Journey to find a Traditional Surrogate

My biological clock is ticking loudly lately. We are unable to have children due to cervical cancer claiming my uterus and one ovary. Over the years we have dipped our toes into surrogacy with no real commitment, just curiosity. Now, we have dived right in as we are not getting any younger and if we are going to do this, we need to start now as it is a long journey.

We are looking for a traditional surrogate, which means we will use her eggs, Docs sperm and she will carry the baby. We will also do self AI, artificial insemination. (Well, we'll provide the sperm and the syringe, the surrogate will then inseminate herself, in private). We do not want to use an agency, clinic or consultant, we want to do all of this on our own. This is called going "Indy", short for independent. We also are wanting to go through the public system for the ob/gyn and hospital. We are trying to keep all costs down so that we can spoil the surrogate and of course the baby, when he or she arrives.

We have joined a few sites and have put our ads up and are just waiting to find our surrogate. We definitively are going to use an Australian woman as we want to have an active part in the pregnancy and we want the surrogate to be an "auntie" to the baby afterwards; if she wants. 

Wish us luck and success!

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