Our princess turns two...

As you probably know, time flies.

Today we celebrate our oldest princess turning two years old. She is everything we ever dreamt of and she lights up every day in our lives. She is a great older sister and an easy child love and care for.

            Congratulatulation Alwina

WE ARE OFF!!!

We have so many people to say thank you for the joy of becoming such a big family but person who made our dream come true is Dr Shivani. Thank you dearest doctor...

Almost two years ago we got Alwina and now, two years later, we are leaving India with two siblings, Selma and Alexander. It almost feels unreal. They have grown so much theese three weeks and today we got our Visas so that we can go back to Sweden. It feels GREAT.


We have had such a great time in India. We have been living in an apartment in Kalkaji rented through GreenLeaf apartments and it has been great. We have used nurses recommended by SCI and it has been great. We have used Rahul and his taxicompany and it has been great. We used Poonam with the FRRO-process and it has been great. There is so little things to complain about so it isn´t worth it but the weather has been soooooo warm.


Tomorrow morning, goodbye India and tomorrow night good evening Sweden.


Sending good thought to everybody..... Good luck.....

Update from an happy family

Kathrin from Germany sent me a message wondering if everything is well... Yes, it is. The only problem is one bad blogger...the father...

Alexander and Selma has been with me in the apartment for ten days now and we are all feeling great. They are both eating well and gaining weight as supposed (and more). The nurses that I have during nighttime (sometimes daytime) is very good feeding them and nursing them.

My brother Nicklas and his wife Annika came to India 9 days ago. They have also been very helpful and it is so nice to have relatives near. We have been doing some sightseeing and we are out for dinner almost every evening. We have been to the Lotustemple, Akshardham - temple and several malls.

It is a bit sad that the Swedish rules has changed a bit from last time we were here. When we got Alwina two years ago we didn´t need any DNA-test. That, we do now and it took about 9-10 days to get the hardcopy from the test.

But, Wednesday we went with all our papers to the Swedish Embassy and yesterday (2 days later) Alexander and Selma got their Swedish citizenship. HORRAY... So, in the beginning of next week we can have their registrationnumber and after that an emergency passport. Hopefully we will be on our way back to Sweden by the end of the week.

Some recent photos:

Sometimes a picture says more than 1000 words...

I am in love...

Still in hospital but doing good

Alexander and Selma are still in Delhi Newborn Centre. They are doing good, breething on their own, eating from the bottle and not on any medications. They are just small and they havn´t gained the weight that the hospital says they need. Alexander was 1.960 so he could have been disharged but he had lost weight since birth. Selma has gained weight but not enough, she is now 1.625.

I do like the hospital, you feel that you are welcome and the nurses are very nice. Alwina was born in another hospital and if I should compare, this one is sooo much better. Mostly because you can visit whenever you want and you don´t feel like you are in the way. At Alwinas hospital you could come at certain time and you needed to ask to hold your baby. If you were lucky you could stay for 20 minutes!!!

Alexander 5 days old showing his brown  eyes.

Selma, 5 days lying like a diva. Pink=girl...

Daddy and Alexander. He is a sleeper...

Daddy and Selma.

Some pictures:

They are here now!

As of yesterday our family is completed. We were blessed with a daughter and a son, little sister and little brother to Alwina.

First, Selma and a couple of minutes later Alexander. They are born in week 36 but meassuring small, Selma
1,5 kg and Alexander 1,7 kg. They are both doing great at Delhi Newborn Centre, according to Dr Gupta.

I (Fredrik) will be leaving first and then sometimes next week I will have my brother and his wife with me for a couple of weeks. Robert will then be at home with Alwina. After my brothers visit Alwina will be staying at her grandmother and grandfather and Robert will be coming to meet his newest familymembers.

Selma, a couple of minutes old.

Alexander, a couple of minutes old.

More to come when I get more information. I will be leaving for India today and hopefully get to meet them tomorrow at noon.

Another cross on the "need to do - paper"

We spent the afternoon in the swimminghall and it was really, really nice. Alwina loves the water and she isn´t that scared being in the water.

