Okay, this is the craziest thing I have ever done... I signed up to be matched with a couple to assist them with a surrogate pregnancy. No sane person does this, right?
Let me start at the beginning... In March 2012, I mentioned to my husband Shawn that I was thinking about surrogate pregnancy and asked what he thought about the subject. He, being the wonderful guy that he is, said that if this is something I want to do, he would help me look into it and talk about it. After doing as much research as possible, I contacted a local agency and asked for more information. A couple of days later, I had a phone interview and a day after that was sent a large packet of info, applications, etc to look over.
After going over the stuff in the packet, talking with Shawn, and a lot of prayer, I spent several days filling out the application and gathering all of my info to send to the agency. And then we waited...
At last, I received an email from the agency that I have been approved and they are going to start looking for a couple to match me up with to start this crazy journey.
I had been thinking about surrogate pregnancy for some time now. When I was pregnant with our second child, a childhood friend was also pregnant after trying to get pregnant for many years. When she was about 22 weeks pregnant, she miscarried her twin girls. I went on to have a successful pregnancy and delivered a healthy baby girl. Let the guilt begin. I needed to do something to help people like my friend.
Let the adventure and the miracles begin!
