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We are a young family who would like to share our embryos and cost of the IVF procedure. We have had three biological children and are going for another. Infertility is due to tubes being clipped.

We had a match with another family but it didn't work out. We are currently stimming and will undergo a retreival process in August. As a result, we will have a surplus of embryos.

Mom is Caucasian of Irish descent. She is 26 years old, 5’ 9â€

Hi. I have been getting a lot of responses with the same questions. As a result, I am trying to beat people to the punch by posting the answer to the FAQ.

In the original situation, the couple had a male fertility issue. They were ok with an embryo being created by someone else but the woman did not want to use her own eggs with a donor sperm. On the otherhand, they were fine with creating a sort of an \"adoption plan\" with our embryos, meaning we would have some level of contact. After interviewing quite a few lawyers, all parties selected a very good lawyer to draw up the paperwork and it was all legal. It was not a donation but a shared cycle.

On another note, our ER date has not occured, meaning that the little eggs have not developed into embryos yet. I have no reservation either way about an egg or embryos situation. The bottom line is that the potential child may possess my genetics but someone else will be the mother and get the pleasure of pregnancy.

We have checked with our clinic and they do not provide a donor program. We were told that we could freeze half as eggs and half as embryos if needed. Then that would give someone else the choice.

By the way, we had to bail on the couple. They let it slip in a conversation that they were going to destroy and remaining unused embryos, despite the signed agreement stating otherwise. Sorry, I just could not live with that outcome.

As for pushing my cycle off, I wish I could. We just have so much money already out that it would then be out of our financial reach if we had to repay some of the expenses. The cost of medication alone can cause a heartattack.

As always, I can be emailed at summerdoe5827@yahoo.com. Hope this information helps.

Thanks

I would be interested in donor embryos. I live in NYC. Are they still available.

Randi