By: Kerrie Olejarz The call with Dr Shivani was difficult; we had never thought that we would need to go the donor route. It is difficult to wrap your head around using donor eggs when you have been told all along that your own eggs are good and you produce great embryos. Dr Shivani followed […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz It was now May; two months off the surrogacy path had done us good. We took the negative emails with a grain of salt and tried very hard to not feel defeated in the process. We ended up having a distraction of a shattered ankle bone in Mark’s family –his mom. She […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz We finished packing up and waited. The wait seemed forever. Mark snoozed and I paced in the room. Our car was booked for midnight as we had a three am flight. I watched some Indian informercials and Mark continued to snooze. Our car came on time and we settled our bill at […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz On our last day in Mumbai, we strolled again through Juhu and spent our time by the pool. This was such a short trip and the days really flew by. Mid-day we received a call from the docs with an invitation to dinner before we flew out later in the evening. The […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz In the next month I started the birth control pills. We also opted to not book our flights back to India until the very last moment, and thank goodness we chose this path. I headed to the clinic for my routine Day Three scan and there it was –a 3cm bulbous mass […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz When we awoke the next day, we felt ok, somewhat normal. I thought we would be unable to bare it, but we were surprisingly excited to go meet the newborn. We had a lovely breakfast at the hotel and watched one chubby Indian man swim in the dining side pool. We were […]
By: Kerrie Olajarz Although we were devastated, and wanted to leave India as soon as possible, we did have people there to support us and money in our pockets, so a few more days seemed manageable. The thing we dreaded most was telling my mother-in-law. In advance of leaving, we had not told her about […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz On the drive back to the hotel, Ajit pointed out Lilavati Hospital where the embryo transfer will take place. Since Ajit was aligned with Surrogacy India, he knew the drill and really added a level of comfort to the visit. He was in constant communication with the doctors, arranging all kinds of […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz The ever-looming fourth vial of embryos weighed on us heavily, but India offered up a great distraction. The next morning our cell phone rang and it was Dr. Sudhir advising us of plans for the day. As we prepared, we opened the blinds and curtains to our view of India –slums. At […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz The excitement was brewing for our upcoming trip. Our shipment was organized but my legs were a mess. During the IVF cycle and after the retrieval, both of my legs were “alive”. It was hard for me to explain, but from the knee down to my foot I was experiencing weird sensations. […]
