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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure whether anyone is curious, but I'm happy to answer questions about our experience donating embryos through an open-placement process.

We were incredibly lucky and got three kids from IVF. Now we are donating our "extra" embryos -- six high quality blastocysts -- to another family.

The clinic we're working with submitted families for our consideration. We chose one, and that family liked us back. If any babies are born, we will be in annual contact with the adopting family until any offspring are 18.

[b]We told my MIL about the embryo donation, and her mind was blown.[/b] So that got me thinking that maybe others would have questions about the process and/or our thinking about the whole thing.[/quote]

Does grandma want some rights to see the grandchild too? [/quote]

DP. This question makes me think of something I hadn't before--a difference btw this and traditional adoption. In the case of an already-born child, there's usually an attempt to find a family member (i.e., grandparent, aunt/uncle, cousin, etc) to adopt him/her. In this case, there's none of that. From the outset, the child will go to a completely different family.

What does the rest of your extended family feel, OP, assuming they know? [/quote]

OP here.

Our families know about this decision, and they seem happy about it. My father in particular said it's a mitzvah. No one has openly expressed any sort of criticism or condemnation.

I think some family members are bewildered by all of our IVF stuff, not just the donation. [/quote]

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