Follow your heart

  

Throughout this whole process, everything has gone exactly how we hoped it would, up until this past week. We are at the point where we review our contract and make any changes that we see fit for our family. With that we have to rely on an attorney and trust that they have our best interest at heart. Although we called around and spoke with many Surrogacy Attorney's, the one that we were initially referred to seemed to have a lot of experience with our Agency and what the original draft of the contract looks like. As time past, we started to feel that our attorney was overwhelmed and in return made us feel that we were inconveniencing her when we would call. There seemed to be no sense of urgency to move forward and we were doing a lot of waiting around. 

I decided to call the agency to let them know my thoughts and how I was feeling. They were so understanding and we both agreed that our attorney was not a good fit for us. The intended parents are working with an Israeli Attorney and that requires someone with experience and knowledge in working with an International Attorney. We were connected with someone new today and it turns out she has worked with the IP's Attorney in Israel in the past. Within an hour of speaking with her, she had the very document in hand that I have been waiting a week to see. She sent it to me via e-mail and we will go over it tomorrow morning!! We feel really good about our decision to switch and move forward with someone new to represent us in this part of our journey.

It is not always easy to follow your heart when there is so much unknown in this process. For me, I was always wondering if I was being overly sensitive, or if this is just the way it is supposed to be. I am so happy that I followed my heart and made the decision to speak up for what feels right for our family. 

Stay tuned for my "Meet the Family" post!! I am beyond excited to introduce this amazing family that has touched our hearts and our lives!!!

"Live the life you love

Love the life you live"