A baby's story

I don't remember how I first found Chez Miscarriage but I stayed because her writing is wonderful, heartfelt and moving.

Summary: due to her uterus, she was unable to have children. After a very long time of not-having-children, she and her husband decided to find a surrogate (Sarah). They found this incredible woman and just recently the baby was born.

She posts regularly but does not have an RSS feed. And she removes her posts after a few days because someone was stealing her words.

But she's posted what she remembers of the birth of Gefilte (her nickname for her baby).

I remember the hospital administrator who attached two matching identity bracelets to Sarah's and my wrists - One for the egg, she said smartly as she clicked my bracelet closed, and one for the uterus.

I remember how our hospital room began to fill up as the day went on and our story got passed around the floor. I remember the nurses who stayed past their shifts, the shy medical students, the residents who kept popping in and giving us the thumbs-up sign. I remember the sense that they were all rooting for us, that they had seen our two families (all of whom were pacing the hall, fielding phone calls, and bringing one another food) and understood what we were trying to do.

Go read it before its gone. Bring tissues.