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“Not to worry about the money.”
“Exactly. Cause we’re good.”
Alexis thought about Blake’s proposition for a moment. She had to admit she loved the idea of carrying a baby made with Blake’s egg. It would be as close as they could get to having a child that was physically a part of both of them.
But it also meant that Blake would have to undergo the egg retrieval process, and Alexis didn’t know what thatentailedor how it would affect her work schedule. Although Blake didn’t have any jobs set in stone yet, she had several upcoming auditions that could change that in a heartbeat.
“We don’t have to make a decision right now. We can think about it, talk to Vera, and figure this out with her.”
“Remind me again why we thought using your mother’s wife as our OB was a good idea?”
They laughed, but knew exactly why they’d chosen the slightly awkward route. Vera was not only one of the top fertility specialists in the area but also an OBGYN. Alexis and Blake trusted her to help build their future family.
“Okay, yeah.” Alexis firmly nodded. “Let’s talk to her about it.”
Less than four hours later, they sat across from Vera Mackenzie in her office near the hospital. Pictures of their entire family were on the window ledge behind her. Alexis smiled sadly at a picture of Harper as a baby. She wanted Harper to have a sibling more than anything.
“First, I would like to say that I am truly sorry this insemination didn’t result in a baby.” Vera was genuine not only because she was related to them, but also because she was passionate about her work. She truly wanted to help people grow their families. “But I think IVF is a definite possibility for you two.”
“Really?” Alexis scooted up to the end of her seat.
“You both are healthy, which is great. It makes sense that Blake doesn’t carry right now since she’s still working. And I think it’s beautiful you would be carrying her egg. That’s what Isla and I did, but you know that.”
Isla Mackenzie was Blake’s mom and was married to Vera. Between them, they had four kids other than Blake and three of them came from IVF where they carried the other’s egg.
“Blake, I can schedule to get you started when you start your next period.”
Vera looked up over her glasses at Blake, her pen poised in the air over a notepad.
“When should that be?”
“Oh, well, I’m on year-round birth control. I’ve been on it for years because of work.”
“Okay, well, I’ll have you stop taking it then when you get your period, we'll get you going on some stimulation medications.”
“Stimulation medications?” Blake’s laugh held more uncertainty than humor. “What is that for?”
“It’s for boosting follicle-stimulating hormones so we have better success at the egg retrieval.”
“How long would that take?” Alexis asked.
“Blake would be on the medications for about ten days, maybe a little longer. After that we’d schedule the egg retrieval. Then we’ll put the egg and sperm together in the lab and a few days later we’ll implant it into Alexis.”
“Wow,” they said in unison.
“That’s a lot.”
“Yeah,” Blake agreed. “And fast.”
“It is.”
“But I want to do it.”
“You sure?” Alexis’s voice was as hopeful as it was uncertain.
“Absolutely.”
“Great,” Vera chimed in. “I’ll get a prescription ready and we will get the baby ball rolling.”
