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!