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[quote=Anonymous]After three cycles of IVF we were fortunate enough to have our baby girl. She’s six months old now. My husband and I are both 99% sure we do not want to try for a sibling. I feel so lucky to have her, and honestly don’t want to go through the process, cost, and potential heartache of more cycles. And we are really content just with one baby. Originally, we talked about having two, but after so many years of trying we are happy with one.

We have two frozen embryos remaining. I paid for an additional year of embryo storage, which expires this coming October.  I do not want to donate them to another couple or to science. I think we will just not renew the contract for freezing and they will be destroyed. But...That also sits heavy on me. Every embryo was a chance, and we transferred six before finally getting pregnant.  Some days I just think of them as being two little embryos and nothing more, other times I look at my baby and think that they are two other babies. Not trying to start some type of religious or philosophical thing here, but I’m sure others have struggled with the decision to destroy embryos, even if they really didn’t want any other children. Those who have, how did you feel about your decision? Did you have any regrets?  We could just continue paying the $500 a year for storage, but I know that is not practical in the long run. [/quote]

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