Donor Insemination & Donor Egg/Embryo

Hi there:

You can donate them to either of two Donor embryo programs. The National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) or a program like Snoflakes will take them.

Good luck to you!

Gabrielle

From Womack DSW

IVF 1# ICSI & AH-BFN 04/08.

After too many failed natural cycles to mention, discover that previously clear tubes have become blocked after surgery to remove fibroids (however, no more fibroids). Decent FSH for 40 year old but FLE (funny looking, non-fertilizable eggs leading RE to push for DE).

preparing for 1st donor egg (international adoption to Kazahkstan on hold pending DE success)

DE cycle 1, BFP but M/C at 8 weeks

Gearing up for DE cycle #2

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I'm a little confused by your signature but looks like you just had a baby?? If so, it's probably overwhelming now thinking about having another child so you might want to think about it after time has passed. You might decide then that you want to try again and it's probably a small price to pay to have them stored because if you decide to not use them you can still donate them and give someone a wonderful gift. Talk to your RE to understand all your options.

Good luck!

My guess is that you have already had your baby?  And congrats to you for that!

Regarding your left over embryos -- you have several options.  First of all don't even think about it until your baby is over a year old.  You are going to be too busy gobbling up every precious minute you have with your sweet pea.

After your baby is a year old -- then you can begin to think what you want to do.  Lots of women are having babies healthily after age 40.  You might decide after your child is born that you do want to try to give your child a sibling.

If you find that you don't want to do that -- there's several options.  You can donate your embryos to another couple through open donation.  You can donate your embryos so places like The National Embryo Donation Center, and Snowflakes.  Those organizations adopt your embryos out to other couples for a fee.  You can also go to Miracles Waiting which is a non-profit organization that doesn't charge to help you match with another couple.  You can also donate your embryos back to the clinic where they were created and that clinic can donate them to another couple.  You can also donate them to science, or you can simply tell the clinic where they were created you want them destroyed and they will do that.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey!

pvemom

I had my first child via IVF at age 45. Out of three embryos, we transferred one and froze the other two. For the first few months after my daughter's birth, I truly felt my family was complete. I even told my husband my child-bearing days were over, and that we could go ahead and donate the remaining embryos. We never did, and now that my little sweetie is 16 months old, and I'm no longer quite so exhausted and hormonal, I think I'm rarin' to try for #2, even at the ripe old age of 47.

I guess my point is two-fold: a) Don't commit to any course of action in the first few months after your baby (babies) is/are born, and b) Don't succumb to negative "narrow window of opportunity" thinking that may force you into making a decision that's not right for you. Forty is not too old to have kids. :-)