We Talked to the Doc in California

So we are getting closer to decision time. After a couple mix-ups, we spoke to the doctor in California who did the transfer of some of the embryos that were created at the same time from the same donors as those that we are hoping to adopt. He answered all of our questions that we could think of and he said that they would be willing to do the transfer for us! This would be awesome because this clinic already has access to these embryos and has all the necessary paperwork completed. This would save a huge headache as we have quickly found out that trying to navigate different clinics, shipping eymbryos, and getting the necessary workups done are not easy. There are so many rules and regulations to comply with. Every clinic has their own set of rules and it is proving difficult to get concrete answers. In addition, the doctor said we could do all our monitoring and pre-transfer procedures here in Minnesota and then only take one trip out to Minnesota. Great! So today I called a clinic in Minnesota we have been working with to begin scheduling the pre-transfer stuff only to find out they will provide these services only if they themselves do the transfer. Okay, more rules. We have a call into another clinic to see if they would be willing to coordinate with the California clinic for the appointments leading up to the transfer. We are waiting to hear from them (hopefully tomorrow). If they agree to take us on as patients, then hopefully we will have a decision by the end of the week. Still waiting for answers...