Embryo adoption through our clinic is different than most. These adoptions are closed but it was quite important to us to have some sort of relationship or communication with the donor family. We asked our clinic if they would be open in sharing first names and email addresses and they agreed to share. I wroteContinue reading “Redemption is Coming”
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it’s all happening
it’s a weird feeling having to let go having biological children but, ultimately, who cares! We want to be parents. Biological or not, we will love these babies with all we have in us! We signed up with a wonderful embryo adoption agency while also working with our clinic. We were given 2-3 profiles everyContinue reading “it’s all happening”
our next book title is…..
We have several books on our “fertility journey bookshelf” and have officially closed another one. We had nine perfect, genetically normal embryos and not one of those embryos resulted in a live birth. based on this and after lots of thinking/praying, we have decided not to do another egg retrieval. Egg retrievals are VERY hardContinue reading “our next book title is…..”
staying hopeful in the not yet
There’s not really a certain period of time that should go by before you decide you are ready to move forward again. Is it a month? 6 months? A year? There’s not a right answer because everyone is so different. For me, I go by how I feel. Am I ready to get back onContinue reading “staying hopeful in the not yet”
down but not out
in the six months since I’ve written, a lot has happened. recapping from the last post, our 6th transfer failed (the first with our surrogate) possibly due to an embryo problem and possibly due to a subchorionic hematoma. august 28, 2024 – we transferred the most perfect embryo. we kept saying this was the “littleContinue reading “down but not out”
Three babies. One year. Now what?
This month, August 2022, will be FOUR years that we’ve been trying to have a baby. Never in a million years did I think I’d still be talking about being childless. Never in a million years did I think I wouldn’t have a baby by the time I was 31. Never in a million yearsContinue reading “Three babies. One year. Now what?”
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