How did we begin?

This is the very first post. First of all, english is not our first language, so excuse us if there is any errors.

Thinking of how we started....Well, we have been dreaming about becoming parents for years, dreaming for that family, complete with babies' laughters, cries etc. But never thought that would ever be possible.

Then last year i.e 2010 :) , I saw a youtube clip about surrogacy in the US. I was so interested, and started researching about surrogacy, way too expensive for us. Apart from that, we dont live in the US. But how much we wanted that, we even thought of migrating to the US in future just to make our dream come true. After awhile, we realised that going to the US is not the only option here. We could do that in Thailand too.

So, after doing lots and lots of reading and research about clinics and surrogacy news in Thailand, wrote many emails and phone calls to them. Slow responds, difficult communications, unreliable, etc. Then we somehow found out about the blogs of Australian parents who had already gone through or going through this journey with Clinics from India. Heard many good news about communication, success rate, etc.

And on 10th Mar 2011, wrote an email to Dr S and got very fast respond from her team (Meg and Margarida). The initial processing was pretty easy (not the whole journey). Honestly, we were kinda skeptical about the whole process in the beginning. Just having to communicate through emails, having to send the treatment fees in advance and so on. Again, I am sure everybody would have gone through with same feeling in the beginning right?

But after reading many blogs of IPs (some are now parents) all over the world, and with the help of support forum, we were convinced these are normal procedures with this journey. I even went to the extra mile of emailing some of the other IPs, to ask if they have followed the same procedures , like communication channel with the clinic, how they sent their fees, etc. That was just to be extra sure. And you know what, all those IP i emailed responded, how kind of them. Thanks to all of you.

So yes, we started our journey sometimes in March 2011. :).... We want to thank Margarida and Meg for being very patient with our never ending questions, and for being so informative. You guys are doing a great job. And to Dr S and the team. .......Thank you all. :)