Like it or not... Surrogate Side

Well, there goes that.

So, it turns out that the new motion to encourage the Judge to "reconsider" his decision about the pre-birth order was again denied.  But, the court didn't exactly write "denied", instead rather politely stated that a post-birth hearing was "granted".  Sly little devils.  I guess we'll be doing this post-delivery whether we like it or not...

They scheduled the hearing within 5 days of giving birth so it is very likely that we will get K&J's names on the birth certificate the first time around.  Yay!

My attorney expressed that this isn't the end of the world, but makes things a bit more hectic after the baby is born (which is during a pretty hectic time of year)...  With it being the holiday season (umm, Christmas/Hanuukah/Kwanzaa and New Years - crazy!) and people taking time off, this is not ideal, but totally doable.  Here's  a direct quote from him:

• The good news is that he will allow an emergency hearing within five days of the birth, which should be sufficient to get the first birth certificate correctly issued.
• The bad news is more work for us immediately after the birth. 

Oh goodie, we like more work.  He did go on to say that should I require a c-section (and God willing I DO NOT), he will attend the hearing on my behalf with my telephone number handy...  Good man.

Although much of this seems overwhelming, stressful and chaotic, I actually am okay with things.  As much as I would have loved having the birth order taken care of prior to having this baby, I am confident with our efforts thus far and have complete trust in our legal staff.  I leave this in the hands of the man above -- He's gotten us this far!!