Making Miscarriage Less Mysterious

Miscarriage. Painful and heart wrenching, but altogether too common, miscarriages occur in about 15-20% of all pregnancies. (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) Until recently, researchers were unable to tell which pregnancies were the most likely to...

Embryo storage and freezing: a brief overview

According to the Committee Monitoring Assisted Reproductive Technologies (CMART), today there is an estimated 1 million In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) cycles every year around the world.This makes IVF the most common fertility treatment pursued by infertile couples. But...

Report confirms adoption and ART have much in common

According to a 2009 report by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, there are clear benefits to treating Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) procedures with the same practices of traditional adoption and the two processes are more similar than many previously...

Snowflakes delivers children through Embryo Adoption

In the summer of 2007, Sabrina and Chris Garcia received some heartbreaking news: they were not able to achieve a pregnancy. Like the thousands of couples in the United States who struggle with infertility, this Colorado couple began researching all of their adoption...

Infertility: a common battle

A woman who is faced with infertility may often feel that no one understands what she is going through. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, 7.3 million women in the U.S. aged 15-44 had difficulties getting pregnant in 2002. That’s...
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