Jennifer's Surrogacy Journal - before, during and life after!
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I am an 2 time experienced Gestational Surrogate in Ohio. I carried for friends of ours that also live here in Ohio. I wanted to share my good times and bad. It will be a nice reminder as to how much of a rollercoaster ride this surrogacy journey has been. We were recipients of donor embryos and our first transfer in March, 2007 was successful and was pregnant with a little girl. Sadly, on Mother's Day (5/13/07) she passed away. Our 2 embryo transfers after that were unsuccessful. I had a tubal reversal on November 30, 2007.
BIRTHS:
** Baby Sarah was born on 12/29/04 at 11:59pm weighing in at 7 lbs. 14 ozs and 20.5 inches long.
***Baby Ryan was born, January 20, 2006 at 5:27pm, weighing 7 lbs. 15 ozs ad was 20.25 inches long!!

9.6.2008
Strange Update
I'm still trying to wrap my head around what's been going on with my body and cycle.

Today I am CD32 or 4 days post ovulation. Hugh? you ask - well, I ask too!

This is the only thing that I can figure out:
CD11 ultrasound confirmed a 14 & 12 in left.
CD13 Possible + OPK - it's uncertain, but now think that it was negative
CD16 ultrasound confirmed a 10 in the left & less than 10 in both.
CD21 ultrasound confirmed all were less than 10 in both.
CD23 & CD24 alot of creamy cervical mucus - very typical prior to AF starting.
CD26 negative HPT
CD27 watery like cervical mucus - which again is typical for me
CD28 My period was due, so I tested and it was negative, also had alot of egg white cervical mucus
CD29 negative HPT and horrible cramps, ovary pain and backache

All along still temping every morning and logging it into Fertility Friend.

So.......after wondering these past few days what was going on and seeing my temps rise they way they were (indicated to me an "ovulation" pattern) - along with the other symptoms I was having, yesterday morning (Friday), I changed my Fertility Friend settings. I removed the "Possible" Positive OPK from CD13 and changed the main setting to "Advanced" instead of "OPK/Monitor". Needless to say, in doing so, it put me at 3dpo.

Since we thought I either didn't ovulate this cycle OR I ovulated early, we weren't "baby dancing" every other day - BUT - we did baby dance the day of ovulation. It's unclear to me, which ovary I ovulated out of since both were aching. I'm not that positive about this cycle since it's been so off from the start.

We did discuss not taking a cycle off since this one is unexpectedly now 2 weeks longer, but I'm not sure if I'll be ready to do another medicated cycle. I do have time to think about it and Jonathan is okay with whatever I decide. It's hard seeing the disappointment in his eyes every month when AF arrives or I get a negative HPT. AGH.....

~ Jennifer ~
September 2008
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