Life Goes On

In order for me to move forward and talk about the events occuring now and in the near future, it is important that I go back, and recap the past six years, and how we arrived at this point in time.

Wanting to start a family, after we married, we quickly found out that I was already in early ovarian failure, coupled with a few other infertility issues, mixed with a slow thyroid, and then an RA diagnosis on top for good measure.

To begin the quest for a child, we decided uniformly that our best chance to conceive would be with a younger and healthier person. I was 39 at the time, and suffering with the effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

We began our search for Surrogates and Egg Donors through the Internet. What seemed like an easy search at first, proved challenging and frustrating, Ill even go so far as heartbreaking.

We were living in NJ at the time, but looked for an agency in Florida where we would soon be
moving.

After reviewing a few websites, I had contacted a couple and spoke to them directly, but felt very comfortable with one in particular.

We decided to enter into a contract with "Surrogates are Us"- (not the agencies real name) and for our fee of five thousand dollars they would provide support and matching services to find someone to carry a child for us when the time came...

Little did we know.