By Kerrie Olejarz Recently I wrote about the bumpy road of IVF and surrogacy. It came from a dreary place in me, because we had just received the news that our latest attempt in India did not work. My trip to Delhi in July was an amazing trip. Sadly I left my husband and […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz When you venture down the IVF and surrogacy road, it tends to add a whole new level of anxiety to the baby making process. IVF pregnancies are higher risk in general and there is typically more monitoring done in the first twelve weeks than with a normal, conventional pregnancy. Add to […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Aside from everyone guessing who Cailyn looks like -Mommy or Daddy -it seems everyone is concerned with milestones. There is an ongoing comparison of who’s child has hit which milestones, whether the child is early or delayed. Cailyn has reached most milestones early, like grabbing toys, rolling, using her thumb and […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Isn’t it funny how commonality brings strangers together? In the world of Indian surrogacy you become immediately ingrained in similar people’s lives. You find blogs and forums on the most important subject in your life: having a baby in India. Most of our Indian surrogacy bloggers are putting their story out […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz After all we had been through it was difficult to feel like a mom, whatever that was supposed to feel like. I cared for this little girl with love and concern, but did this make me a mom? I often felt like Cailyn was on loan to us, not ours to […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Cailyn was now 11 weeks old and started to laugh, a real hearty melt-my-heart-kind of laugh! Every new parent looks forward to the firsts, and the first laugh was just so enjoyable for Mark and me. The days started to become challenging as Miss Cailyn decided she was a girl […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz We left the airport, tried to strap Cailyn into her car seat and realized at this point that we had absolutely no idea how to do this!! We fiddled with the straps and buckles and eventually got it all sorted, then snapped into the car seat base. Cailyn was asleep during all of […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz As we sat in the Brussels airport, sipping coffee and feeding Cailyn, we reflected a bit on the last few weeks. It was now time to take a breath, a decompress. We chatted about how we really took things in stride. The going home process can be super stressful if you put […]
By: Kerrie Olejarz Back from our hospital tour we had to get in high gear to sort through all our stuff and pack it all! Cailyn napped nicely on the king sized bed as we went through all of our stuff. Mark continued to cull, and Hariz continued to take away our garbage. We had […]
By Kerrie Olejarz The trip to and home from Agra was long and exhausting; we were hungry and tired. We spent the evening relaxing at the BnB, watching old movies and enjoying Cailyn. We ordered in some salads and yummy breads and just relaxed. Fortunately at Cailyn’s mere 3.5 weeks of age, she didn’t notice […]
