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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can move them to another storage facility that is less expensive, if you want to keep options open until you are a certain age.

Looking up articles on this helped me greatly. The vast, vast majority end up thawing and discarding embryos eventually (98%).

Donating to science is really, really elusive if you want something meaning ful, versus a lab technician practicing working with embryos for their training.

We faced this after years of storage fees. Thought one and done, but did a FET when our kid was in elementary, figuring we'd be open to a 2nd kid if it worked out. Pregnancy, then miscarriage. I knew I was done. Won't miss the sleepless nights with a baby, though we would have welcomed a kid for the longer term.

We considered embryo donation but only if two couples I knew had been receptive. It's very personal. Id no more feel compelled to donate embryos, than be an egg donor every month in my 20s (which I did not do). I personally didn't want to get on the train of someone else picking over my genetics, for good or for bad too.

Going through the FET is also a reminder, conception fails at many, many points. You would not even know if an egg and sperm met one month and you then had a negative pregnancy test. I also had a fibroid that was sort of marginal, was willing to do FET, but not willing to pay out-of-pocket for surgery. Nor would I ever consider the cost of a surrogate. Point being conception could fail at many steps.

Googling this topic brought up articles that helped me make a decision that closed this book for us.

Best of luck.[/quote]

How do you think the doctors who helped get you pregnant got so good at it?  Practice!  This seems like the best way to pay it forward to help other couples who come after you and keep it from being a total "waste".  [/quote]

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