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Why adopt embryos? Part 2- Working Parts
There are many reasons people adopt. I hear this wording lately of “growing your family through adoption”. I am not sure exactly what that means- it isn’t like a garden where we plant tomatoes and see...
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More on the Process
I will come back to Part 3 and Part 4 of why we chose embryos in the future but I would like to digress to part of the process for just a little while if it is ok. As I said in a...
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OVER SHARING
So, I had a conversation with my brother in law last night about how much was appropriate to share on Facebook. We all have seen the posts. Some drone on and on with information that...
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Why adopt embryos? Part 4 Choosing the family that will forever be related to...
How does that old saying go? “You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ‘em or not, and it makes you look right...
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Behind the Scenes
As I previously blogged we matched with 5 embryos 2pn stage. That means that these embryos were fertilized and then frozen immediately (Day 2 hence 2pn). There are a variety of types of...
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Jonathan Thomas
After we got the call “We have a little boy”. This one is ours. He is ours? He is for us? You mean, for real? For so long we have been praying for embryos, birth moms, babies, siblings, etc., and this...
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Welcome to the Family!
I have been away for over a week due to Paul being in Guatemala on a medical mission trip. So much has happened today with a shooting at the local high school and the bombing of the Boston Marathon...
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Timing is Everything
Fertility is amazing. Did you know that when it comes to conceiving the day that the embryos go in must match up with the day that the uterus is. For example, you don’t want to put 3-day old embryos in...
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Short Report
Here is the email message that I sent the genetic family and our Adoption agency 10-24-13 10-24-13 PM Today’s transfer appears to be successful so far. They did need to thaw all 8 blasts. That is...
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The Verdict is In
I will not delay the drama- we are pregnant. However we are early, only 4w1d. As many of you know infant loss and miscarriage is very very real so we are still trust God with all of our steps. Let me...
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