A few steps forward

Ok, it has been a while but some progress has been made. I was almost afraid to post anything because I didn't want to jinx us but I do have news to report. First, we did our psychological evaluation. Peter and I drove to Richmond and met with the psychologist by ourselves and then we met with her and our IPs all together for a group session. It went great! My IM and I have had really good communication throughout this whole process so the pysc didn't really have many questions or situations to bring up that we hadn't already talked about. It was good to have a third party ask us things and for us to be able to talk through some situations face to face but no big suprises. Afterwards the 4 of us went out to lunch which was also really nice. We got to see each other in real world settings, not on a computer screen or through email. They seem like they are just as nice and sincere in person as they do online so that makes me very happy. Second, we have agreed on contracts! Yay! So it took a few weeks to get everything done but most of that time was just waiting for the lawyers to draw up the contract. Once we actually got it we went back and forth 3 times but no major changes any time and now we have the finalized draft sent to us this morning. My IF is out of town so they can't get theirs notarized till next week and Pete is working so we can't get ours notarized till Thursday but it is done besides the signatures. And third, we have our medical evaluation scheduled for this WEDNESDAY! I am beyond excited to get this done. I have to drive about 3 hours but my IM is meeting me there and wants to go to all the appointments/tests with me which I think is great. She says she has a lot of questions for the doctors which I love. Since she has done these tests when going through IVF I think she will be a great comfort to me and she will know what to ask and what to look for as I will have no idea. I am excited to spend the day with her too. I think us getting to know each other better now will help with the actual pregnancy later. Once I am cleared with her clinic on Wednesday that means I get to start medication (YAY! Bring on the needles) and that brings us that much closer to the actual transfer. We are hoping for early August but I don't want to get to far ahead of myself. One step at a time. I will write again on Wednesday and let you all know how the appointment goes and hopefully it will be good news.