Comments on: Embryo Donor/Recipient Parents – I need your stories!!! http://www.placingparents.org/embryo-donorrecipient-parents-stories A Place For Parents To Get Support Tue, 01 May 2012 20:55:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Bonnie http://www.placingparents.org/embryo-donorrecipient-parents-stories#comment-447 Bonnie Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:28:53 +0000 http://www.placingparents.org/?p=254#comment-447 Hi, I have a yahoo group for donor who's embryos created a baby anyone who qualifies may join-at Embiedonorsupport-subscribe@yahoogroups.com but there is not alot of activity- sorry to say- and I can also pass along your info/link to our families-from Embryos Alive- we are the 2nd oldest embryo adoption agency in the world- with over 50 live births or on the ways- Your blog and article is a great idea- I guess you know that only 2% of the families with embryos actually donate them? warmly, Bonnie www.embryosalive.com embryosalive@yahoo.com Hi,
I have a yahoo group for donor who's embryos created a baby anyone who qualifies may join-at
Embiedonorsupport-subscribe@yahoogroups.com but there is not alot of activity-
sorry to say-

and I can also pass along your info/link to our families-from Embryos Alive- we are the 2nd oldest embryo adoption agency in the world- with over 50 live births or on the ways-

Your blog and article is a great idea- I guess you know that only 2% of the families with embryos actually donate them?

warmly,
Bonnie
http://www.embryosalive.com
embryosalive@yahoo.com

]]> By: admin http://www.placingparents.org/embryo-donorrecipient-parents-stories#comment-442 admin Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:42:06 +0000 http://www.placingparents.org/?p=254#comment-442 Krisa - thank you so much for sharing your story! Even though it may seem like any old comment on a blog, your words can actually help both a donor or recipient family better understand embryo adoption/donation and what others have gone through. Sheila Krisa - thank you so much for sharing your story! Even though it may seem like any old comment on a blog, your words can actually help both a donor or recipient family better understand embryo adoption/donation and what others have gone through. Sheila

]]> By: Krisa Winn http://www.placingparents.org/embryo-donorrecipient-parents-stories#comment-441 Krisa Winn Fri, 30 Dec 2011 04:34:05 +0000 http://www.placingparents.org/?p=254#comment-441 My husband and I are recipient parents of donated embryos. We went through the NEDC. We love sharing our story with others, especially those that are walking through the process of EA. We have actually been blessed to have had two successful fet's. We have two beautiful daughters. Our oldest is 3 1/2, and our baby girl is almost 7 months old. Our first EA, was open. We have never met our donating family, but we do communicate regularly through email. It has been a joy to have them in our lives, and of course, we feel such gratitude for the amazing gift they have given us in our daughter. Our donating family had no remaining embryos, so we had to find another family for our second adoption. It was our plan to do an open adoption again, but we believe God had other plans. While on route to TN for our transfer, we received a phone call informing us that none of the embryos we had adopted survived the thawing process. Our options were to start over and wait for the next transfer cycle, or choose from the anonymous donor profiles. We chose the latter. 9 months later, our secon miracle baby, a baby we would have never known otherwise, was born. There is so much that I could say about our experience. I know that I felt very alone the first time through. I knew other people had been through an embryo adoption, but I didn't know any of them! I felt that there was no one to talk to who really understood what I was going through physically, emotionally, or mentally. Thankfully, I discovered several EA blogs the second time around. I actually connected with women who were working with the NEDC, and who were in the same transfer cycle as us. We got to meet a couple of my blogging sisters while in Knoxville. Then, we 'walked' through our pregnancies, births, and now life with babies together. The address for my blog is www.oncemore-lord.blogspot.com The story of our first embryo adoption and the first twelve months of our second embryo adoption is there under PAGES. My husband and I are recipient parents of donated embryos. We went through the NEDC. We love sharing our story with others, especially those that are walking through the process of EA. We have actually been blessed to have had two successful fet's. We have two beautiful daughters. Our oldest is 3 1/2, and our baby girl is almost 7 months old. Our first EA, was open. We have never met our donating family, but we do communicate regularly through email. It has been a joy to have them in our lives, and of course, we feel such gratitude for the amazing gift they have given us in our daughter. Our donating family had no remaining embryos, so we had to find another family for our second adoption. It was our plan to do an open adoption again, but we believe God had other plans. While on route to TN for our transfer, we received a phone call informing us that none of the embryos we had adopted survived the thawing process. Our options were to start over and wait for the next transfer cycle, or choose from the anonymous donor profiles. We chose the latter. 9 months later, our secon miracle baby, a baby we would have never known otherwise, was born.
There is so much that I could say about our experience. I know that I felt very alone the first time through. I knew other people had been through an embryo adoption, but I didn't know any of them! I felt that there was no one to talk to who really understood what I was going through physically, emotionally, or mentally. Thankfully, I discovered several EA blogs the second time around. I actually connected with women who were working with the NEDC, and who were in the same transfer cycle as us. We got to meet a couple of my blogging sisters while in Knoxville. Then, we 'walked' through our pregnancies, births, and now life with babies together. The address for my blog is http://www.oncemore-lord.blogspot.com The story of our first embryo adoption and the first twelve months of our second embryo adoption is there under PAGES.

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