We are not sleeping enough!
Getting a child through surrogacy and therefore feeding with formula means we need to set our alarm clock every 3 hours to feed the babies. Breastfeeding is much more simple because you don’t have to get up, just roll over to offer the breast and also it is cheaper because you don’t have to buy…
Our baby’s stump fell off early!
The doctors told us it can take 1 to 2 weeks to fall off. But our first baby’s umbilical cord stump already fell off 4 days after birth, the other baby’s today (6 days after birth).
Cutting (small) baby nails
Cutting baby’s nails might not be in your priority list but believe me it’s needed. Our baby was already scratching his face. We don’t want a baby with scars. Look how we did it.
How (not?) to sterilize baby bottles
Big mistake not bringing the sterilizer from our country. So we had to rely on the boil in pot method. I will show you how we do it and also how the maternity clinic is doing it and all other methods. (Note that you only have to sterilize once a day, but you can do…
Our babies are leaving the clinic!
Finally after 3 days we are able to leave the clinic for good and bring our twins home!
Cost of Surrogacy in Georgia
How much does our program cost? We did our journey in Georgia (the country). When we went to the last meeting with the coordinator some additional costs popped up. These might be small but they are adding up, esp. when having twins.
Optional tests and vaccinations at the clinic
Today they got the metabolic screening, a blood test in that babies are being tested for various disorders before symptoms have a chance to occur. Also we had to decide if we want to have the babies vaccinated or not, i.e. follow the schedule of Georgia or of our own country.
Chachava Room Tour Review
They gave us private rooms to have some privacy with our babies while they were still there. So we used this opportunity for a review of the Chachava rooms. You can also book the room to stay with the baby overnight. These are the rooms with hospital beds in the 3rd floor, not the rooms…
How to change baby’s diapers while travelling
We bought Canbebe diapers. There are available everywhere in Tbilisi where we stayed and much cheaper than Pampers. BTW the doctors in Georgia used the word pampers for diapers 😉
How to prepare baby formula 🎥
Since our babies are from a surrogate mother we – of course – cannot breastfeed them. The clinic uses Hipp Organic Pre Formula (Organic Infant Milk). I want to show you how they prepare it at the clinic (and how we did it it at home and some other methods).
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