An Interview with Kerrie Olejarz by The Next Family TNF: How has it been blogging for TNF? Blogging for TNF has been a lot of fun for me! I do have my own personal blog (http://markandkerriesjourney.blogspot.com/) but it is really nice to be reliving every moment from the past as I write for TNF and […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Here is our list of must-haves when picking up a baby in India… For Baby: Lots of onesies – you will mostly wash by hand, and since it is so humid and space is limited, it is better to have too many than not enough. We used the little baby face cloths […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Saturday we had to take Cailyn in for her Day Three pediatrician visit. Dr Tandon, the senior pediatrician, was such a lovely man and shared as much info with us as possible. He did a thorough exam on Cailyn, reviewed her birth blood test results, told us her blood type, etc. Then […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Just the thought of going to the High Commission appointment could be terrifying, but we were as ready as we could be and got our stuff together and waited for our car. We had to make a pit stop on the way to get some passport-sized pictures of Cailyn for her citizenship […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz When we returned to the hospital we learned that Cailyn had spit up. The doctor wanted to monitor her for a bit, and asked us to feed her and watch her to see if the spitting up continued. It was with great pleasure that we sat in the little room next to […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Cailyn…our daughter had a name. It was settled and sorted and shortly after finishing our meal we packed a bag of nice things for Cailyn and headed back to the hospital. We took a beautiful muslin blanket and a few onsies. She looked so small so we opted to take a few […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Driver Rahul picked us up and scooted us over to Dr Jolly’s ultrasound clinic. He stopped for flowers on the way and we were set. It was raining, which made Hariz the cook so excited! When we got to the clinic Rahul recognized the van that transports the surrogates and soon after […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz We were excited yet numb; the reality of this finally happening was so huge that I think we both shut it down emotionally. Monday and Tuesday zipped by and it was finally time to fly! We got to the airport with plenty of time to spare. Upon checking our luggage we found […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Finally I was with finished work, off on three weeks’ holiday, then off to India. It was surreal to be this close to the grand finale. We were busy trying to check off our lists of last-minute items. Not knowing the baby’s gender or size made packing a challenge. If we were […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Throughout the whole pregnancy I struggled with enormous amounts of guilt about our surrogate Sumita. I dreaded her having to labour a baby that she could not keep or hold. I felt awful for any morning sickness she may have suffered, and when she was hospitalized I wanted to fly over and […]
