Any Intended Moms/Parents in the NYC area?

[Brooklyn_IM]

Would love to connect if so. I was thinking that since most pregnant women get to meet friends and get support via their prenatal classes, etc....well, for those of us not giving birth ourselves, I thought it might be nice to have some local support. If there are any more of you out there, it would be great to connect.

[AwaitingBaby]

Hi. I am an IM from NYC. Congrats! I see you are expecting..very exciting!! If you want to chat, or even meet for coffee, message me through the boards.

[Brooklyn_IM]

Nice to "meet" someone else from the NYC area, although it doesn't appear that I have "sufficient privileges to send a private message" on here. Perhaps you could send me a regular email at abrooklynfamily [at] gmail [dot] com. I'd love to connect. :-)

[AwaitingBaby]

Sent

[sivan]

me! I'm over in NJ, near Elizabeth. I'm a FIP on here, my twins are almost five (EEK!), and we're gearing up for a new journey this summer!!! My email is mom2gavriel@ yahoo.com

[Brooklyn_IM]

Oh lovely to meet you!!! And congrats on your boys!! I can't wait to hear about your new journey!

It's late here at the moment, but I will email you tomorrow. Or feel free to email me as well. (My email is above.) Now I'm off for some much needed sleeeeeeep.

[sivan]

Crazy day for me here, you wouldn't even believe me if I told you, but I look forward to touching base!

[shadow2356]

Hi! I am a hopeful IM. I live in Nassau County. My GS was pregnant but we had a miscarriage early on. We will be doing an FET in mid June.

my email is shadow 2356 @ aol.com
(eliminate spaces)

Take care,
MaryEllen

[Bella]

Greetings from NYC

Would be happy to meet up. I have a beautiful baby girl- well now early toddlerhood and would be love to meet up.

It can be a little isolating being pregnant but not physically pregnant so I understand.

Will send you an email.

[Brooklyn_IM]

Great Bella! I look forward to hearing from you.

[jessicafromnj]

Hello from NJ.... I have 1 year old twin boys via GS. I would love to meet other IM's or Former IM's like myself!
Please email me if you have any questions or if you make a date to meet up!
nikonnikon AT Aol DOT com

Jess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_XBxGf8e6k

Here's a little video of our boys!

[Brooklyn_IM]

Oh hi Jess!! I feel as if we've met before...only because I've read your blog and looked at the beautiful pics of your boys!! Congratulations on having 3 such wonderful boys!!

I'd love to meet up sometime. I'll email you offline!

[sivan]

We had a get together a few years ago, but we really should plan another one!

[cooliz15]

my FIF's are from the NYC area, they don't go on the message boards, but if you do have a get together, I hope you don't mind if I invite them they are awesome daddies and their little girl is already 6 mos!

[mamanbebe1]

Hi Everyone,
I live in NYC as well, I hope I'm not too late for the replies!
I was an IM here for 3 years, I did 2 surrogacy journeys with my LOVELY surro whom I adore and we now have 3 kids.
A boy turning 5 tomorrow and a set of twins (boy/girl) who turned 3 last Monday.
I would love to meet other IM's since I don't know anyone.

Here is my contact info and best of luck to all of you still in the journey!

samanthathaywood [a] yahoo dot com

Samantha

[sunnymay]

YES...I hope I'm not too late as we were JUST matched!! We hope to have contracts singed and moving forward for Transfer end July/Aug. I would really love to meet up and meet other IM's and IP's!! I can help arrange a meet greet too just let me know. Great Idea!!

[Apollonia]

Hey there, hope I'm not too late to join the club! I'm a hopefully future IM, going the independent route so I'd really, really like to talk to other New Yorkers (I'm splitting my time between Manhattan where I live and Long Island where I grew up - longish story) on all things GS. I'm trying to figure out if I can work with a GS who resides in NY but would be willing to give birth in PA due to the laws which I'm sure you all are well aware of.

Anyone working with New Hope? THey look amazing however their website says their surrogate transfers are done with frozen embryos and well, I'd much prefer fresh. Other than that they seem quite cutting edge (I know they'll cost a fortune but this already costs a fortune). I like their "one good egg" policy a lot.

[sunnymay]

[QUOTE=Apollonia;2455828]Hey there, hope I'm not too late to join the club! I'm a hopefully future IM, going the independent route so I'd really, really like to talk to other New Yorkers (I'm splitting my time between Manhattan where I live and Long Island where I grew up - longish story) on all things GS. I'm trying to figure out if I can work with a GS who resides in NY but would be willing to give birth in PA due to the laws which I'm sure you all are well aware of.

No not too late, do you have an email I'll add you to our thread. Looking forward to meeting you. BTW looks like if all goes well and as planned there will be a few of us "pregnant" together

Oh and off topic I'm enrolling in a Doula class in November in the city to assist in the delivery let me know if your interested and I can pass on the info!!

[sunnymay]

Anyone working with New Hope? They look amazing however their website says their surrogate transfers are done with frozen embryos and well, I'd much prefer fresh. Other than that they seem quite cutting edge (I know they'll cost a fortune but this already costs a fortune). I like their "one good egg" policy a lot.

Yes I am and I LOVE LOVE them... Very personal touch, great staff and I love that I can do all my testing and blood work in house. They're also connected to an agency so if you are going the independent route (like us) you can utilize their attorney and psychologist.