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Orange County Couple Expecting Twin Boys as a Result of Embryo Adoption
In a family squabble posted online this week, Whittier octuplets mom Nadya Suleman seemed completely taken aback when her mother said she should have put the frozen embryos from her fertility treatments up for adoption rather than have them all implanted. Although Suleman, a 33-year-old divorced mother of 14 children under the age of 7, pondered the idea for a second, she quickly dismissed it for herself. But for many infertile couples, embryo adoption is a viable alternative - particularly for those who were able to have children through in vitro fertilization, but don't want to destroy the embryos leftover from their treatment. That's where Nightlight Christian Adoption's Snowflakes program comes in. The program arranges for families to donate frozen fertilized eggs to infertile couples who undergo the same home study and background checks that domestic adoptive parents would. The name "Snowflakes" comes from the idea that the program deals with frozen and unique. READ the story at the SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE.
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