New Phase in our Adoption Journey

After a week of deep discussion, prayer,and research Dan and I have decided to actively begin searching for embryos to adopt. We are still "in line" with the NEDC but have decided to also place a recipient profile with Miracles Waiting and keep watch on the available embryos on Embryos Alive.

With Embryos Alive we would do the transfer in CA and the cost is close to the NEDC (given that we would have to pay nearly $1,000 for traveling expenses each time we fly to TN) but we will have a much smaller pool of donor families to choose from.

With Miracles Waiting we would have to do more administrative work: find a lawyer to draw up the transfer contracts, coordinate with our fertility clinic and the donor's fertility clinic, and comminicate more openly with the donor family without the help of an agency.

If we find a good match through Miracles Waiting or Embryos Alive before the NEDC schedules our mock transfer appointment then we will go with them instead. It is nice to have options and exciting to think that there is a possibility that our transfer will take place in early spring rather than late summer. So thankful for the support of our families and friends and the advice of our fellow embryo adoption friends. We shall see where we go from here!
++++++++++UPDATE 12/7/09+++++++++++++
We found a great lawyer with experience in embryo adoption but he won't help us because he only does contracts through Snowflakes. Boo! So we are still looking. We did find a local fertility clinic that has come highly recommended by our EA friends! Yea!