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Who’s who and what’s what.
Throughout these posts there are loads of players and terms that can be confusing if you’re not in this “journey to parenthood” world. Here’s a glossary, if you will, of everything and everyone in play during this process. These are descriptions based on my…
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Match Timeline
To find a gestational carrier, my husband and I are working with an agency that doubles as a law firm and has experience working with international intended parents. Potential gestational carriers apply with our agency, who extensively review their application and background. Our agency…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Bun Without an Oven
A journey to parenthood
Bun Without an Oven 