Since this is my second time around becoming a surrogate I want to make sure I'm documenting everything I can as it happens. I wish I had done this the first time and am making sure that I don't miss a thing. At the moment I am in the very beginning stage of meeting my next set of parents. I'm a little unique to this in the fact that I only want to do this for gay couples. I have some good and strong reasons for this being my choice. I'm sure I'll get to those some time throughout all my blogging.
My first surrogacy journey took over 2 years from start to finish with the result being 2 of the most perfect and beautiful baby girls. They are a little over 4 months old at the moment and the time since having them has flown right by. You would think I would want a break from being pregnant for a while, but I LOVE being pregnant. My pregnancy with the twins went so easy and smooth. Just like I had hoped. Their dads are 2 of the greatest people I have ever met. Being able to watch them as parents is a fulfillment that is indescribable. I am so proud of them and the amazing job they are doing as parents.
Seeing all this pan out and be just as I had hoped has made making the decision to do this one more time so easy. Watching them being dads, and seeing these beautiful babies makes it impossible to not want to do this for another couple. Someone out there is just like them, wanting so bad to be parents. They just need a little help. It is such an empowering thing to give someone the gift of life. I just can't wait to do it again.
I have signed onto an agency that connects surrogates, egg donors and intended parents to one another. They are the same agency that I used the first time and they did such a wonderful job matching me with the perfect couple that I am using them again for this journey. It's a HUGE process just to get to the point of being matched. I have to give them all my prior doctors records. All my insurance info to make sure my insurance doesn't have any clauses to deny me during the pregnancy. I have to fill out some paperwork and then take the MMPI test. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is a 560+ question true or false test that determines a persons personality and what I like to call their crazy level. lol. During all this I have filled out a profile with pictures for intended parents to look at. The intended parents also fill out a profile for me to look at. Kind of like a dating service.
For me, what I am looking for is quite simple. Someone or ones who want to give a child or children love. They also have to be willing to have an open relationship with me so the children will always know me.
For them, what they are looking for is a little different. They want someone young with low BMI. Someone with proven fertility, meaning that I have had a healthy pregnancy resulting in a healthy child. They want someone that will eat healthy while pregnant and all those obvious things. They also need someone who loves being pregnant, because who would do this if they didn't love being pregnant? Most people think anyone who likes being pregnant is crazy, hence the MMPI test. lol
So I received an e-mail last week of a profile of potential intended parents. From what I read and saw they seemed like a couple that I really would love to meet. I contacted the agency to let them know I would love to set up a phone call meeting and found out that they also wanted to meet me. :) In the e-mail I sent back I said I would love to talk to them at 9am my time the next morning. I meant to say their time which is a 2 hour difference. The next morning I realized that I had written the time wrong and called them to make sure they weren't sitting by the phone wondering why I hadn't called. What a great first impression. I told them I was sorry, just making sure the time was for when it should and I had to run my son off to school. Geeezz- anyone who knows me can see this happening. So I called them 1 1/2 hours later for our real meeting. I must have looked like such a ditz.
It's getting late. I'l write about the phone meeting in my next blog...............................
