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Coping with Pregnancy and Infant Loss
It’s sad, but true, there is a month set aside to remember lost pregnancies and babies who pass on after birth. It is a month that has become a safe space for those grieving a loss and others trying to understand and comfort. Without a doubt, pregnancy loss is a...
Preserving Fertility in Women with Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a disease that strikes roughly 12% (1 in 8) of women in the United States and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths among women. With treatments constantly improving, and survival rates continually on the rise, many...
Does Your Baby Make You Smile?
October 4th is known as World Smile Day. A day established and promoted by the “Harvey Ball World Smile Foundation” in 1999. At the core of this day is the goal of “improving this world one smile at a time.” One major event that goes a long way to increasing smiles is...
Placing Parents are the Real Heroes
The W. Family adopted their son through the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program. We always knew we wanted to have kids in our family. And we knew they could come lots of different ways. So we always thought we would have our kids by our own genetics and that we would...
Myths about PCOS
September is PCOS Awareness Month. PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome, is a hormonal disorder which causes infrequent or prolonged menstrual periods due to a lack of progesterone or excess androgen levels. The woman’s ovaries may also develop numerous follicles...
Ten Steps Dads Can Take to Ace the Embryo Adoption Home Study
For many families, fall is a time of year when little people head back to school. Children stroll into classrooms, eager for learning, recess and renewed friendships. For fathers pursuing embryo adoption this season, it might be helpful to take a page from those...
15 Reasons to Choose an Embryo Adoption Agency
Why choose embryo adoption through an agency vs. embryo donation through a clinic? We often hear that question. People who are inquiring about placing or adopting embryos for achieving a pregnancy are often confused about using an embryo adoption agency or a fertility...
Dear Remaining Embryos
*This blog was originally published on The Perfect Mom Blog The day we learned there were 14 of you, we instantly knew our story of hope wasn’t just for us. You have been frozen now for almost 3 years. Sometimes my infertility feels like a distant memory and other...
What is the Right Choice For You: Embryo Disposition Options
Do you have embryos remaining in frozen storage? Learn your dispositions options and find the right choice for you and your family. Who knew something so small could lead to such a large dilemma for some families? Thousands of families go through In Vitro...
Frozen but Not Forgotten
Frozen, But Not Forgotten by Nate Birt You’ve researched embryo adoption: the cost, clinics, programs, medical aspect, different methods of matching, etc. But do you still wonder what the embryo adoption process is really like? Especially if you’re leaning towards...
What to Expect from the FET
Embryo adoption allows you to give birth to your adopted child. If you are new to the concept of this unique adoption choice, you may be wondering how you become pregnant with the embryos in the first place. The answer is called a frozen embryo transfer (FET). In a...
What if Life Happens…?
The primary reason couples pursue in vitro fertilization is to have a baby. Seems like a reasonable expectation, right? The stack of papers you sign before proceeding with your IVF treatment is thick. A few of those papers will be asking you about your plans for the...
Does Embryo Adoption Have Insurance Coverage?
Sometimes infertility can be a difficult subject to talk about, especially with your health insurance provider. Unfortunately, finding the answer to health care coverage may be difficult, too. Infertility is more common than you think. At least 1 in 10 women between...
Talking with Your Child about Embryo Adoption
Adoptive parents are often anxious about how to talk to their adopted child about his or her adoption story. Even if parents have been very intentional to always speak of adoption in a positive light, there’s always a nagging worry in the back of their minds: Are we...
Embryo Mosaicism
Technology has come a long way in the last several years. It’s hard to believe that smart phones only just became popular this decade! Big technological leaps have also been made in the world of IVF and Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART). For example, it is common...