It wasn't long after the polyps incident that I found out our medical insurance was changing. Cigna decided not to renew with Google so we were forced to find another insurance company. During our research I called to double check on surrogacy coverage and none of the new plans available had it.
I dreaded that phone call to E. I was sure this was going to cause big problems for us. What we did have on our side was my good friend Krystal. During her surrogate pregnancy the intended parents provided her medical coverage. Armed with the company information in hand, I called E and gave her all the information. We were both worried that private insurance was going to be unaffordable. In the end, the insurance company ended up working out. We sent in all the necessary paperwork and coverage began on February first.
With the insurance changes came mega contract negotiations. E and I sat and watched as our lawyers picked through the insurance portion of the contract bit by bit. It was all about protecting both of us, but I think we were just ready to get things moving. It's hard to explain to a lawyer that when working with someone directly like we are, there is a level of trust that just exists. Nope, lawyers don't get that at all!
Finally, yesterday 4 copies of the 55 page contrat arrived in the mail! Of course, keeping the theme going... things can never be easy. Casey is out of town for the week so we have to wait for him to return to get all the copies signed, dated, and notarized. Once that is done we will make a copy and overnight it to Duke! After Duke has the copy we will start medication!
I haven't paid a lot of attention to the dates, but according to E if we start medication in the next week we can do the transfer in 5 weeks and have the baby right before Christmas! Sounds like perfect timing if you ask me <3
I dreaded that phone call to E. I was sure this was going to cause big problems for us. What we did have on our side was my good friend Krystal. During her surrogate pregnancy the intended parents provided her medical coverage. Armed with the company information in hand, I called E and gave her all the information. We were both worried that private insurance was going to be unaffordable. In the end, the insurance company ended up working out. We sent in all the necessary paperwork and coverage began on February first.
With the insurance changes came mega contract negotiations. E and I sat and watched as our lawyers picked through the insurance portion of the contract bit by bit. It was all about protecting both of us, but I think we were just ready to get things moving. It's hard to explain to a lawyer that when working with someone directly like we are, there is a level of trust that just exists. Nope, lawyers don't get that at all!
Finally, yesterday 4 copies of the 55 page contrat arrived in the mail! Of course, keeping the theme going... things can never be easy. Casey is out of town for the week so we have to wait for him to return to get all the copies signed, dated, and notarized. Once that is done we will make a copy and overnight it to Duke! After Duke has the copy we will start medication!
I haven't paid a lot of attention to the dates, but according to E if we start medication in the next week we can do the transfer in 5 weeks and have the baby right before Christmas! Sounds like perfect timing if you ask me <3
