Embryo Grades (& Why They May Not Matter)

When it comes to IVF, there is a lot of emphasis placed on the quality of the embryos. Because doctors and patients want to have the best chance possible for success during an embryo transfer, clinics attempt to choose the “best” embryos of the bunch. To do this, an...

Learning to Let Go Of Having a Genetic Child

For many of the families who decide to pursue embryo adoption as their family building method, they’ve come to this choice due to the fact that they are unable – for whatever reason – to have their own genetic child. For the Cannon family, after the death...

How One Mom Came to the Decision to Donate Her Embryos

When Amanda Fletcher was interviewed for the Winter/Spring 2016 issue of Pathways2Family, she said that one thing she had noticed about embryo donation stories is that the choice seemed to always be such an easy one for the family. She wanted people to know that in...

U.S. Supreme Court Refuses Frozen Embryo Case

Another legal battle over frozen embryos has been in the news recently. Chicago resident Jacob Szafranski asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his case trying to prevent his former girlfriend, Karla Dunston, from using frozen embryos the two had created together...
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