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Intro and Attorney Recommendations?

a&c2005a&c2005
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After 3 failed IVF attempts and a pending international adoption that seems to be going nowhere, DH and I finally decided to proceed with DE IVF.  We searched through numerous egg donor databases, and we finally agreed on a donor! She had great results in her prior donation, so we are crossing our fingers that everything works out. 

Now we are in the process of reviewing the agency agreements.  We are working with a California based agency but a donor who lives in Texas.  If you are in Texas and worked with an out of state egg donor agency, which attorney did you work with to review the egg donor agency contract and to draft the agreement with the egg donor? 

Me (34) DH (37) Me: DOR, very low AMH DH: No issues IVF #1 2/2011: BFN IVF #2 11/2012: cancelled due to large cyst IVF #3 1/2013: cancelled due to high progesterone 2/2013: moving on to DE IVF
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  • liz4pawsliz4paws member
    We are in Texas and worked with Adam Aseron from Giles, Sayers, and Aseron in Austin for our outofstate embryo donation. He deals with egg donor scenarios all the time and was excellent to work with. He was very quick to draft our agreement and answered questions quickly at all hours of the day. Also, he charged a flat fee instead of hourly rate which was significantly less expensive.

    I wish you lots of luck.

    ************ Signature/Ticker Warning ************
     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
      
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  • reb259reb259 member

    Are you planning to do donor egg or donor embryo?  Unless CA has different laws, an attorney is not required for donor egg.

    I am AMA and all tests on H came back normal
    3 failed IVF with OE and 2 failed frozen DE cycles
    Last fresh hail mary DE cycle starting Feb 2013
    PAIF/SAIF always welcome
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  • a&c2005a&c2005

    Thanks for the referral liz4paws!! Good luck to you too!

    reb259--we are doing egg donation

    Me (34) DH (37) Me: DOR, very low AMH DH: No issues IVF #1 2/2011: BFN IVF #2 11/2012: cancelled due to large cyst IVF #3 1/2013: cancelled due to high progesterone 2/2013: moving on to DE IVF
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  • chicagobride_07chicagobride_07 member

    GL!  We used an agency in Massachusetts.  PP is right- an attorney is optional (at least in my state).  Our agency had agreements pre-drafted which we utilized.  I did have an attorney in our family review (this was not his specialty!) but in the end we had no changes.

    We were given referrals to attorneys if we wanted them (one for us, one for donor)- the cost was around $1,100 (which we chose to forgo).

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    DOR and AMA
    2/12-5/12: 4 IUI cycles = all BFN;
    7/12: DE IVF # 1 (with ICSI)- 20R, 16M, 14F, 5DT of 2 blasts; 6 frosties = BFN;
    Lupus anticoagulant initially high, then found to be normal on hematology consult;
    Follow up testing in September all clear;
    Started synthroid for "high normal" TSH;
    FET # 1- late October 2012- BFP on FRER; beta # 1- 21(low), beta # 2- 48 (still low), beta # 3- 132, beta # 4- 1,293; beta # 5- 5,606; last beta- over 100,000. First u/s 11/21- heard heartbeat
    12/12- Officially an OB patient!
    Level 2 ultrasound at 20 weeks shows vasa previa and VCI
    Referral to MFM and mandatory c section for delivery
    Beautiful baby girl born at 34 weeks
    Finally home after 15 day NICU stay!
    Trying for sibling: FET # 2- May 2014; beta 5/31, BFN
    FET #3, early July 2014; beta 7/14, BFN
    DE IVF # 2- August 2014; 14R, 13M, 11F, 5dt of 2 blasts (3 AA), 5 frosties = BFN
    FET #4- December 2014, yet another BFN

    Dr. KK work up shows borderline uterine blood flow, elevated NK cells, and MTHFR mutation (homozygous for c677t)

    Added baby aspirin, prednisone, supplements, Metanx, and intralipids

    Switched to large clinic for final attempt; had endometrial receptivity testing in January; FET March 2015 = yet another BFN

    Likely OAD- NBC

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  • reb259reb259 member
    imagea&c2005:

    Thanks for the referral liz4paws!! Good luck to you too!

    reb259--we are doing egg donation

    I am pretty sure no attorney is required for egg donor cycles.  I have done one in Atlanta and 2 in TX and never had to...I am also from MI and I have a friend doing donor egg and I am almost 100% sure no attorney required.  I fyou were using donor embryos you would.

    I am AMA and all tests on H came back normal
    3 failed IVF with OE and 2 failed frozen DE cycles
    Last fresh hail mary DE cycle starting Feb 2013
    PAIF/SAIF always welcome
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  • a&c2005a&c2005
    Thanks for the advice reb259.  I'm actually an attorney and did my LLM in health law, but reproductive law is not my area of expertise.  Reproductive laws also cover so much of family law, an area that I don't practice.  Luckily for us, Texas has adopted the Uniform Parentage Act so determination of parentage is a more settled issue compared to other states.  I just want to make sure that my husband and I have all the bases covered.
    Me (34) DH (37) Me: DOR, very low AMH DH: No issues IVF #1 2/2011: BFN IVF #2 11/2012: cancelled due to large cyst IVF #3 1/2013: cancelled due to high progesterone 2/2013: moving on to DE IVF
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  • BRSaugust20BRSaugust20 member

    Our agency was in MA and we had to have an attorney for both us and our egg donor.  Our clinic wouldn't let us proceed until they got confirmationfrom our agency that we both had signed the donor contract. 

     We used an attorney out of NJ but is admitted to the MA bar. Good luck!!!!   

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