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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. November 14, 2008. To Market, To Market. Posted in November 2008. At 10:05 am by Steve and Michele. After lunch our group set off for Crawford Market. We began with a tour of the indoor market which is for wholesalers only. I have never seen so many fruits and vegetables in my entire life! Street scene outside of Crawford Market. Ladies shopping for Sari’s. Indian boy playing with soda bottle. November 13, 2008. This is th...
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Quick Update | It's a Butler Life
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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. November 18, 2008. Posted in November 2008. At 11:48 am by Steve and Michele. We have just made arrangements to leave Mumbai a day early, so it looks like we will be home on Thursday, November 20th. I cannot wait to see my dogs, my house, my friends, and cook in my own kitchen! Thank you again for all of your prayers and support. We love you all. 4 Comments ». November 18, 2008 at 1:36 pm. What a wonderful update! Congratu...
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Status update | It's a Butler Life
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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. November 21, 2008. At 8:03 am by Steve and Michele. I spoke to our doctor early this morning and confirmed that both of our fertilized eggs did develop into embryos, and these two embryos were transfered into our surrogate today. The two week wait is on! Thank you for all of your continued prayers. 8 Comments ». November 21, 2008 at 12:24 pm. November 21, 2008 at 12:53 pm. Keep busy and keep the faith! Nicole, Mike and TJ.
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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. September 22, 2008. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away…. Posted in August 2008. At 7:27 pm by Steve and Michele. I have to say that I find it quite ironic that I have never spent three weeks on vacation EVER in my entire life, and the first time that I do it is going to be in India. Once this fact hit me all I could think about was “what in the world are we going to do for three weeks in India? I absolutely love it&...
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Isn’t It Ironic? | It's a Butler Life
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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. November 16, 2008. Isn’t It Ironic? Posted in November 2008. At 11:22 am by Steve and Michele. Today we went for our final ultrasound and the news was good. All five of my follicles are mature and ready to go, so my egg retrieval is now set for Tuesday morning Nov 18th at 8:30 am (this is Monday evening Nov 17. Or Friday Nov 21. This is the cold reality of infertility, which can transform a completely capable, self-assured...
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Attacks in Mumbai | It's a Butler Life
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It’s a Butler Life. A couple’s adventures with infertility and surrogacy in India. November 28, 2008. Posted in November 2008. At 10:58 am by Steve and Michele. There are no words to express the sadness that Steve and I feel about the terror attacks in Mumbai, India. The deaths and destruction there are truly tragic; Mumbai is a beautiful city and the people there are very kind and welcoming. Please include the people of India in your prayers. Pool area at the Taj Hotel approx Nov 12 2008. Fill in your d...
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Peter's Surrogacy Blog: Released from the NICU
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Monday, August 31, 2009. Released from the NICU. After 15 days in the NICU at Hiranandani, our baby was released. He went through a pretty standard progression for lung problems, starting with a ventilator/respirator, moving to Continuous Postive Air Pressure (CPAP), and then to a hood, and finally off the hood. One comment – the visiting hours for the NICU at Hirinandani are limited. Officially, visitors are allowed from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Mothers are allowed to visit more often, usually ...And the pro...
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Peter's Surrogacy Blog: June 2009
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Thursday, June 4, 2009. Amnio test says everything is fine. We got the amniocentesis results back and everything looks fine (99% chance of no genetic problems). The test were done several weeks ago (about week 15 of the pregnancy) and we got verbal results pretty quickly. But it did take several follow-ups and several weeks to get a scanned version of the results. With its success, Rotunda is definitely getting busier. We shared the results with our local doctor, and she also said everything looks fine.
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Peter's Surrogacy Blog: To meet the surrogate?
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Saturday, September 12, 2009. To meet the surrogate? Meeting the surrogate is an intensely personal choice which sometimes brings out the clash between the intended parents emotional need to be involved in the pregnancy and the surrogate’s (and often her family’s) financial want for more money. Remember, the surrogate’s aren’t doing this for emotional fulfilment, they’re doing it for the financial reward. It’s labor that they are getting paid for. After the surrogate has delivered the baby. The surrogate...
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Peter's Surrogacy Blog: Baby arrives 5 weeks early...the rushed trip to India
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Saturday, August 15, 2009. Baby arrives 5 weeks early.the rushed trip to India. The baby was in the NICU and on a respiratory, which nobody mentioned to us before I physically talked to the pediatrician. Because the baby was born five weeks early, it’s lungs were underdeveloped. The doctor calls it Hyaline Membrane Disease which is the same as Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Many things to relate, but in largely chronological order…. Then I go back to the NICU, wash my hands, put on a gown, put on a mask,...
