Ridiculously crying at a restaurant because the cornbread was sold out: This pregnancy is in full swing! “I’m sorry, but Dr. Ackerman is fully booked for September deliveries and is not taking any more patients. Let me see what other doctors are available for a fall delivery.” THUD. My heart dropped. What?! No! She’s my …
Blog #16: Making friends in the waiting room and confirmation of pregnancy via ultrasound! Today was the day – the ultrasound to confirm the pregnancy and hear the heartbeat of sweet Sven, my surrobabe! Absentmindedly flipping through an old issue of People Magazine, I found myself listening to the conversation of a couple who were …
Meet the NWSC team: Mariah Swan, Surrogate Coordinator Mariah Swan is a Surrogate Coordinator at our office in San Francisco, CA She is an integral part of the NWSC team and we caught up with her in between meetings and coffee refills to learn more about a day in her life! What brought you …
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Blog 15: The very true story of my friends naming my Surrobabe The warm, dark coffee was delicious on the snowy January morning. I pretended it actually contained caffeine – placebo effect! – as brunch at my friend Sun’s house got underway. While discussing my pregnancy, the girls decided the baby needed a name, as …
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Blog #14: And the pregnancy test says… I absentmindedly picked at the sticky bandaid residue left on my skin from my blood draw earlier in the day. My mind was not focused on the meeting I was attending. Really, trying to think about budgets and risk management while waiting for phone call from the clinic …
Oregon, the surrogacy state on OPB/NPR Oregon has become something of an international center for surrogacy. In this five-part series, OPB’s Kristian Foden-Vencil explores why this is the case, especially for gay Israeli couples. Northwest Surrogacy Center (with offices in Portland, OR, Denver, CO and San Francisco, CA) is proud to have contributed to this …
Blog #13: Trying to not be gross on embryo transfer day I feel like I’m watching a movie. Is this really happening? Months of meetings, contracts, medications and tests had all led up to this point – it was embryo transfer day! Upon arriving at the fertility clinic, I’d donned a surgical gown and cap, …
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Blog 12: Overcoming unexpected delays Tapping my fingers impatiently on the steering wheel, I marveled at the speed at which my small town was growing. My 7 minute drive home from work was now a 15 minute drive. Then my phone beeped it’s cheery song at me – it was the fertility clinic! I pulled …
Surrogacy Blog #11: The final weeks of not being pregnant and Thanksgiving dinner conversation Some of my favorite things in life cannot be enjoyed while pregnant. So as the date of my surrogacy embryo transfer approached, I made sure to run as often as possible, eat sushi, drink my favorite coffees and wrestle around with …
Surrogacy Blog #10: Beginning the medications to prepare for surrogacy & pregnancy My personalized box o’goodies from the Portland pharmacy had arrived via USPS bursting with vials, syringes, pills, disinfecting wipes, directions and more. I laughed as I rummaged through it. This is a lot of medicine! My naive reproductive system had no idea what …
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