Let me preface this with the schedule of events for the week of my trip to California:
Saturday 9/3- best friend's bachelorette party
Sunday 9/4- Pig out in the Park with my daughter and her dad and his wife
Monday 9/5- get up and get to the airport for flight at 12:30pm
Tuesday 9/6- Med screen, psych screen, flight home arriving at 12am
Wednesday 9/7- my daughter's first day of kindergarten followed by 12hrs of work
Thursday 9/8- work and then nails with the girls before the wedding
Friday 9/9- work and then wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner
Saturday 9/10- best friends wedding, awake and arriving at the church at 9:30am
I wanted to sleep for 48hrs straight by the time the week was over!
So ANYWAY! On September 5th I flew down to LA for my Medical and Psych screening. My flight arrived at 5:30pm and I found my car and driver and off to the hotel in Pasadena we went. Got checked in and read by the pool until it got dark, ordered room service ($16 cheeseburger, not impressed!) and went to bed. Nervous/excited/anxious for the busy day that lay ahead!
Took the shuttle from the hotel to HRC Fertility and met Dr. Kolb and his nurse Maria. Got my IUD yanked (interesting and funny story for another time!) and my uterus inspected ("it's beautiful!"). Blood drawn, peed in a cup, and off I went.
An exciting 45 minute taxi ride to LA resulted in arrival at Growing Generations psych headquarters for my thorough mental evaluation. After a 567 question personality assessment test and a 2 hour "conversation" about my childhood, past, present, parents, ex-husband, baby daddy, daughter, job, school, neighbors, you name it, I was tentatively deemed acceptable to move on in the process. Off to LAX I went, to catch my flight home and wait (im)patiently for my final results. Have I mentioned I am NOT a patient person??
After a couple small snafus and a whole lot of deep breaths, I have officially been medically cleared to continue! My agency sent me a profile of intended parents (IP's) last week, and I accepted them. GG (Growing Generations, my agency) sent my profile to the IP's today, and I should hopefully hear back tomorrow with their response. *In a nervous voice* "I hope they like me....." If they like my profile, the next step is setting up an in person meeting in LA within the next few weeks.
*Fingers Crossed*
I will leave you with a few pictures from my whirlwind trip, and the week surrounding it!
Thanks for reading
xoxo
Bachelorette Party!
Beautiful view of the hills from the roof of the hotel
Pool
Relaxing!
My daughter requested a picture of where I was staying. She told my mom "That looks like a good bed" LOL!
$16 cheeseburger
First day of school!!
Snuggling Caleb (son of the bride and groom)
Checking out the goods at the rehearsal ;)
Wedding Day!
2 comments:
I've wondered about my IUD and if that would delay things. I'm waiting to have my medical screening scheduled so it's nice to hear it isn't a big deal and won't mess up the process.
We just matched with our IFs. The waiting to hear back from them was so stressful! We were skyping 2 days later :) I bet they love you!
Not a big deal at all! Although, I am a paranoid wreck about taking birth control and not getting pregnant now! It's crazy how much of a safety net an IUD is. Congrats on your IF's and fingers crossed about your med screen. Thanks for your support! :)
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