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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What would you regret more, never being a parent or never remarrying?  If you want to be a parent, have a baby now on your own. It will be easier for you to find a divorced dad to marry later on than someone excited about your giving birth to your ex’s baby.[/quote]

This. If you have a baby (or babies) on your own you'll be just like any other divorced woman with kids from her ex-spouse. [/quote]
Except that other divorced women who had children with their ex-spouse had those children during the marriage, and their ex-spouses are co-parenting. Has OP’s ex signed away his parental rights? [b]Is there a legal avenue for him to change his mind in the future?[/b] Can OP really predict how this will turn out? [/quote]

She said in her original post that her soon to be ex-husband had signed off on the embryos completely, but the bolded is something I would want to be 100% sure on before I used those embryos, whether I was single or married.

OP, if you have embryos already frozen, does that mean you have fertility issues? I mean, I'm just confused in this scenario.If you have known fertility issues and want to have a child, I think you should go for it on your own. [/quote]
I’m not sure it is legally possible to sign away your parental rights to children who do not yet exist. I have a feeling OP’s ex has only given permission to OP to make decisions over the future use of the embryos, as far as the fertility clinic is concerned.[/quote]

It really depends on the state. Arizona just passed a law that an ex can use embryos against the wishes of the former spouse depending on the nature of the original contract, but also relinquishes that parent of all child support.[/quote]
I just read up on the Arizona law. It’s the first of its kind in the nation, so expect it to be challenged, and it only went into effect a little over a year ago and doesn’t apply to embryos created before it took effect. I seriously doubt OP can count on any particular outcome from potential future legal challenges.[/quote]

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