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[quote=Anonymous]I am paying my storage fees monthly on autopay.  We recently had our first child through IVF and are considering whether to have a second with the frozen embryos.  We are older parents so we wonder about how long we will live and whether we will see them through the crucial moments of their lives.  We will likely donate if anyone would take them. After trying for so many years, my thoughts have evolved.  I used to think that having our own biological children was important.  After considering donor eggs and knowing someone who used donor eggs, I have started to believe in the adage that the people who love and raise you are your family regardless of genetics.  In the darkest moments of my infertility journey and when I was contemplating my options, I imagined a scenario. If someone knocked on my door and handed me a baby, that baby would be mine, even if I was not genetically related or had not birthed her/him.  Likewise, any children born from those embryos would not be mine because I did not raise them.  Parenting them for 18 years and beyond is what makes a parent and a family.[/quote]

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