When couples go through fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, there is usually an excess of fertilized eggs (embryos) that are cryopreserved - frozen and stored for later use.

It is estimated that 400,000 human embryos are currently in cryopreservation in the United States. When the genetic parents decide that their family is complete and embryos are still available, they are faced with a dilemma: donating their embryos to research, thawing them and letting them die, or donating them to a couple who is unable to conceive. Many believe that embryo donation and adoption is the most life-honoring solution to this difficult choice.

If you have gone through in-vitro fertilization you know the anguish of trying to conceive and thinking that maybe you never will, but through reproductive technologies, you now have your own child. But now you have frozen embryos in storage. What should you do with precious beginnings?

Embryo Donation

There are literally thousands of couple who are going through exactly the same thing that you did, the inability to conceive a child. But some of those women have no viable eggs to use for in vitro fertilization, and this is where you can help, you can donate your embryos instead of having them destroyed. You can provide another couple with the opportunity to experience a miracle in their life.

If you are interested in donating your eggs, you are done having children of your own, you should talk to your fertility specialist about your options and where your eggs can be sent so that another couple can have the opportunity of starting a family of their own.