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Surrogacy itself can lead to confrontation whether face-to-face, on the phone, or online. It's tendency for controversy comes from people having such passionate feelings about it. Surrogacy in which more than one surro is being used tends to be an even more touchy subject. My thoughts on dealing with confrontation are (I think) rather simple. You need to love, care, and be passionate about what you are doing more than you fear confrontation. Add to that doing what you know is right and having your heart and mind in the right place, then thats the armor you need to get you through whatever lies ahead.

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I can see the ticker that shows us people are visiting. If you don't post comments it's like we're talking to ourselves. I do that enough at home. If I start doing it online too people might think I'm crazy. ;)

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of infertility
I will fear no needle; for Thou art with me
Thy RE and his staff, they comfort me
They preparest me on a table in the presence of mine IPs
They anointest my uterus with embryos
May my IPs cup runneth over

I like the viewer map on the right. It will really be interesting to watch it as the blog grows with more and more cheerleaders.

I should probably explain myself a bit as did Ajysyt. She refers to choices & possibilities and being part of something unconventional. Here's a bit about how I come to this "unconventional" team.

This will be my second journey. I feel as if fate had a hand in leading me to it much like it did with my first journey. For my first journey there were no agencies or "matching" involved. It was family and I volunteered. There were circumstances that led up to a surrogacy discussion and the pieces seemed to fall into place afterwards.

I again feel like fate (and my heart) led me here. I was not originally a team member. There have been twists and turns that changed things along the way. For those of you that don't know, there is more than one backstory that paved the way for the road I'm now proud to travel. Great things are/will be happening for many people now and in the near future because of the different events surrounding these people.

When it comes to choosing to be one of two surros, I don't just choose it, I relish the idea (at least for us). Being a part of any surrogacy is something amazing and life-changing for everyone involved. I don't go into this seeing any kind of competition between surros. That tends to be the relationship downfall in most dual-surrogacies. I see it as working together with someone to create a family. We have the same goal and it will be nice to get there together. I'm not foolish enough to think there won't be issues or hardships. There always are. In fact, if it weren't for issues and hardships there would not be surrogacy. It's up to us to deal with things in the best way we can and be there for each other.

I am honored to be part of this team. I will be more honored the day I see the look on your faces when you lay eyes on your child/children for the first time. What better way to teach my own children the importance of family than helping to create one. The life of a family can be forever changed by helping create that family.

Tale of Two Surros
T.O.T.S.

How interesting, ironic, appropriate that our acronym spells something related to children.

***This is originally posted as a comment to another post.***

I'm proud to call myself Isis. Although I'm not into necrophilia, I do tend to have a determined streak to me. I also function with faith that what I want to happen will happen. Some might see this as believing in magic. Isn't that what families are? Magic! Families are not made. They are "created". Most often they are created in the natural way but sometimes it takes a little magic (or a few specialists) along the way.

Isis - Her name literally means "queen of the throne."

One of the most important female deities, Isis was the protectress of motherhood, healer of the sick, and protectress of women.

She also rules magic - especially protection and healing.

Sick with grief concerning the murder of her husband Osiris by his brother Set, Isis reconstructed and reanimated his corpse long enough for it to impregnate her with their only son Horus.

Ancient Egyptians believed that the Nile flooded every year because of her tears of sorrow for her dead husband, Osiris. Her methods for getting pregnant and having a child were unconventional, but many people think that our methods are unconventional as well.

Her story does show how far someone will go to have a baby. She was determined and committed to making it happen. It could be thought of as an early version of IVF.

There is always a start to a story and this is our beginning. It is not our first time trying IVF or surrogacy to have a child, but the start of a new adventure.

This time we are working with two surrogates so we should have twice the fun. We have already given our surrogates names for this blog.  They are Ajysyt and Isis and they will help us on our adventure of a lifetime.

This blog will be a collaboration between the two Intended Parents and the two surrogates.

So go get your popcorn and settle in to enjoy our story.