What is a PBO? It is short for Pre-Birth Order, which is issued by a judge during a surrogacy arrangement (usually around 20-30 weeks pregnant) to allow the Intended Parents' (Kate and Nain) names to go on the birth certificate at birth instead of the Surrogate's so an adoption is not necessary. This is done in advance so that the hospital and insurance companies can be aware who has legal rights of the child/ren and it allows the intended parents to be the sole decision makers from the moment of birth.
Obvisiouly I know the Amara is theirs, they know Amara is theirs, the doctors who did the transfer know as well, but the hospital and department of vital records do not.. so our lawyers had to get together and prove to the judge that the baby I am carrying is in fact their baby and provide evidence to support the claim, about 25 pages of information detailing almost every highlight of our journey and specific information outlining what procedures had been done to conceive the child. Had the PBO been denied, we would have had to wait until after the birth to have a paternity test done, then an adoption and finally have the birth certificate reissued.. that would have been a hassle, time consuming and not fair to Kate and Nain.
So that is why I am so excited that everything is working out so beautifully and the judge sided with us and approved the PBO.. Our doctors and lawyers ROCK and were able to prove that Kate and Nain are the biological parents of Amara even though she is coming out of my vagina and not Kate's ;) Yay!
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