Medical screening date
I don't have much to update except I now have an official medical screening date! October 7th. So what exactly does that mean? I'm not entirely sure...yet.
What I do know is that the clinic hoped to schedule it even earlier and I wasn't prepared to do that both mentally and physically. All my research states that you want your uterus lining thickness to be at least 7mm and birth control implants tend to cause your lining to be thinner. So, the longer you wait until after your implant has been removed, the better. I also wasn't in the right headspace to start this process that soon.
I have since joined a surrogacy facebook support group which has helped ease my nerves a ton and I can now confidently say I am mentally prepared for what's to come. Matt will also be accompanying me on this adventure. We have rented a car and booked a hotel in Stamford, CT (at the expense of our IPs). The clinic the IPs use is called New England Fertility Clinic and all the reviews seem promising. Because the clinic is only about an hour from NYC, we will spend the day before the screening in the city doing touristy things. I love fall in New York so I. Cannot. Wait.
During the medical screening I have been told that there will be bloodwork done along with an ultrasound to measure my lining thickness, and STD testing for the both of us. More to come on the details once I have actually gone through with the procedure.
The most exciting/nerve-wracking part of it all is that we will be meeting with the intended parents for the first time. Matt is super uncomfortable meeting new people but especially when they are two strangers who are technically impregnating his girlfriend 😂 so this should be interesting...
Fingers crossed my lining is thick enough to approve me for an embryo transfer date!
What I do know is that the clinic hoped to schedule it even earlier and I wasn't prepared to do that both mentally and physically. All my research states that you want your uterus lining thickness to be at least 7mm and birth control implants tend to cause your lining to be thinner. So, the longer you wait until after your implant has been removed, the better. I also wasn't in the right headspace to start this process that soon.
I have since joined a surrogacy facebook support group which has helped ease my nerves a ton and I can now confidently say I am mentally prepared for what's to come. Matt will also be accompanying me on this adventure. We have rented a car and booked a hotel in Stamford, CT (at the expense of our IPs). The clinic the IPs use is called New England Fertility Clinic and all the reviews seem promising. Because the clinic is only about an hour from NYC, we will spend the day before the screening in the city doing touristy things. I love fall in New York so I. Cannot. Wait.
During the medical screening I have been told that there will be bloodwork done along with an ultrasound to measure my lining thickness, and STD testing for the both of us. More to come on the details once I have actually gone through with the procedure.
The most exciting/nerve-wracking part of it all is that we will be meeting with the intended parents for the first time. Matt is super uncomfortable meeting new people but especially when they are two strangers who are technically impregnating his girlfriend 😂 so this should be interesting...
Fingers crossed my lining is thick enough to approve me for an embryo transfer date!
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