I’m going to cheat a little bit for this blog post and share something that Matt wrote. We have a small group to keep close friends and some family updated as to where our team is up to. Matt wrote this beautiful post for that group so it makes sense to share it here as opposed to rewording it.
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Last night (April 12th 2019) we all attended one of the Adelaide surrogacy support dinners. This is only the second dinner that Brendan and I have attended, but it’s crazy to think at our first dinner we had no idea what we were talking about (or doing!) and now we are the ones sharing our experiences with others, providing suggestions for lawyers, counselling and fertility specialists. One year can make a huge difference!
I love these dinners because you get to meet some truly wonderful people, all at varying stages of their surrogacy journey. The conversations are always very open and honest and it’s a safe environment to have some very personal discussions – with essentially complete strangers!
Last night was particularly special as there were lots of new faces to meet and it happened to mark one year to the day that Anna first reached out to make contact with Brendan and I on facebook!
By sheer coincidence we also happened to reach our 100 hour milestone yesterday….
It is suggested in the surrogacy world that to truly get to know one another and to build a strong relationship, teams should aim to spend 100 non surrogacy related (can’t count appointments, counselling etc) face to face hours together (no phone calls, Skype or sleeping in the same house to be included!) before moving forward with a transfer. Anna has been documenting every single catch up since our first meet on April 27 last year and slowly tracking our time together!
It has taken us exactly 12 months to reach this stage and looking back over the list, it highlights just how many wonderful memories we have made together already, with many more to come.
A nice couple of milestones to celebrate as we get closer to transfer. x
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