We're Pregnant… Sort Of

We're pregnant… sort of. In this episode of Somehow Married, we're finally sharing something we've been working on for the last several months: Amanda is pregnant as a gestational carrier for another couple. So… what does that actually mean? Amanda is carrying an embryo that is not genetically hers or ours. We talk about why we decided to do this, how infertility has affected people we've walked alongside, what the IVF and gestational carrier process has actually been like, and what we've learned along the way. We also get into some of the questions people naturally have: What's the difference between a surrogate and a gestational carrier? Why did we decide to do this? What does the IVF process look like? How many injections did Amanda have? How did we choose the intended parents? What does the legal process involve? How do you emotionally carry a baby that isn't yours? How are we approaching gestational carrying as Christians? What happens after the baby is born? And, of course, Jonathan eventually says: “My wife's pregnant, and the baby's not mine.” This has been a long process, and we're excited to finally tell you the whole story. If you have questions about gestational carrying, infertility, IVF, or what this experience has been like for us, leave them in the comments.