We have made some progress in our "need to do - list". We bought a new car some days ago so that we have room for all of us. We bought a Ford Galaxy, room for seven people. We also bought a new pram and some new cots. But, most important we have our Visas ready, so that we can travel when needed. We have started to make a list of what to bring and some of the things are already in the suitcase.

A recent photo of Alwina, big sister of...

We got an update two weeks ago, our week 30. The babies are meassuring a bit small, they are about 8-11 days behind their real age. Dr Shivani did make a comment about their size but she doesn´t think it´s a problem, our surrogate just need to be checked more frequent so that the babies continue to grow.

So, Mrs A, surrogate of two soon to be Swedes, you need to eat more!!!!!


Good luck to everybody in the surrogacy-blogworld.

Apartment booked

Now I can make one cross on my "must-do paper". I have made a reservation for our stay in India.

I have booked an apartment in Kalkaji through GreenLeaf apartments. I have made the reservation for the period of July 1- August 1.

If (hopefully not) our children will come earlier than that I have to book somewhere else to stay until that date. I guess it easier to do that when you are in Delhi. If the babies would need to be in a hospital I can stay in a nearby hotel or something.

Good luck everyone with upcoming adventures.

Entering week 28

Some day ago we entered the third trimester. We did it with a bit of a scare, we had an emergencyscan because our surrogate had some abdominal pain.

According to the doctors and Dr Shivani there were no premature labor contractions but some stretching pains.  Both babies are doing fine, twin 1 weight 936 g and twin 2, 884 g. The other figures are very similar so they seem to be growing well together. They have decided to move around a bit, one is in breech presentation and the other is in cephalic presentation.

I am trying to book an apartment and we have decided to stay at an apartment in Kalkaji. Hopefully there will be some more IP´s there at the same time? I will book it from July 1 to August 1. If someone is going to be in India at the same time, please let me know. It would be great meeting some "new friends".

Alwina is doing great. Today has been a great day in our nearest swimminghall. She loves being in water and she isn´t a bit scared. One girl running around and a worried father one step behind. There isn´t much time to relax...

It is nice reading about success and newly born babies and it is sad reading about loss and embryos that doesn´t stick. To all of you, be persistant, your time will come and it will be perfect.

We are doing great.

Alwina is growing and our babies in India are growing as well. We recently entered week 21 and we got some lovely pics some days ago. We are having aliens!!!

We had some difficulties some weeks ago and our surrogate was in hospital for a week. She had some bleedings and she has been recommended staying in bed. Poor Mrs A. We havn´t heard anything for a week so hopefully she is doing better otherwise we should have been told. It isn´t easy being so far away hearing that your beloved ones are in trouble. Now we are keeping our fingers crossed that the rest of the pregnancy goes smoothly.

Alwina is in preschool and she enjoys it very much. We are having a crying child everyday when we pick her up. I guess it is a positive thing that she likes it there. Since she started she has become a bit different. She is awake a couple of times every night and she is SO tired in the evenings. But, she is still letting us sleep most of the nights. That is the thing I don´t like about having small children, not being able to sleep!!!

Some lovely pics

An update from a happy family

It´s been a while, sorry.

Life in Sweden is great. One happy family.

Alwina is doing great but she has been having a cold for some days now. Both of us is now working and studying so Alwina has started preschool and she is enjoying it very much. She has become a big girl now, 17 months. She is all over our house and there are toys everywhere!!! Before Alwina we had our house proper and each thing had it place. We have more and more started to be relaxed with the feeling that our house can be in a mess...

She is talking a lot and she loves to swim, being outdoors in the snow, playing with lego, cuddling with our cats and much more.

Two weeks ago we got an update from India. Our pregnancy is going well (fingers crossed). There were three embies growing inside our lovely surrogate so there has been a successful reduction made. Today our twins are entering week 16. We are waiting for our next update and it should be made in two weeks. Loooooong time. But, as said before, no news are good news.

Wishing everybody good luck with your upcoming events.

Heartbeats - not heartbeat

Yes, the titel is correct.

Our six week scan came today and it showes two well defined gestional sacs containing live embryos. Heartrate 108 & 112.

If everything goes well, crossing my fingers, Alwina will have not one but two siblings in summertime next year.

