It's official and posted on SMO.  I will be doing a TS via IVF to carry a sibling for baby C.  Genetically, the baby will be baby C's half sibling as I will be donating half of the genetics.  But I'll also be carrying which makes it a TS. 

We're moving slowly and in no big rush.  I suck at waiting and being patient but I'm trying...and it's worth every minute of wait...

See, no need for that agency after all.  I've made an Indy match for TS via IVF.  My tubes are tied so I can't do TS any other way than with meds and an egg retrieval.

One of my main concerns with TS via IVF that you don't have with normal TS is the disposition of unused embryos but I've mentioned it to the IPs and they didn't object to my request:  The embryos created can be used by them (in me or another carrier) or they can be destroyed but they can't be donated.    They are for this particular couple and that's it.

I don't think anything big or concrete will be happening in the next couple of months.  We need a clinic and to discuss things and deal with contracts.  And we're just not in that big of a hurry. 

It's crazy, wonderful, and amazing.  I'm matched with the couple of my dreams!

I think for a few weeks, I'm not going to post an ad.  The agency may not be able to match me.  If that's the case, I may start to feel frustrated and go back to Indy searching.  But right now, I feel like being signed up with the agency is enough.  I feel content to just wait.  Besides, the classified ads are kind of sparse lately...  Sad but a sign of the failing economy.

My last ad disappeared yesterday and once again, I haven't found my match.  I talked to people and had some possibles but none of them were right.  I screened with a clinic in CA that was the first to reject me for a reason not related to my BMI; I've had too many pregnancies.  And I was supposed to have a screening with a MA clinic but they never did call me.  The IPs with the CA clinic, I was neutral about.  The IPs with the MA clinic I liked so it's sad that the clinic never called.  

I am officially signed up with an agency though and that's a positive step.  I'd still prefer to match Indy but I have a feeling with the current economy, that is going to become even more difficult.  The classified ads are sparse.  

I feel the crunch of time now.  I'd love to make February cycle and when my next AF arrives, if I haven't matched, I won't make it.  Not much longer and I can't make my decisions based on that alone.  March isn't acceptable to cycle.  So April is my next possibility, maybe May.  I'm okay with that and it means I have plenty of time.