Update

I feel like all of my posts will be 'update' posts from now on (and even before)

Well here goes. I had an email from my recipient this past week and she tells me she is doing well and is 31 weeks pregnant (!!!). I can hardly believe she only has 9 weeks til due date!
I have to admit I have been wondering (read: obsessing) over how she has been doing but now I feel so relieved to know that all is well, she is still pregnant and baby will be here soon. 

She said they are getting the baby's room ready and its all very exciting. I am over the moon with joy over this. I hadn't necessarily expected updates but it is wonderful to have them. 

On another note, a couple of months back I was asked to speak to a local paper about my experiences with donating. I said I would but only if my recipient was ok with that, and it turns out she was. I was worried about one of my grandmothers reading about it all in the paper though (we hadn't had that conversation and she tends to have VIEWS about certain things so I was going to leave it) and was reassured that it wouldn't be in that version.
Anyway, lo and behold it turned up there and I had an excited phone call from my sister in law saying "I saw you in the paper today!". 
Sigh
I contacted the fertility clinic's marketing dept (who organised it), they apologized and then I got a phone call from the actual journalist. Pretty much to the effect of 'oh, you did say that, but I didn't think you meant it'. 
I have to say its soured my opinion of journalists a bit. 

I did have that conversation with my grandmother and while her initial reaction was 'its just like giving up a child' (which its NOT!) she has since spoken to me about it in much softer terms. 

Anyway, I will do an update again in a few months when I hear from them again. 

Thanks
xJ