There is so much going on in our lives right now and it is so exiting. Alwina is a wonderful child and for her to have siblings will be wonderful. I am absolutely sure that she will make a great sister. She is all around these days. She is walking, talking, laughing, crying and more and more she has a will of her own. One of us is still at home with her but next year she will attend a preschool for 25 hours/week.

We have to consider some lifechanging projects ahead, if things moves per schedule. Our house is to small for a family of six. Yes six, we have a five year old boy living with us in fostercare but he is more and more living with his mother. It is sad but at the same time we feel joy that his biological family is getting stronger and stronger.

So, for know, we wait, and wait and...

Good luck to everybody out there in the surrogacyworld. It is very nice hearing progress and very sad to read about failure. Be strong!

So, here we go again

We are doing it again and so far so good.

Letter from the clinic from earlier today:

We would like to inform you that as per our schedule we have done pregnancy test for XXXXX.

We are very happy to inform you that the value is 179.43, which is very good. Kindly find the attached report for the same.

We would like to congratulate you as you are pregnant now.

We now look forward to see you after nine months along with your baby.

First time for a short movie

Ok, here is my first effort to put a short movie on the blog. If it works there might be more.
Everything is just great. Alwina is growing a lot and she talks a lot. She doesn´t walk by herself yet and everybody says that we should be happy for that!!! But, we are longing for the moment anyway.
She is eating a lot now and there isn´t much food that she doesn´t like. She is gaining weight and I guess she is about 10 kg now.
Photos another day.

Alwina, 1 year

Alwina is eating carrots. We usually do this before bathing...



Alwinas first Pride-festival in Stockholm, beginning of August.

One year old. The lovely cloths is from Shilpi, thank you.

See, my teeths.

Time goes by so quickly. I am ashamed that I haven´t written more frequen but there aren´t that much time...

Some days ago our beloved daughter turned one year old. She is the sunshine in our lives and she can make a grey day bright.

She is all around the house but she doesn´t walk by herselft yet. She has two small teeths and she can say some words. The first one was "ks" that is "kisse" - cat. Then she said vov and by that she means my mothers dog. Maybe there is a vet born in India a year ago? Posting some recent photos.

Let me tell you that time flies. For more than a week ago I turned 6 months.

I am doing fine. I have started to eat some solid food, fruit, vegetables and of course porridge. I roll over and in a week I probably sit on my own.

I am 65 cm tall and my weight is about 6,8 kg.

I am awake a lot daytime but I sleep through the night, from 20.00-07.00. I am learning to swim and dive and I like it a lot. Some days ago I went to the doctor for my 6-month checkup and I am doing just fine, following my schedule.

First month of the year

Tomorrow our darling will become 5 months.

She has started to eat some fruit and some vegetables. She likes it a lot sitting with her mouth fully opened. But a lot of food ends up in her face!

We have also started to do some babyswimming once a week. It is lovely to see her in the pool doing some floating. She likes it a lot.

For some days we have had a crying baby. She is starting to get some teeth and I guess it aches a bit.

She doesn´t like to be put on the floor so she doesn´t roll over yet. The doctor said we need to let her be more on the floor doing some exercises. We should let her a cry, a bit of anger is just good, according to the doctor.

Her weight is about 6,5 kg and her length is 63 cm.

Some pics...

Happy New Year

Hope you all will have a happy new year with your upcoming events. Year 2010 was the greatest this far, posting pictures to proof it!

Santas visit to Alwina

Alwina met Santa for the first time today. She had a new outfit just for that special moment. She got some toys, cloths and money.

Hope you all will have a merry Christmas and a happy new year, filled with joy and excitement.

It´s been a while...

It´s been a while since last time I wrote but I am out waching you all!

Alwina is doing just great. We went to our doctor yesterday and she is now 60 cm tall and her weight is about 5,4 kg.

We are very happy with our routines. She goes to sleep about 10pm and she sleeps until 8-9 in the morning. We were a little concerned in the beginning that she did sleep so long without food but she is eating more during daytime.

She has started to talk a lot and it is easy to make her laugh. She is holding things hard and she has started to reach for things, for example her bottle.

She has made our dreams come true and we enjoy every minute with her. She is just adorable.