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National Infertility Awareness Week
This week marks the 30th annual National Infertility Awareness Week. A week dedicated to breaking the stigma of infertility. The myths and silence that surround infertility are what negatively affects awareness. Here are infertility facts to brush up on to stop...
Ellen and Tim Van Treuren: An Embryo Adoption Journey
One of the best ways to learn about the embryo adoption journey is to hear about the experiences of someone who has taken this approach to overcoming their infertility challenges. Now, after welcoming their embryo adopted son into their lives, they are sharing their...
Giving Embryos a Chance
After getting married, Jamie and Dan wanted to start a family straight away. After a year with no results, the couple went to see a fertility specialist. Finding no reason why the couple should not be able to conceive, their doctor suggested the couple try artificial...
Facing Secondary Infertility on National Siblings Day
Today, social media is flooded with photos of siblings—it’s National Siblings Day! Some of you may frequently remember your brothers and sisters with fondness and great memories. Others may be reflecting on the colossal efforts you have made to have civil...
Embracing Differences in Your Donor Conceived Child
Embryo adoption allows families to experience pregnancy and give birth to their adopted child. However, because you are carrying someone else’s embryo (in other words, a donor embryo) your child will have genetic differences. This reality often scares potential...
Nutrition during Pregnancy
March is National Nutrition Month! The food we eat on a daily basis affects how our bodies work, how we heal and grow, and how we maintain energy and strength. It also affects other things as well, like our fertility. Usually, our eating and lifestyle habits only...
National Social Work Month
During the month of March we get to celebrate National Social Worker Month! Through the embryo adoption process, you will most likely meet with a social worker, so we would like to take time to celebrate the people who work so hard to help you with your adoption! This...
5 Fatherly Reflections on My Embryo Baby’s First Birthday
When people learn I’m the father of three sons and a daughter, they often remark, “You finally got your girl.” Boy, did I ever. Our Snowflakes® embryo baby, Phoebe, turns 1 year old this March. My wife, Julie, and I, along with our biological sons, Micah, Titus, and...
A Journey from Two Sides: The Adoption Perspective
Blake & Sarah meeting Michael & Lisa This is part 2 of last week’s blog (link here). This story is featured in the current issue of Pathway2Family magazine, Winter/Spring 2019. Read the whole issue online! My husband Blake is an answered prayer himself, having...
A Journey from Two Sides: The Donation Perspective
Michael, Lisa, and their three children. This story is featured in the current issue of Pathway2Family magazine, Winter/Spring 2019. Read the whole issue online! Michael and I were joyfully married in 2008. Both of us had been married before. I had two children, and...
Financing an Embryo Adoption
The most common reason hopeful adoptive families give for not moving forward with embryo adoption is a lack of funds. They are ready to be pregnant, give birth, and love a child through embryo adoption, but believe they are unable to proceed due to financial...
Keeping a Marriage Strong through an Embryo Adoption
Adopting a child through an embryo adoption is exciting and joyful, but it can also bring stress and strain into a couple’s marriage. Our lives are already filled with stresses from work, financial obligations, and other family-related issues, and the adoption process...
How Safe is Your Secret?
What are the two primary ways people think about conception secrecy? 1. How does secrecy help or hurt your child’s development as a person? 2. Everyone believes their secret will always remain a secret – but it doesn’t! Today, let’s focus on the likelihood of your...
Pathway2Family: Winter/Spring 2019 Issue
Pathway2Family Winter/Spring 2019 Check out the latest issue of Pathway2Family magazine at pathway2family.org! Here’s what is featured in the Winter/Spring 2019 issue: 7 Helpful Self-Care Tips as You Work to Overcome Infertility – A list of self-care techniques you...
8 Tips for Creating an Adopting Family Profile
When you choose to pursue an embryo adoption, your family profile will be the first and best opportunity to introduce yourself to a placing family! At first, it may seem intimidating to get started. You may have questions as follows: What do placing families want to...