to be their surrogate, and I didn’t hesitate a second before I agreed to carry their child. Was there a greater joy of being part of that journey of making them parents? And I? I was going to be an aunt.
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We went through all the usual routines together. Melissa came to each doctor’s appointment armed with a large notebook, writing down every single detail. Ryan squeezed my hand during blood draws, because I’ve been terrified of needles since childhood. We put up that green nursery with the white crib and a little mobile with felt stars, and it felt like everything was finally falling into place.
And then it was time to deliver, and suddenly the floor fell right out from under us.
And there I was, lying on the delivery table, utterly exhausted after delivering our child when the nurse placed this wrinkled baby girl right on
