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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

lawyer told you. I don't think you can ask for compensation for your frozen embryos.

Is this a shared cycle OR a donation? If it's shared, the other couple should have the choice of using their own sperm and the transfer should definitely be fresh. If the transfer is frozen, it sounds like you are selling your eggs! Ewww!

I guess you didn't read the full posting. As I stated before, the orginal couple only wanted the embryos, not the eggs. I had no problem either way about allowing another couple to have the eggs or embryos. I also never made any issue with the idea of allowing the husband's sperm. If that is what the family feels OK with, I am not going to judge.

As for your other uncalled for comment, the receiving couple can pay for 1/2 of the cost in return for the half SHARED CYCLE and it can be either embryos or just eggs. This is not donation, which is different situation.

There are many agenies that have set up contracts to where the person providing the eggs will keep half with the hopes of freezing them for personal use. In return, she will not be given any money consideration for her pain and suffering. She also may need to pay half of the medication and retreival costs.

In regards to the illinformed comment about me \"selling my eggs\" you are being just awfully rude. True egg donors, in gerenal, are being compensated $3,000-10,000 (Plus IVF expenses) for the service. Is that selling one's eggs? In an adoption, the adoptive family would need to pay. Is that buying a baby? When you go into the hospital , your insurance pays. Again, are you paying for a baby? Of course not. You are paying for services such as medical, legal, and adminitrative costs that are involved in bringing your baby home. I can see your comment if I posted that I am offering my eggs or embryos to the highest bidder. However, this is not the case.

In my situation, I am not walking away with more money than I started with. I am not asking for money to sell my genetic material, only enough to recover some of the medication, bloodwork, and retrieval cost. Again, the cost that the couple would need to pay should they decide to go through an IVF proceedure themselves.

So to anon, I would be careful with what you post as it might be coming off sounding like someone that is very bitter.

I am just having a hard time understanding your situation. It just seems to me that if someone either hires an egg donor or does a traditional shared cycle, then they should have the benefit of doing a FRESH cycle. The timing you are proposing doesn't allow the other couple enough time to get in a joint fresh cycle with you as you are already in the cycle and are about to have your eggs retrieved. It struck me that if you wanted someone to do a shared cycle with the frozen embryos (not eggs, as egg freezing is not possible yet) zafter you have already cycled, then yes, it does sound like egg selling. Sorry. That's just my opinion. Good luck to you. I hope you get a BFP.

Anon. You are being rediculous and rude. I fully understand what this poster is saying and if the other couple had worked out it would have been your typical shared cycled............I think now there is the possibility they will freeze half the eggs vs. just donating half the embryos? Either way, this is no stranger or out of the ordinary than many other ways of doing this I have heard of. She is simply asking for half the expenses to be paid, expenses any couple doing a shared cycle would (would have) incurred........

If you don't like the idea, so be it, keep it to yourself.

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