Intended Parent Awesome

I guess you could call me an “Intended Parent”, orΒ “IP” for short. It’s the label that people like me are given if they intend to become a parent through surrogacy. It’s a funny kind of label – if a woman becomes pregnant naturally, they’re called an expectant mother. “Intended Mother” sounds so formal. I guess it’s used to label mothers throughout the whole surrogacy process though, not just during pregnancy, as expectant mothers are.

While these labels serve to identify us on our path to parenthood, I’ve never really stuck to conventional labels, so I think I’ll make my own.

We have a lot of control over our own lives and the lives of others through intention. I intend for mine to be awesome, regardless of what life throws my way.Β So whatever this adventure throws at us, it’s intended awesome. That’s a label I’m happy to have πŸ™‚

4 thoughts on “Intended Parent Awesome

  1. I kind of think the IP title is a bit strange too.. but I don’t really have any better suggestions. And with surrogacy the “expectant” is not the mother so that makes that a bit redundant too πŸ™‚ Awesome is as good a description for what’s happening as any other! Congratulations on making your match.

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