We are now trying to get over our flight and the difference in time zones.
Looking forward to meeting up with the SI Doctors today and seeing our surrogate again. I am very nervous and excited at the same time. Think I might be a little emotional.....
We are very happy with our hotel the Court Yard Marriot, we spent our first day in the hotel resting.
Time now to venture into the big smoke of Mumbia!!
Feels good to be back :)
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Up, up and away
The time has arrived. We leave for Mumbai on Thursday arvo!
Everything is packed, all neccesary forms completed (blah blah blah).
Spudla (as he/she has become known as) will be born by C-Section on Monday 18th October.
Much love to our surrogate - our thoughts are with her (we will see you soon).
We will soon be awash with endless smelly nappies and a endless cycle of feed bottles and being vomited on - CAN"T WAIT - WOO HOO.
Everything is packed, all neccesary forms completed (blah blah blah).
Spudla (as he/she has become known as) will be born by C-Section on Monday 18th October.
Much love to our surrogate - our thoughts are with her (we will see you soon).
We will soon be awash with endless smelly nappies and a endless cycle of feed bottles and being vomited on - CAN"T WAIT - WOO HOO.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Not long now!
Our surrogate is now out of hospital and is being monitored at the clinic. Amniotic fluid levels are now back to normal. Reports say both surrogate and baby are both doing well!!
We have flights booked for the 14th October, and C-section booked for the 18th!!
That will take us to 36 weeks. Hold on little one :) Mummy and Daddy will be there soon!!
Baby room is pretty much ready. All the baby clothes washed!!
DNA test kit is on it's way for Doug to complete his sample before we head off.
Neither Doug and I are sleeping......I think this is excellent preparation for the sleepless nights ahead :)
Holey Moley..... I have a constant knot in my stomach......we have been waiting for this for so long.......just a little longer!!!
We have flights booked for the 14th October, and C-section booked for the 18th!!
That will take us to 36 weeks. Hold on little one :) Mummy and Daddy will be there soon!!
Baby room is pretty much ready. All the baby clothes washed!!
DNA test kit is on it's way for Doug to complete his sample before we head off.
Neither Doug and I are sleeping......I think this is excellent preparation for the sleepless nights ahead :)
Holey Moley..... I have a constant knot in my stomach......we have been waiting for this for so long.......just a little longer!!!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Our surrogate has been admitted to hospital
We received an email from the Doctors from SI on Saturday night.
Email stated that the amniotic flid is low and blood flow to the baby is restricted to due high pressure. They have now admitted our surrogate into hospital for close observation.
Our surrogate is now under the care of Dr Soni who is minitoring things very closely on a daily basis.
We have been sent into a flap with this news as you can imagine!!!
Doctors are hoping that baby will hang on until 36wks, but feel there is a high chance that the baby may need to be delivered sooner.
Planned C-section for around the 18th of October if all goes to well, but I have a strong sense that we will be meeting our little one sooner rather than later.
Time to get super organised and get the baby case packed!!
We had flights booked for November 6th, time to rearrange everything; good job we hadn't booked accomodation.
Amit is calling us tonight, our plan was to stay in apartment accomodation at the Marriot Lake Side. We will now just have to hold off on booking anything. Like Dr Yash said, if the baby comes sooner than 36weeks, it will stay in the hospital for some time, so staying in a hotel or at the hospital would be OK.....I think a hotel would be preferable from all accounts of the hospital accomodation. Hey But at the end of the day, just being there is what is important, not how fancy the accomodation is :)
I am remaining positive and calm. This situation is completely out of my control and I will just need to go with the flow and roll with the punches.
I will keep you all posted......sending positive vibes to our lovely surrogate. I will send her some flowers tomorrow, not much fun for her being cooped up in hospital.
Email stated that the amniotic flid is low and blood flow to the baby is restricted to due high pressure. They have now admitted our surrogate into hospital for close observation.
Our surrogate is now under the care of Dr Soni who is minitoring things very closely on a daily basis.
We have been sent into a flap with this news as you can imagine!!!
Doctors are hoping that baby will hang on until 36wks, but feel there is a high chance that the baby may need to be delivered sooner.
Planned C-section for around the 18th of October if all goes to well, but I have a strong sense that we will be meeting our little one sooner rather than later.
Time to get super organised and get the baby case packed!!
We had flights booked for November 6th, time to rearrange everything; good job we hadn't booked accomodation.
Amit is calling us tonight, our plan was to stay in apartment accomodation at the Marriot Lake Side. We will now just have to hold off on booking anything. Like Dr Yash said, if the baby comes sooner than 36weeks, it will stay in the hospital for some time, so staying in a hotel or at the hospital would be OK.....I think a hotel would be preferable from all accounts of the hospital accomodation. Hey But at the end of the day, just being there is what is important, not how fancy the accomodation is :)
I am remaining positive and calm. This situation is completely out of my control and I will just need to go with the flow and roll with the punches.
I will keep you all posted......sending positive vibes to our lovely surrogate. I will send her some flowers tomorrow, not much fun for her being cooped up in hospital.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
It's been a while!
