What questions should an adopting family ask when looking for a fertility clinic?
if (!isNS4) {document.write(”);} Is the clinic willing to accept embryos from another clinic for a frozen embryo transfer (FET)? How much does it cost for an FET, including necessary medications? Does the clinic have any testing or screening requirements? Are there any other conditions involved in accepting and transferring the embryos? What paperwork is required by the clinic? How long will it take the clinic to process the paperwork? What are the short-term and long-term storage fees at the clinic? Do they store embryos on-site or off-site? If off-site what additional fees or procedures must be followed in order to have the embryos at the clinic for FETs? Adoption families may find that they have to educate a clinic about embryo donation and adoption. if (!isNS4) {document.write(”);} • A local clinic has agreed to receive frozen storage embryos from other clinics, however, they insist that the donating family follow FDA regulations regarding blood work. What does this mean? if (!is
