What are my options for using the embryos?
We hope that most couples will be able to use the embryos to have a healthy baby. Patients having frozen embryos transferred, make up about one fourth of the patients visiting our office. Some are thawing embryos after failing to become pregnant during their IVF cycle, and some are using the embryos years after a successful IVF cycle, to have a second or third child. You may be surprised to learn that there are a significant number of people who do not want to use their frozen embryos to become pregnant. These are typically people that have completed their families and are not interested in having any more children. Having embryos remaining creates a very difficult situation for these families. The embryos can be discarded as medical waste, but the decision to destroy the embryos is not made easily. Couples with children resulting from IVF treatment often view the frozen embryos as potential children and siblings for their existing children. Coming to terms with destroying the embryos
We hope that most couples will be able to use the embryos to have a healthy baby. Patients having frozen embryos transferred, make up about one fourth of the patients visiting our office. Some are thawing embryos after failing to become pregnant during their IVF cycle, and some are using the embryos years after a successful IVF cycle, to have a second or third child. You may be surprised to learn that there are a significant number of people who do not want to use their frozen embryos to become pregnant. These are typically people that have completed their families and are not interested in having any more children. Having embryos remaining creates a very difficult situation for these families. The embryos can be discarded as medical waste, but the decision to destroy the embryos is not made easily. Couples with children resulting from IVF treatment often view the frozen embryos as potential children and siblings for their existing children. Coming to terms with destroying the embryos
