Merry Early Christmas to this Surrogate!

Today I picked up the best present a surrogate can get; my medication! 

Look at it all! 

So an update on what's happened since my last post. I left off having gotten my bloodwork and OB clearance done. Well, we ran into some frustrations after that.

Like I mentioned, the OB ordered one of the wrong tests so I had to have him reorder it. Well that ended up taking a week because he went on vacation and I didn't know- I thought he was just ignoring my emails. 

While we were waiting for that to go through, I found out I misunderstood what ORM told me about Mark's blood tests. I thought we could still work on my med calendar while we waited for his results but I guess we had to have those in before moving forward. So I quickly forced Mark to go to the lab and get his blood work done (he hates getting blood drawn). 

All of the test results pop up online for us to view through our insurance company. Whenever the results would post, I'd send em on over to ORM. Well, one of the test results don't get posted online so ORM has to request them with a signed consent form. A few days after Mark got his blood drawn, I began emailing ORM to get the paperwork so they can request the results. My emails went unanswered, which became quick frustrating. Something that was supposed to take about a week (blood tests and results) was now creeping up on a month. Frustrating. Very frustrating. 

Come to find out, our coordinator had gone on vacation without notifying me of her absence so I was emailing no one. How nice of them, right?! I expressed my frustration to M&S and, being the amazing people they are, they not only comforted me, but reached out to other people at ORM to figure out what was going on. We were told not to try and rush things this cycle, especially with our coordinator being gone (she won't be back until the 29th). I became discouraged. We were so close to REALLY starting this process yet it kept being delayed for reasons not in our control. I guess that's life, though, right? 

Anyways, obviously we were able to get them to work on the calendar and let us move forward this cycle! I received my med calendar yesterday and picked up my medication today. I start the medication on Monday and we have a transfer date of February 2nd! Groundhog's day! Seems like a good day to get pregnant, doesn't it! 

I plan to update quite frequently with what each med does and how it makes me feel. I'll also continue my tally of surrogacy related Meds/procedures. 

This is all really happening! Yay! 

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Prenatal Vitamins: 39
Active Birth Control Pills: 36
Vials of Blood Drawn: 12
Vaginal Exams: 2
SIS: 1
Mock Transfer: 1
Internal Ultrasound: 1