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The Truth About Embryo Adoption Horror Stories
Embryo donation and adoption involves the transfer of embryos from one family to another family. The process is typically well regulated and involves legal, medical, and ethical considerations.
Is This Your Year to Donate Embryos?
If you have reached the end of your IVF journey, the decision about what to do with your remaining embryos may have been a challenging one this past year.
Am I Ready For Embryo Adoption In The New Year?
Adoption in any form is deeply personal for everyone involved. Don’t put pressure on yourself or your loved ones to make a decision quickly. Your mind like a stovetop, and big decisions can benefit from its ability to heat ideas slowly until the time is right to act on them.
Embryo Donation: ‘Tis the Season
Perhaps you are unable to use all of the embryos you have created using IVF, and now the thought of discarding them or donating them to science does not seem like the right choice anymore. However, there are other choices—donating them to another family!
Gift Ideas for Those Facing Infertility
Infertility can feel isolating, especially when the friends and family around seem to be oblivious to your sadness and frustration. Couples and individuals struggling with infertility often just want to know someone cares. They want to know we are thinking of them, hoping with them, and believing along with them.
Embryo Donation: We Got So Much More
Donating our remaining embryos is one of the best decisions we made in our lives. I encourage anyone struggling with the decision to choose embryo donation!
Seven Ways to Incorporate Adoption into Your Thanksgiving Traditions
This Thanksgiving season, we invite you to start an annual adoption tradition! Join us this Thanksgiving and National Adoption Month as we recognize family and celebrate ways they have influenced our lives.
Benefits of Embryo Adoption Education
Take a minute to consider how the required education, focused specifically on an embryo adoption, has numerous benefits to all parties involved in your adoption—the adopting parents, the adopted child, and even the donor family.
How to Find Your Child’s Anonymous Donor
If you are thinking of receiving embryos that were donated anonymously, or if you already have, your child will more than likely have future curiosity about their genetic family. Maybe they have already asked you questions you are not sure how to answer.
A Celebration of Embryo Donors!
Families who longed for the laughter of a child in their home found their answer in embryo adoption. Of course, this would not be possible without the amazing individuals who choose become embryo donors.
Embryo Adoption: Joy, Sadness, Loss, and HOPE
We first learned about embryo adoption and the Snowflakes Program in June 2017. The more and more I read and researched, I knew this was the adoption choice for us.
Five Reasons an Open Adoption isn’t ‘Scary’
Even though open adoption is extremely common in the United States today (95% are open!), the idea still has many new perspective adoptive parents running for the hills. However, studies have shown this adoption model is much more beneficial for all parties involved. This is especially true for families considering embryo adoption.
Designated vs. Anonymous Embryo Donation
Embryo donation and adoption is a process where one family donates their leftover embryos to another who are unable to conceive naturally. There are two types of embryo donation: designated and anonymous. We will discuss the differences between these two types to help you determine which option is the best for you.
Weird State Laws about Embryo Donation and Adoption
Many states have laws in place to regulate embryo donation; some still have very unusual, bizarre, or downright archaic laws surrounding the practice.
Embryo Donation: Difficult, but Grateful
Each step of the process, from deciding to donate our embryos to ultimately learning of the birth of baby boy, has been full of lots of emotions. However, the overwhelming feeling we have is one of gratitude and joy.