The wheels are definitely in motion!

For a long time, it was wait-wait-wait, but now everything seems to be happening all at once! It's all coming at me pretty fast, but I'm just super excited and trying to keep up.

I now have a case worker with Family Creations who will be coordinating things, such as my transportation to and from appointments, and basically keeping all the info between me and the recipients straight and up-to-date.

I've also been contacted by a lawyer who specializes in reproductive law who is awaiting the contracts. She'll be representing me and asking any questions I might have about the legal aspects of all of this. That's pretty cool. Not that I'm too concerned about legalities. At least, not right now.

And this week I'll have my first appointment & exam at the recipient's doctor's office. Potentially TMI - though that's sort of the nature of the beast here in an egg donation blog! - but these first exams need to be done during the week of your period. (Also, if you're not already on birth control, they will prescribe it to you, as well as the recipient, and they'll sync her up with your schedule.) On Day 1 of your period, you call them to schedule your appointment, which will be done on Day 3 of your period.

The appt. will consist of a blood test and an ultrasound. (Whoa, this stuff's gettin' real!) There are several types of ultrasounds (none of which I've ever had myself), so I'm not sure which I'll be having just yet. The RN who contacted me said the blood test is about 5 mins & the ultrasound is about 15. Oh, and these tests need to be done in the morning. Something to do with "stimulation."

So that is most of what's been going on in the past couple of weeks. I'll let you know how the appointment goes.

It's official!

Paperwork pending, I have been officially selected as an egg donor!

I got the call last week from Family Creations, and they said the couple is simply ecstatic about me. I could not be happier myself. This is really great news coming at a really good time for me. Especially when some other things are not going as great. But! HOORAH!

A case worker is supposed to call me soon to set up more details, meetings, exams, etc.

I will, of course, keep you posted every step of the way! :)

Harumph News & Good News

I heard back on my inquiry about the average wait time of donors, and the woman who responded seemed a little miffed and gave me a curt "Rest assured, we're doing everything we can to find you a match." Hmkay then! It was a simple question, and I didn't really get any kind of answer on the average wait time at all, but that's fine. No harm in waiting.

I just got back from my trip abroad yesterday, however, and today I got a voicemail from Family Creations saying there had been some developments. Apparently there are two couples (local ones, in my area-ish) who are interested in working with me. I called back to confirm that I am still in the area and don't have any more trips coming up - alas! *sniff* - and she said that it sounded great and she would be in touch with them and hopefully contact me soon with some official good news. Hoorah!

This is very exciting. Though I wonder how it works having two couples interested in me. I mean, will they thumb wrestle it out? Have some kind of bidding war? Hmmm? I kid, I kid.

But YAY, I had just been thinking on my trip about this (the woman we stayed with was diabetic and had to give herself shots, so I asked about the shot-giving and ended up talking about my decision to be a donor) and was wondering if it would happen after all. Glad to see there is good progress, and it sounds like if something happens with one couple, surely the other couple will still be interested. :)