The IM's Announcement on Facebook

As some of you know(and some of you don't know) ___ and I have been trying to have a baby for several years now. After several unsuccessful attemps at in vitro fertilization, we had come to the conclusion that we would not go through that whole process again.This past summer a precious woman who I knew from my church called me out of the blue and asked me if I had ever considered surrogacy as an option of having a child .She told me that she and her husband and children had been talking and praying about this for some time. She was offering to carry our child!! I was completely blown away by this, and I still am today!! After doing some research on gestational surrogacy, talking with my family and diligently praying about all of this , ___ and I decided that we wanted to do this and we see this as a great blessing from God. My friend and surrogate, Heidi, was examined by my fertility doctor and he immediately thought she was a great candidate to carry our child.We were thrilled!!From my previous attempts at in vitro we were left with one single blastocyst ( a five day fertilized egg) so we had only this ONE shot to transfer that single egg and pray that it would first thaw without being damaged(which sometimes happens) and second that it would implant. Again, God was in this all as everything turned out perfectly and now we are HAVING A BABY!!!!!As of now Heidi is 11 weeks pregnant. We have had 2 sonograms so far and the baby shows a very strong heartbeat!!! Praise God!!I am very thankful to everyone who has been praying for my dear friend, Heidi, and to those who have been praying for ___ and me. Please continue to keep us in your prayers and I'll keep everyone posted.