Bun Without an Oven
A journey to parenthood
Hello,
I’m Kate
Welcome to Bun Without an Oven. Space where I share my experiences around starting a family via gestational carrier and all that entails. From IVF to making embryos, finding a match, and hopefully a pregnancy to come – I’m documenting the challenges and the celebrations, to push back the veil and serve as a resource on this different journey to parenthood.
From the blog
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Pre-Approved Match #4
With the time difference, it’s sometimes frustrating to go to bed wondering if any news will arrive overnight. Will any messages be waiting in your inbox when you wake up? This morning feels like Christmas. It’s been such a long time coming. We wake up to finally receive the message we’ve been waiting for. We might get
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Surrogacy Options for International Couples
As an international couple, we first needed to inform ourselves as to what our options were in regards to where we should go on this journey to parenthood. When I was younger, I never really thought about there being places where gestational surrogacy would not be available. These are some of the countries we explored
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Receiving my MRKH Diagnosis
I remember being 14 and at my primary care physician’s office for my annual check-up. My doctor asked me if I had started menstruating yet, to which my embarrassed response was “nope, not yet”. She paused, and said “well it will come any time now!” She advised me to have menstrual products on hand for
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Lucky Match #4?
We received very unexpected, great news! Our agency has identified our fourth potential gestational carrier and sent her medical records to our clinic in Omaha for review. On 19. Dec 2024, at 18:33, our agency wrote: Hello Kate and Jan, I hope this email finds you well and enjoying the holiday season! Reaching out with
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Hot take
The checks and balances set up to make a match are there for a reason. Our agency can only rely on the information provided by the GC applicants. Only our clinic can do the full medical review. That’s the beauty and heartbreak of this process. It’s set up to work the way that it does,
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