I’m excited to say I’ve picked a donor. I had it narrowed down to 3 guys and over the weekend, having some input from friends (and my mom), I’ve made my big decision. So, now I’ll be putting in my order – wow!

My selected donor is a tall blonde green eyed teacher who has a good medical history and sounds like the kind of guy I’d enjoy hanging out with. After reading over so many essays and staff impressions, something about him just stood out to me. He sounds like he has a big heart and a drive to go after the things he cares about. One of the questions asks about what he’s most proud of and he says he’s most proud of his students that work hard to succeed.

As someone who would like to be a teacher one day myself, this guy sounds like a good human with values a lot like mine. He’s also a little nerdy – he’s really into this haunted house he and his dad put together every Halloween which seems kinda cool (even though I hate scary things !).

So I guess this weekend I’ll be placing an order. My new prenatal vitamins came to the house yesterday and I’m having a much easier time taking them already. Even though it’s getting real, I’m more excited than anything else.

As a person who has no interest in reading consumer reports or doing lots of research, and having heard that every pregnancy is different, I haven’t yet found myself preoccupied with what everyone ELSE has done or how it went or what will be waiting for me down the road. I’m sure I’ll get there, but right now all know is that after my period, I’ll start counting days, buy some ovulation kits, and go rushing to the doctor when the kit says GO! I’ve got a piece of paper in my purse that the doctor gave me – or somewhere. I’ll look at it when it’s time. Or I’ll call and have them send me another one. As someone who stresses about everything , for some reason I’m not interested in getting super stressed about this.

Now, there’s always the possibility that this donor won’t be a good match and I’ll go with a different option (doc says switch up the donor before trying fertility meds if it doesn’t take the first few times), so I’m not counting the other two options out. They did, after all, make the cut to Top 3. This one guy just felt more right than the others. So, we’ll see.