By: Kerrie Olejarz It was now the end of April and we were still attending lawyer Nicole’s support group. This month, I offered up my naturopath as a guest speaker to speak about natural treatment to infertility. My naturopath is an amazingly honest and generous man. Many years ago I was diagnosed with an autoimmune […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Throughout this time we had started a blog, a way to chronicle our journey and to share it with others and, one day, with our child. The theme of our blog was becoming depressing! Every post was about doctors slamming their doors in our face. We tried to understand why the doctors […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz As we tried to figure out this doctor situation, a small miracle occurred. Nicole, as in “lawyer Nicole”, sent us a note that she had found a doctor willing to see us. She suggested I draft and email to him an introductory letter with the details of what we needed. This was […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz The days crawled by at a snail’s pace until finally came my long-awaited appointment with the doctor. Early in the morning I printed off copies of the enrollment paperwork and the required testing schedule to share with the doctor. I was extremely nervous to ask for his support to have a baby…in […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz We planned to fly to India in February, a mere five months away. In preparation for this, we contacted a lawyer who we had met on one of the Surrogacy in India forums. She was a local contact who was just in the midst of going to India to have a look […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz February 20, 2008 is a date that changed our lives. It was this day that we lost our little girl at 20 weeks gestation. The devastation was immense and the feel of finality was overwhelming. Over ten years had passed since our last loss at 32 weeks, a boy, whom we buried […]
