There Was No Other Choice: A Donor Family Story

There Was No Other Choice: A Donor Family Story

I always have known I wanted to adopt. After our first in vitro success and subsequent miscarriage, we attended an adoption seminar. I just wanted to open all doors. I admired friends of my husband’s family who foster-adopted three children after their own three...
Struggling with Infertility During the Holidays

Struggling with Infertility During the Holidays

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… unless you are struggling with infertility. It seems that whatever you are going through during the holidays gets magnified. If you just got a promotion, bought your dream house, had your first child… the joy of the holidays...
Remember to be Thankful for Embryo Adoption

Remember to be Thankful for Embryo Adoption

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday that has evolved over the years. From the Pilgrims celebrating their first bountiful corn harvest, to George Washington asking the American people to express gratitude for the happy conclusion to the Revolutionary War, to...
God Painted Our Picture

God Painted Our Picture

We were given less than 1% chance of conceiving on our own. My husband, Steven, and I had been trying for a baby for five years. After years of nothing happening, we consulted a fertility specialist. This is a place we never thought we would go, and yet here we were....
Mental Health Concerns in Embryo Adoption

Mental Health Concerns in Embryo Adoption

So you have found an embryo adoption program! You have applied, you have done the paperwork, and you might have even spent hours creating the perfect family profile. If your agency of choice operates using a mutual matching system, then you are probably thinking hard...
Embryo Donation: The Selfless Choice

Embryo Donation: The Selfless Choice

Lindsay and Rick first met at an engagement party for their mutual friends. They fell in love on the dance floor at the same friends’ wedding. In their wildest dreams, the couple never imagined they would struggle with infertility. After a year of trying, six failed...
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