Saturday, June 22, 2013

June 2013 ICLW



It always amazes me how quickly a month flies by and it is time for ICLW again.

For those new here from ICLW, here's a quick round up of where we are.  Babe and I have been married for almost 11 years, and had been trying to have a baby for almost 9.  We tried clomid, IUIs and also 4 rounds of IVFs without any success.  We were originally diagnosed with unexplained infertility but was later told we are not able to conceive due to crappy low quality eggs.  Last year we started our process to adopt internationally and then later decided to pursue embryo adoption instead.

We are working with the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) to adopt our embryos.  Last month we flew out to Knoxville, TN to meet up with the staff there and had our initial appointment and mock transfer.  We were given some profiles of donor families that met our preferences for us to select embryos from.  About 2 weeks ago, Babe and I selected 2 families.  Both donor families accepted and approved us to adopt their embryos almost immediately!  We are so happy and excited about this!

Just yesterday, we had a phone meeting with our counselor regarding our Open Donation Agreement (ODA).  I will write about this in another post.  That's where we are right now.  I hope you stick around and follow us as we continue on our journey to grow our family via embryo adoption!

10 comments:

  1. I'm keeping up, sending prayers, and let me know if you want some coffee when you're in Knoxville, since I live about 15 minutes from NEDC. Cheering for you every step of the way!!!
    Marykroberts11@gmail.com

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  2. Yay! Things are moving right along :) When are you going to transfer?

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  3. Hi from ICLW! Wishing you all the best!

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  4. Hopeful that the adopted embryos will blossom into your children. Good Luck to you...

    #17

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  5. Hi from ICLW...thats great news!!!

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  6. Hi from ICLW! What a roller coaster you guys have been on. Looking forward to following along with you on this new exciting journey!

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  7. Hello from ICLW! Looking forward to reading more about your blog and this next step of perusing donor embryos. I want to learn more about this process. DH and I were so lucky to have success after our IVF #2 and are pregnant with twins. We still have a couple babies on ice and will likely donate them. I'm really excited to follow your journey and learn more about this process. Wishing you all the best!

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  8. Hello from the ICLW. That's great news about the donor families. Looking forward to following you journey.

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  9. hope you find your perfect embryos!! :)

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  10. Here from ICLW.. Thanks for sharing. Having POF, donor eggs/embryos seem to be the only option for hubs and I if IUI fails. It is good to read from people who are dealing with that... gives me hope.

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