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We last saw our little embryo as it was sucked up into this straw for the surrogate transfer.

Our first surrogacy experience: a false start

In my last post, I told you all about the basics of surrogacy. But now I want to turn more personal and explain my own surrogacy story. While we are currently expecting one of our babies through an amazing surrogate, our initial venture into surrogacy did not end well. That is where my story starts… […]

Primer on Surrogacy

As I mentioned in my introductory post, I am welcoming one-half of my two little bundles of joy next year through the process of surrogacy. I will definitely spend future posts describing the crazy set of circumstances that led us to this point, but first I want to set the stage with a primer post […]

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Surrogacy

Our surrogate Aimee posted a “Surrogacy 411” post on her blog after receiving so many questions about our surrogacy journey, and she offered to share her post here on Hellobee. I’ve been wanting to do a blog post all about surrogacy for some time now, but I wanted to finish my journey first before I […]

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Birth Day Photography

I mentioned in my last post about Baby Sea Otter that we were fortunate enough to have a photographer there to capture his birth. It was an extremely emotional moment for all of us – for me and Otter Pop who have had to overcome so many hurdles to finally become parents, and Aimee and […]

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Aidan’s Story

It’s been a while, but I wanted to update and give the details on the birth of our son, Aidan, aka Baby Sea Otter. During an elective ultrasound at 34 weeks, we discovered that Baby Sea Otter was breech. This was a huge surprise for all of us. Our surrogate Aimee had all of her […]

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20 Weeks and Portland Trip

We’d been planning to go to Portland for the 20-week A/S ultrasound, and were so excited to have an opportunity to spend time with our surrogate and her family, see our baby, and explore Portland. We arrived on Saturday afternoon, and after getting settled we met up with some of our friends who showed us […]

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Hi to the hive!

Since I’ve shared my story and you guys have all made me feel so welcome, I thought it best to do an official introduction post! Otter Pop and I met during summer as I was going into my senior year of college in San Diego. He was in a punk band, I was a sorority […]

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