8 Days To Go - Let's Talk Uterus

The awkward phase of when people start talking about your uterus like a new pair of shoes is an odd one.

When you first start the surrogacy journey they have to do a medical approval. So, a fertility doctor checks out your insides.

So, as I lay there with the doctor examining things he asks if he can take some pictures to keep for training because I have a "perfect uterus". That was an odd statement. I agreed and moved on.

Then, you start your injections and the goal is to get a uterine lining to a certain thickness. So, with every surrogacy they check it out and you get a "good to go" or a "let's wait another week".  I've been lucky and always been "good to go." This also means I have heard more than once that my uterus looks good for a transfer. I mean, that's the goal, but it still gets talked about all casual like.

Maybe this shouldn't be weird to me. I mean, at this point it isn't, but at one point it was.

However, I think the most unusual was during my transfer last week.  The Doctor does one last check before the embryo transfer. As he does, he says something about my uterus looking great. It's perfect for the transfer, but then he adds (to the nurse in the room) "She has a magic uterus. She's 3 for 3 (3 transfers 3 pregnancies)".

So, there it is. I have a magic uterus.