prairie series to the kids last night before bed. In the story, the pioneer family butchers a pig. The Pa lets the kids play with the pig tail and badder. Pa blows up the bladder like a balloon and the kids toss it back and forth and kick it like a ball. So, I had a WEIRD dream last night. I dreamt that my uterus was taken out (no child in it), tossed around the hallway of my junior high school, then when I got it back, it was all dusty, but I had to put it back inside me that way. CRAZY! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-32930043077631103212014-01-05T16:16:00.002-08:002014-01-05T16:16:47.307-08:0025 weeks 4 days pregnant<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388494811940_2149">I discussed the marginal cord insertion with my OB. He is not concerned. He states he sees this condition a lot and it almost never poses a problem. I told him that the nurse told me to schedule the next ultrasound at 31 weeks and I thought that seemed far off, when initially someone told me that typically growth checks for this condition is performed every 4 weeks. SO, he told me to schedule one for the next time I have an appointment, which would be 28 weeks. So, the guys should get some new pics of Jeremias in one more month. :) At this 28 week appointment, I will have have my 28 week blood work labs to check for gestational diabetes. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388494811940_2175">I reviewed the kidney stone occurrence with him and let him know I am currently symptom free. He did not feel the need for further tests. He felt the follow up with urology was sufficient. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388494811940_2177">The lawyer sent the pre-birth order to have the guys names placed on the birth certificate and sent originals to me as well. My doctor advised that we make sure all legal contracts and documents be brought to the hospital during labor/delivery to ensure things go as smoothly as possible. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1388494811940_2180">I reminded him of the desire to have an overnight room (if occupancy is available at the hospital) for the daddies so they can start caring for Mr. Jeremias. He said remind him again at the next appointments and we will look into it. We still have time. If no extra space is available, then they guys can sleep on the couch and chair in my room, so they can tend to their son. There is NO WAY he will be spending the night all by himself in the nursery! </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-36521831572383723532013-12-15T13:28:00.001-08:002013-12-15T13:28:38.001-08:00I have a kidney stone! <span style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">I woke up at 2 AM with back pain. I have had a kidney stone in the past and it felt like the same symptoms, so took some Tylenol, and hoped that would get me rest till morning, when I could go to Convenient Care. I woke back up at 4 AM hurting badly, so called Patient Advisory, who forwarded me to Labor & Delivery, since I am over 22 weeks pregnant. They advised me to go to the Emergency Department as Convenient Care was not going to be able to diagnose and treat a kidney stone. Luckily, my mom was spending the weekend, so stayed back with the kids. I vomited in a leaky bag on the way up to the ER. Brian and I went to ER, where urine sample showed blood in urine and some white blood cells present. They skipped the CT scan due to pregnancy, but did an ultrasound to check my kidneys, bladder, and baby Jeremias. Jeremias was fine, moving about, heart beating normal, and showed no signs of stress. Someone from OB department came down before I left the ER, just to check on Jeremias, and again showed no problems. They gave me a bag of fluids and low doses of pain medication while I was there. It feels like the MOST severe pain is out of my kidneys/upper area, it has worked itself down through the ureter, and the pain is mostly in my lower bladder area now. They gave me an antibiotic, a medication to relax my ureter to allow the stone to move more freely out, and some low doses of pain meds. I would rather deliver a baby medication free that deal with the pain of a kidney stone. ARGH! I slept most of the morning and feeling better, but still not passed the stone. I am taking it easy and flooding my body with fluids. Jeremias just gave me a kick to let me know to get better quick..he is tired of laying around today. :) </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-55048760663825809572013-12-08T16:49:00.003-08:002013-12-08T16:49:55.805-08:002 years ago todayI delivered Miss Grace. I sent her 2 books for her birthday. She is growing big and hear she has quite the personality. :) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-687666954522740978.post-45155618117052501952013-12-01T20:41:00.001-08:002013-12-01T20:41:44.781-08:00Enjoying the weatherThis preggo girl went for a rugged walk in the woods today - it was beautiful weather, mild temps.
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I received my flu shot. I had my ultrasound then saw my nurse practitioner. My blood pressure was 124/78. Baby's heart rate was 161, which is good for this stage. His estimated weight is 11 ounces, which is within normal range for the gestational age. She said that all organs and bone structures looked perfect. <br />
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However, the umbilical cord has a "marginal cord insertion”, which means that instead of the umbilical cord inserting into the center of the placenta (the meatiest part), it’s inserted into the side of the placenta. In a small percentage of cases this can affect the growth of the baby but that Jeremias is growing right on track so we seem to be fine. If there IS a growth problem, they more than likely wouldn’t see it until the third trimester. I guess it has something to do with how the baby takes up more space in the uterus and somehow isn’t getting enough nutrients from the placenta to grow at a normal rate. They recommended growth ultrasounds every four weeks, which would be increased if they notice anything abnormal. There is a very low risk of anything happening. The nurse practitioner said the doctor is not usually concerned about this condition. We will all keep a close eye on the little guy to make sure he is getting enough food in his belly!<br />
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I am feeling stronger flutters, no real big, strong kicks yet. Life is good. Happy Thanksgiving all! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1