What can I say.....time is moving along VERY quickly now. Both Doug and I have been so busy with his business. Things are starting to settle a little now, BIG SIGH OF RELIEF I CAN TELL YOU.
I have now spoken to my lovely manager at the hospital regarding our up and coming birth, and she was VERY understanding. She has allowed me to drop my hours to help hubby with the business and I am now coping alot better.
We are now 28 weeks!!!! We had a small scare the other day with our surrogate being admitted to the SI clinic with low amtiotic fluid. The good doctors were onto it quick smart and they rehydrated her with extra IV fluids and......all is well.They did say it was nothing to worry about, but you just can't help but worry. I feel much better now to hear everything is back to normal.
We have now been offered a nice cot and change table from friends of friends that is in perfect nick. Need to go and pick it up this weekend if the weather stays nice enough to put it on the back of the ute. Need to start getting organised for the little ones arrival me thinks......IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have booked flights to India for Nov 6th, both my Mum and Dad are coming too, to help, and be a part of this very speacial time.
Here's hoping the next ten weeks or so are SMOOTH sailing.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS Amani, Bob and Jo and Timmy - you have been my inspiration from the very start of this journey. I am just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you all.
I have now spoken to my lovely manager at the hospital regarding our up and coming birth, and she was VERY understanding. She has allowed me to drop my hours to help hubby with the business and I am now coping alot better.
We are now 28 weeks!!!! We had a small scare the other day with our surrogate being admitted to the SI clinic with low amtiotic fluid. The good doctors were onto it quick smart and they rehydrated her with extra IV fluids and......all is well.They did say it was nothing to worry about, but you just can't help but worry. I feel much better now to hear everything is back to normal.
We have now been offered a nice cot and change table from friends of friends that is in perfect nick. Need to go and pick it up this weekend if the weather stays nice enough to put it on the back of the ute. Need to start getting organised for the little ones arrival me thinks......IS THIS REALLY HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have booked flights to India for Nov 6th, both my Mum and Dad are coming too, to help, and be a part of this very speacial time.
Here's hoping the next ten weeks or so are SMOOTH sailing.
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS Amani, Bob and Jo and Timmy - you have been my inspiration from the very start of this journey. I am just SOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy for you all.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
19 Weeks......HALF WAY!!!!!
Well, we have finally made it to the half way mark.
Really couldn't help myself today and went out shopping and bought some baby stuff in the sales. Not alot, just a few little baby grows and things :)
I have only got two more weeks at work before a four week break, to help Hubby through "Silly Season". Tax season is about to hit hard, and he will need all the support he can get. We are both definitely psyching ourselves up for the onslaught......TAX, TAX and more TAX!!
Unfortunatley, we have both had a few very hard weeks, with some very sad events taking place in our close circle of friends. It has really hit us both hard, and we feel very gracious to have something to be looking forward to...our little baby. In some ways he/she has helped us through the last few weeks.
ON A BIG POSITIVE: We had excellent reports from SI last week.....all measurements of babs at correct lengths. All looking good :)
Really couldn't help myself today and went out shopping and bought some baby stuff in the sales. Not alot, just a few little baby grows and things :)
I have only got two more weeks at work before a four week break, to help Hubby through "Silly Season". Tax season is about to hit hard, and he will need all the support he can get. We are both definitely psyching ourselves up for the onslaught......TAX, TAX and more TAX!!
Unfortunatley, we have both had a few very hard weeks, with some very sad events taking place in our close circle of friends. It has really hit us both hard, and we feel very gracious to have something to be looking forward to...our little baby. In some ways he/she has helped us through the last few weeks.
ON A BIG POSITIVE: We had excellent reports from SI last week.....all measurements of babs at correct lengths. All looking good :)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
14 Weeks!!
We have now reached week forteen of our pregnancy with our SM.
This week we had a full range of scans sent to us of the baby. AMAZING :)
It feels so strange looking at these pictures.
Feeling so removed from the whole process, and so far away makes it feel unreal. Can these pictures really be of OUR baby!!!
Although we are still pregnant, I find it hard to allow myself to accept that we are.
We have both wanted this for so long....I don't think I will accept that this is real until the baby is in my arms....even then, it will feel like a dream.
This week we had a full range of scans sent to us of the baby. AMAZING :)
It feels so strange looking at these pictures.
Feeling so removed from the whole process, and so far away makes it feel unreal. Can these pictures really be of OUR baby!!!
Although we are still pregnant, I find it hard to allow myself to accept that we are.
We have both wanted this for so long....I don't think I will accept that this is real until the baby is in my arms....even then, it will feel like a dream.
I am really struggling with the idea of telling people about the pregnancy. When is the right time?? Women undergoing a normal pregnancy would have announced it by now...they would be showing a bump and would have to let people in on their excitement.
When is the right time to announce our pregnancy to our boss and announce it to work colleagues??
I feel like I am carrying the BIGGEST secret around. I actually feel that our pregnancy will become more real when everyone knows about it!!
I know I must be sounding like a complete basket case at the moment!! But really I am travelling along OK.
We are so very happy with how lucky we have been so far, we are feeling very blessed to have come this far. I have precious moments when I feel completely overwhelmed with joy at the prospect of becoming a MUM!!
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