Sunday, August 9, 2009

Will we be adopting embryos soon?

A couple weeks have passed and we are still waiting to see how this story unfolds. It seems like there is a lot of hurry up and wait. The embryos we submitted our application for were donated to someone else. At that time, however, there were 4 embryos that were coming up for adoption that we were interested in. From what we understand, there were 22 embryos originally created. The biological mom and dad had twins boy and girl set and then the remaining embryos were donated. The family they donated to went on to have a little girl. The adoptee family is now donating the remaining 4 embryos back to embryos alive. From the sounds of it, they are very intersted in having us adopt them. We are trying to do research to ensure all of our bases are covered so we will know these embryos are able to be transferred before we make the final decision on accepting them. Navigating this process is very difficult and time consuming. The FDA has so many regulations about embryos even to the point that it depends on if they were created before or after 2005. Clinics are also very picky about which embryos they will transfer because having good statistics for transfers that result in pregnancies is very important for the viability of their practice. At any rate, we have a phone consult with a doctor from California tomorrow. He just happens to be the doctor that did the transfer for the first adoptive family that resulted in a single birth. We are hoping that after our conversation with him tomorrow, our next step will be blaringly clear.

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