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  • YES!!

      20 March 2019
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    I woke up this morning knowing that today was the day, I just had a feeling. Funnily enough it was. ⁣

    Our ECART case has been approved, we have finally received our big fat YES!! 😭😭⁣

    I am lost for words...⁣

    Always grateful.

    Grateful always.⁣

    WE ARE DOING THIS!! ✨💛🌈⁣

    #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #magic #rainbowbaby #ourlittlepotofgold #makingbabyh #ecartapproval #lovealwayswins #alwaysgrateful #gratefulalways

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  • Fourteen!

      15 March 2019
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    Wow wee!! This little lass (and her prince charming sidekick!) are sitting up on cloud nine, well I should really say fourteen…we are over the moon. Magic happened, and we are completely blown away! ⁣

    Today we can safely say that we have FOURTEEN little embryos in the freezer. That’s a whole bunch of potential little baby H’s. How blessed are we!? ⁣

    And I guess you are all probably thinking - well what happens next? Nick and I are still patiently waiting for the big fat YES...the ECART meeting was last week (on our wee mates birthday) and we have been told that it could take up to a month to hear of their decision. So for now we are practising being patient and I’m trying to remind myself (and I’ll steal Nicks words again here) “It doesn’t matter how you get to the pot of gold babe, you just need to beat the leprechaun.” ⁣

    We’ve got this! ⁣☁️ (14) ✨💛🌈

    #cloudfourteen #eggcollection #littleembies #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #magic #rainbowbaby #ourlittlepotofgold #makingbabyh ⁣

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  • It’s go time!

      15 March 2019
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    We are looking forward to the future, and feeling grateful for the past. For each and moment in our journey has taught us a lesson, gifted us strength, and an unshakable resilience that has prepared us for what’s next. We have peace in knowing that we are exactly where we are supposed to be, and tonight I start stims for our third ivf cycle. This cycle won’t be like the others, but here we are navigating each step with hopeful hearts and a bucket load of optimism. We are so ready... let's make another little baby h..✨⁣💛🌈

    #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #stims #cycletime #rainbowbaby #ourlittlepotofgold #makingbabyh ⁣

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  • Magic!

      15 March 2019
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    What a week….⁣

    M O N D A Y ⁣

    Ecart deadline - we got there and despite a few speed bumps and road blocks we have submitted our report. Countless phone calls, appointments, tests, meetings for us and also our surrogate. Now we excitedly wait for February with hopeful hearts for the phone call and the big fat YES!⁣

    T U E S D A Y⁣

    I took on the roll of nurse Maude, Nick went under the knife again for a second back surgery in as many years. He has been a real trooper and is currently hanging out on the couch with our furry friends keeping him company watching movies and giving Netflix a hiding! Six weeks of recovery for him and then he will be fighting fit, back on the streets in blue and saving the world. ⁣

    T H U R S D A Y⁣

    I received a phone call from the nurses at Fertility Associates informing me that everything is on track and that I can pick up the drugs for our ivf cycle on Friday! Yes you read that correctly...IM GOING TO PICK UP DRUGS THIS FRIDAY! We are super excited and eager to start the next part of this journey. It’s all happening and soon enough we will be making our little baby h! ⁣

    We are super grateful to have all of you in our corner cheering us on, we are forever thankful that we have such supportive and caring people surrounding us on this journey. We couldn’t do it without out you. Keeping watching this space, magic is happening. ✨⁣💛🌈

    #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #magic #rainbowbaby #ourlittlepotofgold #givealittle #makingbabyh ⁣

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  • Beyond blessed

      15 March 2019
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    We are still so overwhelmed by the support, generosity and love we have received over the last two months, it’s because of all of YOU that our dream continues. Nick and I have been busy making phone calls, travelling to appointments and getting all the pieces of the puzzle together for our ECART application. Each new day brings us that little bit closer and we can now say that our surrogacy application is going to be heard at the next ECART meeting in Wellington in February!! We are beyond blessed, obsessively grateful and super excited ✨💛🌈⁣

    #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #rainbowbaby #potofgold #givealittle ⁣

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  • Obsessively grateful

      15 March 2019
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    This week has taken us on emotional roller coaster filled with phone calls, messages, donations, love, heart exploding moments and happy tears. How is this even real life?⁣

    We will be forever thankful for Bridget for sharing our story, creating the givealittle page and making the journey towards our little pot of gold more of a reality than a dream. ⁣

    We simply cannot thank everybody enough for their kind words, love and support. I’ve know that I’ve said this before but we are beyond blessed to surrounded by such beautiful people, we are so lucky and obsessively grateful. You are the ones that are making this possible.⁣

    So now our story is out there, in all its glory. I honestly underestimated how emotionally draining it would be. Feeling vulnerable and anxious, the struggles we have faced on our journey have affected us physically, emotionally and spiritually and are far from ‘normal’. It's scary having our story out there for everybody to read, especially in a small community. Nick and I have been asked countless times - how do you do it? For us there is only one answer...life happens for you, not to you and we choose LOVE over fear. Every. Single. Day. ⁣

    We are excited for the next chapter and what lies ahead, we have found our beautiful soul with a helpful heart.. and now it’s time to navigate our way with hopeful thoughts and all of the courage we can muster. ⁣Let’s beat the leprechaun!✨💛🌈

    #ourstory #ivfjourney #surrogacy #foreverthankful #obsessivelygrateful #beyondblessed #rainbowbaby #potofgold #givealittle ⁣#chooseloveoverfear

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  • Thank you message from Soph

      19 November 2018
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    Two little words that sometimes aren’t said enough, two little words that I could never ever possibly say enough. THANK YOU! 24 hours have passed since my beautiful friend Bridget set up a give a little page and shared our story, 88 donations have been made and we are left speechless. We have been showered with ridiculous amounts of love and support. Sharing our story has been incredibly tough, Nick and I have both struggled with feeling vulnerable and anxious. We hope that our story inspires, encourages and helps other couples in similar situations to trust in their support crew and more importantly themselves. Nick and I are truly humbled and will be forever thankful for the kindness and generosity shown by not only our beautiful friends and family but by complete strangers who have donated and are helping to make our dream even more of a reality. ✨⁣💛🌈

    “It doesn’t matter how you get to the pot of gold, you just need to beat the leprechaun.” - Nick Douglas. ⁣

    #obsessivelygrateful #humbled #foreverthankful #ourstory #thankyou #ivfjourney #surrogacy #givealittle #rainbowbaby ⁣

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