Embryo Donation and Adoption Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Want to know more about the cost of embryo adoption, the process of embryo donation, or how to best choose a family to receive your embryos? Our interesting infographics can help you better understand these complex topics.

Check out the latest issue of Pathway2Family at pathway2family.org! In the latest issue, you can read: Understanding the Process of Placing Embryos for Adoption Embryo Adoption Frees a Flurry of Snowflakes Placing Your Embryos for Adoption: First Things First Dot … Read More

1. Embryo Adoption allows the mother to experience pregnancy and childbirth. Many families who cannot conceive mourn the fact they have never experienced pregnancy and childbirth.  Other types of adoption cannot alleviate this grief. When the woman has received a … Read More

Even if you decided to adopt your child as an embryo, they will have questions. We recommend you begin gathering answers to these questions now, to make answering them later a bit easier. What are my genetic parents’ first and … Read More

1. Are they yours? Well, um since I’m the one diapering, carrying, burping, and worrying over them, I sure hope they are mine! Oh, wait, surely you are not fishing to find out if we used donor eggs to help … Read More

1. Understand your insurance coverage BEFORE you see a specialist. 2. Make sure you have the latest copy of the Evidence of Coverage document detailing the coverage benefits offered by your policy. This document changes frequently. 3. Get your infertility coverage in … Read More

1. Telling a process, not a one- or even two-time event. You start laying the groundwork and add detail as your child ages. 2. Don’t over tell. The temptation is to put it all out there, tell everything you know … Read More

What to do with your unused embryos? A guide for sorting through the options. Many couples who choose in vitro fertilization (IVF) create more embryos than they finally use to build their family. Remaining embryos are in frozen storage. But … Read More

The initial infertility evaluation always includes investigation on both partners. For women: Ovarian reserve testing to assess both egg quantity and quality Blood markers, FSH-follicle stimulating hormone and AMH-anti-mullerian hormone Pelvic ultrasound to look for the number of antral follicles … Read More