Egg Banks Are Now Accepting Donor Embryos

Egg Banks Are Now Accepting Donor Embryos

Families who learn that they cannot have biological children due to poor egg quality or other underlying issues will sometimes turn to egg donation. They will often purchase these eggs from a donor egg bank and then complete a cycle of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to...
Dangers of Waiting to Donate your Embryos

Dangers of Waiting to Donate your Embryos

Headlines stated, “Baby Born from Embryo Frozen for 27 Years.” We all read in awe, marveling over the circumstances that allowed this to happen. If you have frozen embryos in storage, this might be the moment you begin considering the possibility of donating your...
Our Embryo Adoption Journey

Our Embryo Adoption Journey

I never thought in a million years I would be pregnant with an adopted baby. That changed three years ago. My husband and I were struggling to conceive, so we went to an adoption informational meeting. When we learned about embryo adoption, we both were immediately...
Five Little Snowflakes

Five Little Snowflakes

I remember how frightened, yet excited I was when we first embarked upon the journey of in vitro fertilization. We ended up with seven embryos total and transferred two of our precious babies. When both actually took and implanted, my journey began as a mother of...
Breaking Down a Donor Family’s Health History

Breaking Down a Donor Family’s Health History

Last week, we talked about PGD and PGT-A testing, how it can produce inaccurate results, and that it has not been shown to improve pregnancy success. Because of this, most embryo adoption agencies have policies against disclosing results of previously tested embryos...
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