Now that the surrogacy is over and the family is on there way home I do not know what to do with the milk I am producing. I was pumping for William while they were here. I want to keep pumping to help my body get back to normal. It is working so far.
I have a couple of options: Use the milk for my family, donate my milk to a hospital, sell it, or dump it. I feel like dumping it is a wast and I hate wasting. Having my family drink it grosses a lot of people out but if they like it why not..lol. I would not mind donating my milk but the hospitals pasteurize it which kills a lot of good stuff in it and then charges over $3.50 per oz!!! Crazy!! I think the best thing to do is sell it directly to some one who needs it for way cheaper.
I have been looking online for some one to sell my milk to. I have found crazy ads for all kinds of people who are looking for breast milk. I know it is only milk and I will probably never see them but I do not want some weirdo using my milk to get off! I want to make sure a baby who need it gets it. Through the ad I have found a Mother who is having quads that wants her babies to have breast milk.
Well, she is not having them, their Surrogate is!!! I thought it was so funny when she told me. We had a great talk about both of our surrogacy journey. It was so nice to talk to her. This is the second time they have done surrogacy with the same Surrogate. They had 4 embryos left after their first surrogacy and the Doctor told them that 2 were not viable but they decided to put all four in. Well they all implanted and now the Surrogate has been on bed rest since she was 24 weeks! They are just trying to keep them in.
I am glad I was able to find her so quickly. Finding someone to help so quickly has helped me to not be depressed. I am able to help this other family out with a blessing God has given me. I am so glad that he has put her in my life. Another thing is that she is not a Christian so I have another chance to let God work through me.Yippy! The lady I found to take my milk is happy she found me because the milk I am producing has more of a fat content because I delivered more recently. This is better for her babies because younger babies need the extra fat to help them gain weight.
If everything works out then I will pump for them for at least 6 months. In that time I hope to lose a total of 20 lbs, 10 lbs at a time. Since I have gotten back to my pre-baby weight I would like to go past it. I know I will have to do more than pump but I think pumping will help a lot. Another thing I want to start doing is walking. It will be good for our whole family to stay connected and workout.
