Milestones

As in any journey, there are many milestones in surrogacy. There's the day I started corresponding with our potential surrogate... the day we first spoke on the phone... the day we met her and her family... the day we considered ourselves matched and she became our surrogate instead of our potential surrogate. On the medical front, there are more milestones... her phone screening with our doctor, meeting him is person, medical exams, bloodwork, and psychological screening. Then there's the legal front... contract drafted, reviewed, modified and signed. Another major milestone - the date of embryo transfer. That sets off a chain of yet more events: positive pregnancy test, ultrasound for sac placement, ultrasound for heartbeat, and eventually getting to and past the first trimester. The last milestone for us was the big ultrasound at which we found out we're having a boy. That's a lot of progress marks along the way!

Today marks a major milestone in this pregnancy: we are starting our 20th week today - 20 weeks down, 20 to go. Time is playing a trick on me! Part of me thinks "we're already at 20 weeks?! how'd we get this far??" This is the part of me that is wondering how we'll get everything done that needs to be done in the 6-8 weeks between Paul finishing school and the baby's arrival. Oh yeah - and Christmas/New Year is in that same 6-8 weeks, so I'm pretty sure it's not going to be alllll baby. The other part of me thinks "we're only at 20 weeks? how can I speed this up?!" This is the impatient part of me... and if you ask Paul, that's a BIG part of me :) I just cannot wait to see him and meet him, even though he's a nameless little boy at this point. Naming him... perhaps that will be the next milestone.