by Paige Zapf | May 2, 2023 | Blog
“What if my embryos were created with donated eggs?” There are two sides to this story: the embryo donor family with remaining embryos and the adoptive family “going home” with those embryos. In this post, we will focus on the donor family’s experience. Our first...
by Paige Zapf | Apr 25, 2023 | Blog
This week is known as National Infertility Awareness Week. All too often, we are subjected to a wide-range of misinformation online about infertility, which spreads from the misconceptions, half-truths, anecdotes, and downright myths. Sadly, this distortion of the...
by Paige Zapf | Apr 21, 2023 | Blog
The Smart Choice – Open Embryo Adoption There are many misconceptions about what open embryo adoption means. It does not mean a child has two families. It does not mean that you must spend holidays and vacations with the donor. It does mean the two parties come...
by Paige Zapf | Apr 18, 2023 | Blog
As a couple who got married a little later in life, Rob and I knew that we wanted to start trying for a family right away. I spoke with my doctor and she said that she usually gave couples a year to get pregnant on their own, but since I was 35 and Rob was 38, she...
by Paige Zapf | Apr 14, 2023 | Blog
Is a Home Study for Embryo Adoption Necessary? The home study is a required step in any adoption process. It protects the donor family, the adoptive family, and especially the children. It is 80% educational, 20% evaluation. Completing a home study for an embryo...
by Paige Zapf | Apr 10, 2023 | Blog
Today is National Sibling Day, and your social media feed might be flooded with photos of individuals laughing and smiling with their siblings. You look at your beautiful child and wonder if they will ever have the chance to experience the joy that sibling...
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