So we are officially starting a new journey to adopt again!! This journey will be like no other! We are going to adopt embryo's, also called snowflake babies! I know this is different, but if you take the time to learn about it, it really is an awesome way to save babies!!! I will give an explanation of it and at the bottom of the page I will put a couple links where you can learn more. It's a shorter process in a way, but not if you count the length of pregnancy. At least with our last experience where we went from first application to baby in our arms in 7 months.
Basically when a woman has fertility problems one of the ways they try to get pregnant is through IVF(In Vitro Fertilization) This is a costly procedure where the woman takes drugs to stimulate her ovaries to produce a bunch of eggs. Then they harvest them and fertilize them with the husbands sperm to create an embryo. Since it is so expensive they create many embryo's to have the best odds of getting pregnant. However, sometimes it works on the first try or they have a few and want no more and then they have some left over and they have to decide what happens to them. They can dispose of them, donate them to science, freeze them indefinitely, or freeze and donate them to other women who want to get pregnant. This is pretty controversial, but my husband and I feel it is wrong to dispose or donate them to science. They are babies! There are an estimated of 500,000 frozen embryo's around the world just waiting for a womb to grow in! I loved being pregnant and am excited about saving a baby(or more)'s life! Once we are matched with a donor the process should take 2-4 months till I'm pregnant. And the cost will be about $5-6K for everything.
Here is a rough draft of what it will look like.
1.) We put up a profile on a site called Miracles Waiting. It is a place where you can put an ad that you are looking for embryo's and information about yourself so donors can look and find someone they feel will be a good fit to what they want for their babies. You can just go straight through your doctor to get anonymous donors, but we would like to have a semi open adoption since that is what we have with Izzy. We would like them to have the option to get to know their biological siblings and parents.
2.) I have contacted the ER (reproductive endocrinologist) that we will most likely use. Dr Kumar in LA. He was HIGHLY recommended to me from a couple women.
3.) Once we are matched, we work with an attourney to get all the legal stuff figured out so that we are the legal parents then we have to get the embryo's to our clinic. I will also start regiment to get my body prepared to accept the embryos. Essentially BCP (birth control pills) and some other hormones to thicken my uterine wall. I will detail that more when I am going through it.
4.) When everything is perfect I will travel to LA for the FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer). I will stay in the area for a couple days then come back to finish out my pregnancy.
Before we get to far we really need to raise the funds! It was amazing to see God work through Izzy's adoption and trust he can do it again! I can't thank those who helped with that enough! We can't imagine our lives with out her! She brings so much joy to our family and know we will feel the same with this baby(ies)!! ANY amount is a huge blessing!! No amount is TOO small! Every little bit gets us closer to saving a sweet baby(or two).
Donating is super easy! Just click THIS Go Fund Me LINK Can be anonymous or known. Also, I have a paypal link on the right side bar. Or you can send cash or check to 4003 E 115th St. Kansas City, Mo 64137
Here are a couple Links to some websites that you can read through with more information. Please feel free to ask questions, but please be respectful and supportive!
Miracles Waiting
Embryo Adoption Awareness Center
We really appreciate all your prayers and support while we head down this new journey!!! I will keep this blog updated constantly!
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