Since we get some traffic here on TPR from people inquiring about embryo adoption, I wanted to post an everything-you-wanted-to-know-and-more article about getting started with EA on my blog. I'm passionate about getting the word out on this fairly unknown topic, so please feel free to share if you know of anyone who might benefit. This would be useful for a couple who might not even know EA is an option to them (I didn't at first and it was like Christmas morning when I learned of it!) And it may be especially useful for donors with remaining embryos to donate to someone else, but may not know this is an option for them either. Most of the time, clinics only present donate-to-science or destroy as the only two options. There is a third option available to them, and it's critical people are made aware.
And as always, contact me if you have any questions. I love talking about EA and helping others with it.
Re: Are you wondering how to get started with embryo adoption? Read this.
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Me (32) DH (36) - Finding our way to baby #1
Me: POF/DOR - AMH <0.16, heterozygous c677t MTHFR, insulin resistant and gluten intolerant
DH: Severe MFI
12/2/11 - IUI #1- BFN
8/1/12 - IVF #1 - Zero response from max stims (600iu intramuscularly)
My ovaries are just for decoration
12/6/12 - Adopted five embryos that had been frozen for over ten years!
2/11/13 - DEmbryo FET #1 Thawed four, sadly two didn't survive. Transferred two beautiful blasts.
2/16/13 - First BFP of my life @ 6dp5dt! EDD 10/30/13
3/27/13 - After beta and u/s hell, no heartbeat ever detected. D&C at 9w1d.
6/5/13 - Adopted four new embryos that had been frozen for seven years!
9/12/13 - DEmbryo FET #2. Thawed and transferred two beautiful blasts
9/17/13 - BFP @ 5dp6dt! EDD 05/31/14
9/29/13 - m/c @ 5w1d.
11/19/13 - DEmbryo FET #3. Thawed and transferred one blast from each batch. Wow!
11/23/13 - BFP @ 4dp6dt! EDD 8/7/13
Beta #1 @ 13dp6dt - 522 Beta #2 @ 16dp6dt - 1373
6w5d ultrasound showed one perfect baby with a beautiful heartbeat of 134bpm!
Snowflake baby is a girl!
Our beautiful Snowflake girl arrived on July 22, 2014!
My embryo adoption blog: Wishing on a Snowflake