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What Kind of People are Adopting Embryos?
Embryo adoption is becoming more and more common within the United States. While the technology for the procedure has been around for more than 30 years, it’s really only in the last few years that people have even heard about the option. Today, stories about embryo...
Cancer Survivors Finding Hope in Embryo Adoption
Many cancer survivors face huge obstacles when it comes to building their families through traditional methods. They may be experiencing fertility issues due to chemotherapy or surgical treatments or even be reluctant to pass along their genes to a genetic child due...
Adoption or Donation? Why the Word “Adoption” Matters
Is it adoption or are you receiving a donation? While it may seem like a simple matter of terminology, there is a huge benefit to calling the process of transferring embryos from one family to another an adoption. Traditional adoptions are the process of placing a...
Snowflakes Babies Aren’t Just an Infertility Solution
Embryo adoption is becoming increasingly popular as an infertility solution thanks in part to safety, affordability, and rate of success. But it isn't just coupled struggling with infertility who are choosing frozen embryo adoption as a way to grow their family. Many...
Will Embryo Adoption Work for Me Even if IVF Didn’t?
Many couples who experience unsuccessful in vitro fertilization treatments can still go on to give birth to a healthy, happy baby through embryo adoption. Just because IVF didn’t work for them, they may believe that embryo adoption won’t either. But embryo adoption...
What does it take to donate my leftover embryos?
When a couple decides that they have completed their family through in vitro fertilization, they’ll face an important decision about what to do with their remaining embryos. Many families decide that embryo donation is the right choice for them, and offer their donor...
What Are the Frozen Embryo Transfer Success Rates?
One of the first questions a couple will have about the embryo adoption process is how successful is it? What are your chances of a successful transfer and healthy pregnancy? You may have been struggling with infertility and you want to choose a family building option...
Why IVF Doesn’t Work for All Women
In vitro fertilization has become a commonplace option at fertility clinics around the world. More insurance companies are covering the cost and more women are banking on the treatment as a fertility solution to their own advancing age or other fertility issues....
Where can I find human embryos?
You may have decided to explore embryo adoption as the right choice for your family. But where do you find donated embryos? Are they easy to get? As you do your research, you may find that more embryos are available through an embryo adoption agency than...
3 Reasons to Consider Embryo Adoption as a Fertility Solution
If you are struggling to find fertility solutions that will help you build your family, make sure you check out embryo adoption. Here are three reasons embryo adoption may be the right option to build your family: It’s the most affordable alternative family building...
Doctor Advises Women Not to Wait to Have Children
Fertility expert Craig Sweet of Florida is warning women not to wait to have children if they can avoid it. Dr. Sweet says that age plays a huge role in a woman’s fertility, and as she ages she is less likely to conceive and carry a child to term. Because more women...
Who is Eligible to Adopt an Embryo?
There are a number of embryo adoption facilities in the country and each one of them adheres to aadoption agencies and fertility clinics are both interested in helping you have a baby! Agencies are also interested in helping families with leftover embryos donate...
Frozen Embryo Population Could Be Nearly 1,000,000 in the United States
In vitro fertilization is becoming increasingly popular as the current generation puts off having children until they are well into their 30’s – the age when many women will start to experience fertility issues. Many couples believe that advanced in fertility...
The Importance of Parental Attachment in Adoption
On July 28, 2015, Dr. Dan Siegel will be presenting a webinar on behalf of Creating a Family called the Importance of Parental Attachment Styles in Adoption. In the past attachment issues have been seen primarily as something to do with the child, but in reality it...
Why Parents Are Choosing to Give Their Leftover Embryos to Adoption Agencies Instead of Donating Them to Clinics?
If you are considering donating your remaining embryos to another family, be sure you educate yourself on the different donation options that are available to you. There is a big difference between donating an embryo to an adoption agency and donating an embryo to a...