What is the current supply of frozen embryos?
Reports indicate there are about 400,000 frozen embryos stored in fertility clinics around the country. How many of those are reserved for failed IVF patients, donated to clinics by successful IVF patients who are not told about the open or agency option of an agency like Embryos Alive is not known. Embryos Alive is researching donors to find out what helps them make their decision to donate. Again, only half of those embryos are expected to survive upon thawing (grade one and two embryos). Unfortunately, many embryo donors do not want to make their embryos available for adoption. Like traditional adoptions, there is a waiting list to adopt the embryos. Once again, demand is greater than the supply.
