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Donation vs. Adoption: What’s the Difference?
Nowadays, more and more couples are choosing to use donated embryos to complete their families. In fact, the number of frozen embryo transfers (FETs) performed using donated embryos has doubled since 2009. And even though there has been a significant rise in...
Infertility and Maintaining the Heart of Marriage
Infertility is hard—especially on a marriage. The scheduling times to try to conceive and decisions on what fertility treatments to try (or not to try). If you are going the adoption route, there is the rigorous timeline to endure and heartbreak to deal with if it...
In Process: Choosing and Completing an Embryo Adoption Part 2
This is part 2 of last week’s blog. This story is featured in the current issue of Pathway2Family magazine, Winter/Spring 2018. Read the whole issue online! Tim and Ellen considered three different agencies. All had great things about them, but they elected to work...
In Process: Choosing and Completing an Embryo Adoption Part 1
This story is featured in the current issue of Pathway2Family magazine, Winter/Spring 2018. Read the whole issue online! After four years of dating, Tim and Ellen were joyfully married in January 2013. They always talked about having children. Tim frequently joked...
Ways to Fund Your Embryo Adoption
You have done your research, you have talked with your doctor, your family, and maybe your friends. You have made the decision: Embryo adoption is the right path for you. But just one little hurdle stands in your way—the cost. While embryo adoption is one of the least...
Pathway2Family: 2018 Winter/Spring Issue
Check out the latest issue of Pathway2Family at pathway2family.org! In the Winter/Spring 2018 issue, you can read: Adoption: Building Healthy Family Communications – Helpful tips on how to build healthy communications through an open adoption. 10 Pregnancy Myths –...
Frozen But Not Forgotten
As the festive music fades and the holiday lights come down, reality of the New Year starts to settle in. Yearly bills begin to arrive for different financial obligations, one of them being your frozen embryos. Year after year, you pay the same storage fee (or some...
Is This Your Year to Adopt?
Every January, almost everyone makes a list of resolutions they would like to accomplish in the coming year. If you’re a couple who have been struggling with infertility, perhaps you have been reflecting over the holidays about beginning your adoption journey in 2018....
Your Embryos: The Ultimate Gift
Around this time of year, we hear a lot about “The Ultimate Gift.” Television, radio, and online advertisements constantly bombard us with the ultimate gift for her, the ultimate gift for him, the ultimate gift for the family. Companies will use this slogan when...
Home, Sweet Home – Tim & Ellen’s Embryo Adoption Adventure
After being matched back in October, Tim and Ellen’s four frozen embryos have finally arrived safely at their clinic in Texas this past week! If you have been following their story from the beginning, the couple first applied to the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption...
Open Adoption: The New Normal
When families inquire with an embryo adoption program, they are surprised to learn that most agencies advocate for an open adoption between the adopting and placing families. Did you know open adoption is now becoming the norm in the United States? In fact, only about...
More Couples Are Choosing Embryo Adoption to Build Their Family
Couples who have been diagnosed with infertility and still strongly desire to experience pregnancy and childbirth may believe they have run out of options. But, have they considered Embryo Adoption? November is National Adoption month and includes both Orphan Sunday...
Being Thankful in Spite of Infertility
Anyone who has been through, or who is going through, infertility knows it is not a walk in the park. With Thanksgiving almost a week away, it might become apparent that your struggle may shroud your perspective on life and what there is to be thankful for. But if you...
The Unknown Adoption Option
When Josh and Kjersten got married they knew that they wanted a big family, so they started trying to get pregnant straight away. But Kjersten started to feel sick with unexplained, severe hot flashes. Her doctor discovered she had primary ovarian insufficiency and...
Prepping for an Embryo Adoption Home Study
When you choose an adoption program you are likely wondering, “What does a home study entail and how can I prepare for it?” Each adoption agency has developed their own process for home study completion, including state, federal, and program requirements. The purpose...