Has anyone considered/done embryo adoption?

[Anonymous]

In the video he says they have had embryo donations to a number of families. I'm sure they prefer to use PGS tested embryos, but you can just ask them how they screen. They do not accept embryos made by other clinics, according to that interview.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else.

[Anonymous]

If our transfer doesn't work of our only embryo I'll be moving to donor embryos. Donor eggs were just too costly. Though not at shady grove but California conceptions. Since it's double donor their success rates are pretty high and it's not that much more expensive than shady grove/also has a money back if bor successful option.

[Anonymous]

^if not successful oops

[Anonymous]

You also might want to check out:

National Embryo Donation Center
[url]https://www.embryodonation.org/[url]

Nightlight
[/url]https://www.nightlight.org/snowflakes-embryo-adoption-donation/embryo-adoption/[/url]

American Embryo Adoption Agency
https://embryoadoptionusa.com/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

Yeah, I guess those who give up their children for adoption are abnormal too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If our transfer doesn't work of our only embryo I'll be moving to donor embryos. Donor eggs were just too costly. Though not at shady grove but California conceptions. Since it's double donor their success rates are pretty high and it's not that much more expensive than shady grove/also has a money back if bor successful option.

How do you think the child will feel once they are old enough to fully understand the implications? We aren't talking about an adoption where the biological mother didn't want or couldn't raise her own child or even egg/sperm donation where the biological parent never intended to raise the child. Everything else being equal, most people would prefer to be raised within their own biological families, and in this situation, everything else is equal. The biological parents are people who desperately wanted children and are most likely just as stable and loving as the receiving family is. It's only a matter of dumb luck that the kid wasn't the embryo who was implanted into his or her biological mother's uterus and raised among their own family. Don't you think that once the child realizes this, there's a good chance he'll feel like he got the short end of the stick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

Yeah, I guess those who give up their children for adoption are abnormal too.

They aren't abnormal. They are women who unwillingly became pregnant and aren't able/willing to raise their kids. No one wants to give up their kid for adoption or does so willingly. Giving one's own child away is a sad, heartbreaking thing to have to do.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

Yeah, I guess those who give up their children for adoption are abnormal too.

They aren't abnormal. They are women who unwillingly became pregnant and aren't able/willing to raise their kids. No one wants to give up their kid for adoption or does so willingly. Giving one's own child away is a sad, heartbreaking thing to have to do.

I misspoke this part and I know someone is going to jump on it. I don't mean that they weren't willing to give their kid up for adoption, but that they never wanted to be in this situation to begin with. They did not choose to become pregnant with the intention of giving their kids to someone else. They did so, because of bad circumstances.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

Yeah, I guess those who give up their children for adoption are abnormal too.

They aren't abnormal. They are women who unwillingly became pregnant and aren't able/willing to raise their kids. No one wants to give up their kid for adoption or does so willingly. Giving one's own child away is a sad, heartbreaking thing to have to do.

I misspoke this part and I know someone is going to jump on it. I don't mean that they weren't willing to give their kid up for adoption, but that they never wanted to be in this situation to begin with. They did not choose to become pregnant with the intention of giving their kids to someone else. They did so, because of bad circumstances.

You're making an awful of assumptions here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Somewhat off point, but, many of us who have successfully conceived with IVF have frozen embryos we will not be using and would love to adopt them out. My husband and I will soon be looking into how-where to do that right now. Though our embryos have not been genetically tested I am assuming that we will have to provide information on whether there have been successful pregnancies from embryos created in the same cycle, and that anyone wanting to adopt our remaining embryos will have that info. Following this string as I’m interested from the other side.

We are in the same boat - had two kids via IVF and have three unused embryos stored at SGF. We are over 35 but embryos are PGS tested normal. It's an agonizing choice for sure but we decided against adoption. I just can't accept that children that are genetically mine will be raised somewhere else. [/quote]


Most normal people wouldn't go for this either.

Yeah, I guess those who give up their children for adoption are abnormal too.

They aren't abnormal. They are women who unwillingly became pregnant and aren't able/willing to raise their kids. No one wants to give up their kid for adoption or does so willingly. Giving one's own child away is a sad, heartbreaking thing to have to do.

I misspoke this part and I know someone is going to jump on it. I don't mean that they weren't willing to give their kid up for adoption, but that they never wanted to be in this situation to begin with. They did not choose to become pregnant with the intention of giving their kids to someone else. They did so, because of bad circumstances.

It's still no different from your statement that "most normal people wouldn't go for this either". You're just trying to have it both ways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If our transfer doesn't work of our only embryo I'll be moving to donor embryos. Donor eggs were just too costly. Though not at shady grove but California conceptions. Since it's double donor their success rates are pretty high and it's not that much more expensive than shady grove/also has a money back if bor successful option.

How do you think the child will feel once they are old enough to fully understand the implications? We aren't talking about an adoption where the biological mother didn't want or couldn't raise her own child or even egg/sperm donation where the biological parent never intended to raise the child. Everything else being equal, most people would prefer to be raised within their own biological families, and in this situation, everything else is equal. The biological parents are people who desperately wanted children and are most likely just as stable and loving as the receiving family is. It's only a matter of dumb luck that the kid wasn't the embryo who was implanted into his or her biological mother's uterus and raised among their own family. Don't you think that once the child realizes this, there's a good chance he'll feel like he got the short end of the stick?

Lots and lots of dumb assumptions. How is embryo adoption different from using both donor egg and donor sperm? You end up w/o genetic link to the child either way, but embryo donation is more affordable for people who struggle with infertility costs and no insurance coverage.

[Anonymous]

I actually have family members that were adopted embryos and I admit I had a lot of the same fears and sentiments on this thread. But now that they are part of my family (my husband's side) I can say that every single one of those fears/sentiments have been dispelled.

[Anonymous]

8:24 I don't think you understand what double donor means, though not shocking given you come here and start the shit that you do, and don't really seem to understand these concepts well. These aren't embryos left over from an infertile couple, they are created just for donation with donor sperm and donor eggs. I think everyone here is aware that some people think as you do, however we don't really need every single post about donor options to turn into to this argument about how it's not normal to do this and we're crazy for considering it. Maybe you're not aware or just lucky but some people cannot create their own embryos. To come here and tell us stuff we already know and try to point it as we're abnormal or not thinking this through is unkind. I guarantee any of us considering donor options has thought this through thoroughly and also likely has seen a therapist to talk it through as is often required to use donor eggs/embryos/sperms. So maybe find a hobby or something.