Posts Tagged ‘pregnancy’

Looking Back To See What’s In Front Of You

I’ve played out the end of this surrogacy journey over and over in my head. I planned and prepared very early on to be sad when it was done, and got ripped a new one on a certain surrogacy “support” site for stating that expectation out loud. How dare I? It seemed that the upset was not over that...

December 29th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Nicole Richie a Mom Again

The young mother infamous for pre-baby partying is pregnant again. In a message entitled, “Better than winning an Oscar”, Joel Madden announced on the Good Charlotte website that Harlow will indeed, be a big sister. Richie is well known for her wild childhood and was adopted by Lionel Richie...

October 7th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

How Much Can I Drink if I am Pregnant?

Okay, so lets get this straight (and I am going to be flippant here)…for all of you searching my site for information on just how much alcohol you can drink while you are pregnant I will answer you. National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: “No safe time. No safe amount. No safe...

September 8th, 2009 | Fetal Alcohol Syndrome | Read More

Our Path to Adoption

“Why did y’all adopt? And why China?” The husband and I hear this question almost every time someone new enters our life. To be honest, sometimes it annoys me because, while the husband I signed up for this, our five-year-old daughter did not. I imagine it gets tiring being a poster child for...

August 22nd, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

Paper pregnancy is for real

When we committed to adopt a little girl from Eastern Europe, the idea of a child actually being at the end of insurmountable paperwork and meetings and money was quite unbelievable. I heard from other mom that the process would be a lot of work; forms to fill out, meetings with a social worker, medical...

June 16th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

A Journey of a Thousand Miles…Starting Surrogacy

In the beginning there was passion. There was excitement and thrill. There was a sense of purpose and ability and wow squeeeee! I can’t believe I’m getting to do this! In the beginning, there were puppies and rainbows and sunshine and chocolate. Lots and lots of chocolate. But as we all...

May 12th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

The Flip Side: A Surrogate Introduction

On December 28th, 2008 I gave birth to twins. Two little girls entered and left my life, all in the same moment. On that beautiful day, I handed those babies to their father and my role as their “mother” ended. I am a gestational surrogate. And I grow families. A short visit into the hell...

April 28th, 2009 | Feature | Read More