Let's Get This Show on the Road

Well, it's been a couple of months since I posted.

Due to technical difficulties, we have decided against another round of IVF here at Cornell in the US.

So, last week we e-mailed India and started advertising for a surrogate. Today I photocopied all of my records and sent them off to Dr. Kaushal in Mumbai. I was astounded by the amount of papers my procedures have generated. My Fedex charge is going to be huge!

We were told that finding a surrogate will take 2-4 weeks, so we are hopeful that we will have found and screened someone by the end of January. The next step will be to synchronize the surrogate's cycle with mine which should take anywhere up to 6 weeks. Then we will begin the IVF cycle. We have drugs left over from previous cycles, so I plan to use those as opposed to drugs from the clinic in India. I have heard rumblings of the drugs in India not being as potent as the drugs in the US. Since I do not produce an overabundance of eggs, I think it is doubly important to use the drugs that I have here.

Logistically, right now, I have several things to work on. First on my list is to touch base with a doctor here in the US so that we can start my IVF cycle here. I would rather begin the stims and monitoring here in order to reduce the amount of time spent in India. Hopefully, if all goes well, we will spend a week to 10 days in India for retrieval and, possibly, transfer. I spoke to a doctor briefly at a clinic in New Jersey who was willing to work with my doctor in India. Now, I need to firm that up.

Secondly, I need to start researching more thoroughly our travel arrangements. I also believe India requires a travel visa.

Bob and I have a vacation to Aruba planned for mid-March, so I think we will end up in India sometime near the end of March or in April. I cannot believe how quickly this is moving.

We are so excited! Keep your fingers crossed for us!