I'm not the Mama, I'm just the Stork!

Week 30!! 7 more weeks until our Swiss family is back in Florida and just 9 weeks until our scheduled c-section.  Baby's parents are so eager to get back here and we all cant wait to meet this little guy and see and hold him for the first time and I cannot wait to see their reactions, big brother's reaction, and how they will adjust to being a family of 4! We did a Skype call today with the agency to finalize everything for delivery which made things feel super real and close!!! Baby’s parents also booked their flights for July to come back and be here a week before the scheduled c-section.  Not too much to report other than we are just a few days away from week 30! We had another check-up appointment yesterday and all is continuing perfectly! So perfectly, that doc said I can come back in 3 weeks instead of 2! The little guy is still head down and super flexible. He is Literally folded in half like a taco, with his feet up by his face. He said this is why I’m feeling s...

Officially in the 3rd trimester and getting so close. I’m still hoping and thinking he will make his appearance on 8/1 "National Swiss Holiday" The last few days I have thought a lot about the process so far. . . I think surrogates are a lot like unicorns. . . you’ve heard about them but have never seen one in person.   More and more people are noticing the growing belly and many have comments to make! Mostly strangers or people who I’m not friends with on social media  are intrigued and have a million questions. Lucky for them, I have a million answers. When I meet people or I’m stopped by strangers and asked questions about the baby or how far along I am; I’m very quick to respond with, “this one isn’t mine or I’m helping a family have another child.” Sometimes, it does make for a long conversation but I would feel weird not explaining it and just acting as though he's mine, especially when some people ask if it's a boy or a girl or what his name is.  Ot...

Wednesday, I did the annual glucose testing 🤢 Got to the lab 30 minutes earlier hoping to be in and out! After the first blood draws and drinking the awful drink they tell me I’ll be there 2 hours with 2 more draws! 🤭 Really??? Wasn’t prepared to spend half my morning there. Today, we had another check-up with dr. All is good and we passed our glucose test!! My iron count is pretty low so I was asked to start taking an iron pill but no biggie. The little prince is already starting to move down a bit and still sitting very awkward. We couldn’t get a good 4d pic today because his face was pushed up against my uterus. He also looked a little annoyed in the 4d scan...like he wanted to sleep and we were messing with him. He danced and moved around all day today in my belly while we ran our dress rehearsals at school so I guess he was tired out. His heartbeat was 147 and dr. Said I may not make it to the scheduled delivery date and he may come sooner. I’ll be going every 2 weeks now and ...

This week, we hit 25 weeks and it was also a little scary and emotional... On Monday, on my way to work, I was sitting at a red light behind a long line of cars when I happen to look in my rearview mirror to see an SUV coming pretty fast and thinking “Wow, she’s not slowing down.” As she got closer I realized, “crap she’s not stopping” and quickly tried to move over to the left out of the way. I avoided hitting the small car in front of me but she slammed into my truck. Thankfully, I was in the truck and had a trailer hitch on the back but I have never been hit so hard and it’s also been about 12 years since I’ve been in an accident. Usually, things feel like they are in slow motion when you are in an accident but this one just happened so fast...I guess because I saw it coming. I called into work and then called 911. They keep me on the phone for a while because I told them I was pregnant. I felt kind of weird like I was going to throw up and my arms were super heavy and numb. The...