I was diagnosed with CML about 5 months ago at age 28. The same day I was diagnosed they told me I was pregnant. My husband and I had been obviously dreaming of having a baby, and never dreamed it would turn into this. I was a little over a month along, and due to all that was going on in my body the baby already was not doing good. Unfortunately, our sweet angel baby didn't make it and now here we are on the search for a gestational carrier. Obviously, being on Tasigna I can no longer carry a baby and after many long discussions with my doctor, specialists and my husband we have made the decision for me not to come off the medicine to try to carry a baby. For us, I think the safest option is to start on the road to finding a gestational carrier. We met with a reproductive specialist, who says my eggs are good and has an 80% success rate. So we have our egg and sperm, just need a wonderful woman willing to give us our world. Which puts us on the hunt for a gestational carrier...
Does anyone know where to even begin looking? Our doctor basically said it was up to us to find our own. Unfortunately, we have no siblings that can do it for us and I hate just starting the search on an online database. I just feel like maybe somewhere out there, there is a group of amazing women willing to help out women with cancer who can't carry their own babies. Does anyone know of such a group or how I could find out? Or does anyone know how we begin the search?
Thank you for your suggestions and help, as this is a whole new world for us. Never in a million years did I dream I would have to search for someone to carry our baby for us, but never in a million years did I dream I would have CML either...but here we are.