The Journey Begins
Our Journey to our baby via India
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
My wife and I started our Journey to parenthood a few short weeks ago
and I have to say what a journey this has started out to be. We decided
to go with a surrogate due to some medical conditions my wife has. We
felt it would be much safer to go this route then it would be for her to
carry a baby. We got all of our paper work filled out and was ready to
enroll when I was faced with some of the hardest news I've ever had to
deal with. On Thursday of last week I went in for my semen analysis to
make sure everything was ok before we moved further into this process. I
never figured anything would be wrong as I don’t really have any major
medical issues but we wanted to be safe. Well my results came back and I
was told there would be no way I could possibly have a biological
child. I thought this was the end of our journey as you have to have a
genetic connection with the child. I went thru every emotion possible
in a matter of a few short hours. How in the world could this happen to
me? I guess that is something everyone who has gone thru IVF or
Surrogacy asks themselves. Then by some higher power we got a glimmer
of hope. My Brother in Law offered to step in and take my place in the
process. I feel like I've been given the greatest gift anyone could
ever give me. We
are keeping our fingers crossed as he is having his test completed
tomorrow. I wanted to share this because when I was researching online
about men who have gone thru this I really didn’t find too much out
there. I know I'm not the first man to ever go thru this and I'm hoping
by sharing our story I can provide a glimmer of hope to other couples
out there who are facing the same obstacles we are facing. I'll be sure
to keep everyone updated of our progress as we join in this journey
with all of you.
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