Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
1 A Secret Club
2 Hello Fibroids
3 Endometriosis – Scars for Life
4 A Life-changing Decision
5 Then Comes the Paperwork
6 Start `Trying’
7 That Time I Had a Urine Bag
8 The Power of Apology – or Lack Thereof
9 The Dawning of a New Era
10 The Two-Week Wait
11 An Unexpected Encounter
12 The Adoption Option
13 I’m Pregnant!
14 My World, Shattered
15 Dark Days and Snowy Hills
16 Accepting the `Whys’ and `What Ifs’
17 In the Likeness of a Human
18 Jumping through the Surrogacy Hoops
19 Walk One Step in My Shoes
20 Eggshells and Hope
21 Mounties, Maple Syrup and the Perfect Surrogate
22 Lost in Transit
23 Goodbye to My Uterus
24 A Freezer Full of Breastmilk
25 Sliding into Home Base
26 And Then There Were Three
Epilogue