I Make Humans - My oven, Their bun

Something happened to me when I moved to my current home. I started 'wanting' to grow stuff. Like flowers. And I cared about what they looked like!! Which was weird since I never cared before. I know this takes into account many of the other life changes I had, I sold my house, bought a brand new house, was married now, I was pregnant, etc... but also, I feel like it's a right of passage as you grow up that you start enjoying stuff like this. Gardening. Decorating. Painting! Creating, crafting. So many things you realize you can do yourself! With your own hands... Some things I can do currently, like gardening because Mady can help, like Gardening. Something I cannot do currently because Mady can help, like painting and crafting! :) too many cooks in that kitchen! I just became so amazed to find this part of my self, that loves to create things. I give away more paintings than I keep. :) but I also LOVE the gift of gifting - because I love how much people love my creation...

I was just laying in bed tho reading a story about a woman's Gestational Carrier (GC) journey, thinking about my realtor which made me think about my IPs. Weird right? Track w me. I was 29 when I started the process of buying my first home. My dad had just passed away and I knew it was time. When I got a recommendation for a realtor, I talked w him on the phone for a while and he said "Aubrey, (in a thick Oxford MS accent) you and I are going to become best friends for the next few months. I'm going to only look out for your best interests. So just lean into the process." I did. And we did. And we still meet up about once or twice a year now. And he's still someone I consider a father figure. Still family. And I thought about my IPs because we don't know each other. We don't have any history. But we're kind of in an arranged marriage of sorts and we're going to become best friends. For life. Lol. And I'm excited. There's some real true myst...

You know, I'm so grateful to all of you who reach out to offer support. You may not realize how big of a decision this is for our family and for the other parties... and your kind words mean the world to me!!!  Of course, I am not ignorant to think that everyone will support this decision we've taken, but I'm grateful for the people who understand that this decision is different for everyone and not taken lightly. This is just one of the many options we have in this world. And to each, his own. I'm grateful also tho those who may not agree fully with this decision and you support by not voicing your discontent. This also means a lot to me. :) So... we are in a wait cycle for a while. and this is OK. We have an admin delay that will keep us from starting the fertility process till later this year so we have to get things done in the mean time. For example, we work on our contracts and we take advantage of this time to really get to know our IPs (intended parents). ...

Hi Friends!!! i'm so happy to tell you all that we have FINALLY been paired (matched) with a couple for us to cook them a human. :) Chris and I are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooo super happy. From what we know, they are SO LOVELY... We have already had such a huge journey thus far, and we are just happy to be paired with them. FINALLY!!!! Let me just give you a bit of insight... we have had a long road already... I wanted to start this journey after I had Mady. 2013. The whole time I was pregnant with her I considered, what would it be like if I was doing this for someone else? After I had Mady, I started looking into 'how do I become a GC? (Gestational Carrier). I eventually reached out to TSE (The Surrogacy Experience -  thesurrogacyexperience.com). It took a while to get started. - just pointing out the elephant in this blog - my husband and I had to deal with some stuff for a year or so before I could get started. And I'm able to give ALL CREDIT to God, we worked t...

So folks, i've had several people ask me - how does one even get involved with becoming a carrier for a couple? I elected to use an agency because I did NOT know how to navigate these waters... and I have to admit, I LOVE MY AGENCY.... i call my rep "My lady"... as she is the all knowing, all keepin-it-real, all present, all supportive, all honest connection to doing what i want to do... and that's to make babies for someone else to raise. :) She keeps me grounded in this experience and doesn't lead me on. She keeps me grounded in truth and encouragement. www.thesurrogacyexperience.com And... now... saying all that to say... since I have started talking about this more, I constantly get MORE EXCITED!! In fact, i wonder, why do more people not want to do this. It blows my mind that I am the exception, and not the rule. I have always considered myself the exception to every rule, so i'm not surprised in that respect... but I honestly did not know th...

When I have let some of my friends know that I am working on becoming a surrogate, the most common question is - why? which i think is a pretty normal response. Well... here's the short story: I had my first child in 2001. And man, what a year that was, right? 9-11 made almost every human evaluate life - what do you want from it and what you want to put into it. After I had #1, I wanted to just be pregnant again. I loved being pregnant and it treated me well, too. Life got away from me for quite some time and when I started working at St. Jude (www.stjude.org), my life took another huge swing for evaluating what do i want from life? and what do i want to give to life? And this reignited my desire to be a carrier. I worked with someone who was, at that time, utilizing a surrogate for him and his wife to have their child - she was a former patient and was not able to carry a baby. This was my sign... it's time. Soon after i had this desire ignited, i got pregnant with #3 ...