Common Concerns About Embryo Donation

Donating your remaining embryos after you’ve completed your family is a deeply personal choice. For some couples, it is the obvious choice for any embryos that remain. For other couples, they may have questions or concerns that need answers before they feel...

How Embryos are Frozen and Thawed

There are more than 600,000 frozen embryos in storage in the United States and the number is growing every day. Some of those embryos will be taken out of frozen storage and thawed to be used by either the genetic parents or by adoptive families through embryo...

How Excess Weight Affects Fertility & If It Can Be Reversed

Weight can have a negative effect on many aspects of your health, but did you know that it can affect your fertility as well? Excess weight has been shown to decrease your chances of conception, most commonly by causing a condition called Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome,...

The Cost of Infertility: Surrogacy

In this blog series, we’re looking at where your money goes when it comes to alternative family building methods. We’ve talked about the cost of sperm donation and where your money goes when you use donor eggs. This time, we’ll discuss the expenses involved with...

What to Do With Your Remaining Embryos

As more couples turn to in vitro fertilization as an alternative family building method, there are an ever increasing number of remaining embryos in frozen storage in the United States. Some estimates put the number of frozen embryos at 600,000 and the number grows...

What One Study Has to Say About Frozen Embryo Transfers

When it comes to frozen embryo transfers, the prevailing belief among both patients and doctors used to be that more was better. Because not every transfer is going to be a success in IVF or embryo adoption and couples were often putting all of their hopes into one...