The last post was an update about our journey with surrogacy. This one is a quick update about my remission! 

Had my official remission appointment last Thursday. New Dr since mine retired literally weeks after my hysterectomy. He’s nice and was positive- even taking about our surrogacy journey- he took the time to find out about me at this point which was encouraging of course. 

He did his exam and said “everything looks great! I’ll see you in 6 months!”  Phew!! The absolute easiest oncology visit I’ve had. New phase in my health journey, new Dr to take me through the transition.  I cried tears of relief. 

He even said that bc of my type of cancer and my current diagnosis (all clear), I should have no reason to not go through hormone treatment if we ever decided to go through another retrieval. Praying we won’t have to make that decision and all will go well with this precious potential future child.  

Thank you for the support and prayers as we are constantly acknowledging  God's hand in this. We are reminded (as I said in last post) that even through the advancements in this process, God is in control. Despite all the great numbers on paper at retrival, only one embryo was usable (grew and healthy). 

Financially- it’s overwhelming. But we are trusting that God has lead us this far- he will continue to provide. Money is not life (but it helps). 

So, I guess I missed the part that said that the PGA testing results don’t come in for 2 weeks. So they freeze the ones that grew into embryos and then wait for the results. So- I got a call and they said that out of the 4 embryos one of them was healthy. The other 3 would not have survived the transfer which is why we did the tests since we are using a surrogate.  My nurse asked if I wanted to go through another retrival process, but considering my health, we are not going to consider it unless this transfer fails. We are hoping to not have to  make that decision, but we are also very mindful of what my two health drs tell us. I have a check up w the oncologist this week and another chest exam in January- so our decisions will be based on what those check ups/drs say.



So one- we have one little healthy embryo waiting! We are hoping for a November/early December transfer.  Lots of prayer not only for our peace, and a sticky baby, but for our surrogate as she embarks towards this next step-peace for her.

This process is humbling to say the least. Remembering with each step competed, we are not in control. God is the author of life. This process paints the image of God as the creator more than ever.

We are forever grateful for our surrogate and her husband for stepping into this priceless journey! No matter what happens, she is already a rockstar!