Saturday 29 September 2012

The secret is out there......

This week I told my team about our 3 babies and yesterday at a management meeting I revealed to the group our long awaited dream that was becoming a reality. The reactions have been so amazingly warming to my heart and soul. Some managers were crying in happiness, I got so many hugs and the interest in how our babies have been conceived was evident by them asking lots of questions........an opportunity for me to educate more about surrogacy and debunk some myths about exploitation.

The bittersweet side of this lovely story is I have decided to resign from my job as I do not believe it to be realistic that I can return there within a 2 year period, so I have done the right thing so they can advertise my job and get someone in permanently. After 20 odd years of being a career woman it is something I know I will need to adjust to.

My team were amazing - crying with me - it's been a privelege to work with them - they want to hold me a baby shower.......I am going to miss them........ life is so amazing and I have all these beautiful people around me ........I also announced openly on my Facebook page this week that we are having 3 babies and a big thank you to India and good karma......we are so blessed.......I hope we continue to be blessed with the safe arrival of all our three seedlings......cant wait to be their mum.............

As the time draws closer I find myself missing my own Mum and Dad more and more each day....now is the time when I want to ask Mum so many things and learn from her own experience of a Mum who had 5 daughters.......at my Mum's funeral my uncle described our Mum as the traditional "Woman's Weekly" Mum - baking, sewing and always putting her kids first...when we got home from school on a wet or cold day Mum would have warm towels waiting for us and of course a yummy treat she had baked.........I know I wont ever be a carbon copy of my Mum but I aspire to be something close......With my Dad he was always wise and he cut to the chase with his advice....he taught me to say it "how it was" and to make confident decisions...he was always an optimist and he passed that onto me and made me fairly resilient........Thanks Mum and Dad and love you heaps xxxxxxxxx

Here's a pic of my Mum and also a pic of my Dad holding 2 of my sisters when they were bubs


7 comments:

  1. What a heart warming, beautiful post full of tremendous emotion! I find myself sitting here with a big smile! Thank you for sharing, and congratulations on all of these incredible milestones!

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  2. What lovely parents. Glad everyone was so supportive. I'm leaving my work I think. It's so hard isn't it? Boomed at my work knows our story-except for a few....I'm tired of pretending in a way but also I couldn't handle the explanations, here in UK its quite taboo. X

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  3. Thanks for giving me this link via house sitters. I have read February's posts, and want to follow the story all the way through. I'm delighted for you both and will be watching this site with enthusiasm. I was a midwife when we lived in Australia and love anything and everything about babies.
    Juli

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  4. I have not met you in person, however, I do know that you will make the very best of moms. Congrats on having the courage to make such a selfless decision for your bubs. Bernadette

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  5. Awwww, what a completely, wonderful post. You are going to be an awesome mom.

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  6. What a heartfelt post! I'm so glad everyone at work has been so understanding. I have no doubt your 3 bubs will be as proud to call you mum as you are of your own!

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  7. You are such a sweetheart and you have such a calm happy go lucky personality. I can see you being a very warm and loving mummy! Must be hard having lost such wonderful parents so early in life, they would be so proud xx

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