1: what exactly is embryo adoption?
Sometimes families who go through IVF treatments have embryos left once their families are complete. They have 3 options for these embryos: destroy them, donate them for medical research, or donate them for embryo adoption to be transferred into the adoptive mother's uterus to grow into a beautiful baby. Thankfully, Our son is here today because of option number 3!!!!! Soooo very thankful.
2: Why did you do embryo adoption?
We personally believe that life begins at conception, meaning that embryos are babies... alive...
We have 4 Ethiopian children and see embryo adoption as no different than any other adoption. We desired to have another baby in our family and to us it didn't matter if our child had our genetics. Embryo adoption seemed like a great fit! What a blessing to be able to experience pregnancy again and bond with our child as he grew!
3: what clinic did you use?
Pacific Northwest fertility in Seattle. Can't say enough good about them! Amazing group of people there! Highly recommend them!
4: Isn't embryo adoption "playing God"?
After 2 transfers and 10 sweet snowflakes, I have never been more in awe or more sure that God is sovereign over all, including embryo adoption. Embryos are placed in the uterus with skill, that is true, but once there, no matter what grade the embryo is, no matter how long the embryo was previously frozen, or what the success rate the clinic has, only God decides whether that embryo continues to develop and implant. He decides if that baby's heart starts beating and when that baby is born. Only God decides. No one else. God is in control as he knits that baby together in the womb.
Happy to answer any other questions you may have!
This is fantastic! Thank you so much for answering questions. I wondered about all of the questions you have answered, so that's very helpful.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't mind me asking, did you have to pay for the IVF procedure, or was it covered by the clinic?
I don't mind at all! We only paid for our froZen embryo transfer procedure itself which is not very costly. We paid for the medications needed to prepared uterus. And we paid a fee to the embryologist for the thawing of the embryos and the assisted hatching.
DeleteHi Sandi!
ReplyDeleteI got your name from Carla;) I hope you don't mind if I ask you a few questions about your beautiful journey!
1. Are you Canadian? I'm just wondering how easy/difficult the process is being from out of country.
2. We've gone thru ivf a few times - 2 fresh and 2 frozen. We have a beautiful daughter as a result. It sounds like it took you a few tries. Do you look thru profiles for your embryos? Or do couples choose you?
3. We haven't had any further success since our daughter 4 years ago. Thinking egg donation would help.
Would lovel to connect! Congratulations on the birth of your son!!!
Lisa
Lisa
DeleteMy apologies. I didn't see your comment h til tonight, not sure why it didn't come to my email!
We are Canadian and it is totally easy being from out of country. Our clinic works with Canadians all the time. We used a clinic that had a bank of anonymously donated embryos and we chose the embryos from that bank. The first clinic we used matched us with embryos. That transfer we transferred 3 embryos and had a pregnancy that lasted only 5 weeks. The clinic we used for Mattias allowed us to chose from about 10 sets of embryos. Many of the embryo sets were from egg donors. Love to chat by email if you would like.
Sandi