Our Surrogacy Journey: Hot Flashes at 26!!!

Oh. My. Goodness…

I never would have ever imagined that I would have a glimpse of what my change of life will be like. And all I can say is OMG!! Not only is it HOT as He** in Texas, but it is even hotter in my body. Last week I started feeling hot at times and would spontaneously start sweating… no reason at all. I was in an air conditioned building that makes me cold most of the time; to the point where I have to have a heater plugged in by my desk to turn on at a moment’s notice. The bottoms of my feet and my hands would sweat, my back would bead up… GROSS!!!!! Now… I used to dance- 16 years worth of ballet, tap and more- I once had a teacher who would completely turn off the A/C and make us work in the heat. This was ok 10 YEARS ago!!!! Now it’s just plain torture! I have to laugh because I thought I was going crazy. Instead it’s just normal side effects of the Lupron injections. Not only was this going on but I am sick!!! Funny thing is, Suzi and I have both been sick…. As you have read previously.

I have been on Lupron for almost 2 weeks. These needles are small compared to the others that are in my kit. I’m terrified of those puppies!!! Yikes!!! I go back in for monitoring- blood draw and ultrasound- on Monday. RMA gave me these details today… my thoughts were as follows: “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh… MY BABY GIRL STARTS SCHOOL ON MONDAY!!!!” They were very accommodating as most of them have children and knew I couldn’t miss my baby’s first day of PreK-3! My appointment time is at 9:30am instead of 8:00am; THANK YOU RMA of Texas!!!!

Benjamin and I will be making our way on his very first plane trip on Sunday the 26^th!!! He is soooo excited as am I. Honestly, it will be nice to get away from work for that long. LOL…. Even though, who am I kidding… they will still call!!! Mini- vaca!!! So happy!!! However, we will miss the other half of our family. I want to express my gratitude though, for Suzi and George and their children. First off, for opening their home and lives up for Benjamin and I, and for allowing me to bring my “partner in crime” along for the ride. He’s an amazing kid! Oh and he lost his first tooth this past week!! It all goes by too quickly.

So anyway… enough of me talking about my crazy kiddos… They upped my dosage of “whatever that patch does” to 3 every 2 days (… Anyone know how to take adhesive off of skin… ? Hmmmm ) which will keep me in menopause but will thicken the lining of my uterus to accept little bambino(s) embryos.