[House] San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion forum digest - 7/5/2013

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San Francisco Parents of Multiples SFPOM General Discussion 7/3/2013
9:14 am - 7/5/2013

1. Frozen embryos (ppatcat)
2. Re: [sfpom_general] Frozen embryos (bravermang)
3. Convertible car seat recommendation needed (LottaSF)

1. Frozen embryos
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ppatcat - 7/4/2013 5:12 pm

 After 5 years of fertility treatments, we finally had
 our babies using donor eggs. Incredibly, we still have
 9 five day blastocysts, that are in perfect condition,
 "on ice". Our children are now 10 months old and given
 the difficulty of my pregnancy and delivery, and being
 42, I'm in no position to carry more children myself
 and although we could use a gestational carrier to
 carry one or two more embryos, we feel like our family
 is complete. But now what to do with those embryos?I
 get emotional every time I think of destroying them,
 donating them to science seems reasonable but also is a
 hard choice, and donating them to another couple seems
 strange given they are our children and my children's
 siblings who we'll never know.What have others chosen
 to do?

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Email author: priya.patil at me.com
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 2. bravermang says...
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 7/4/2013 10:04 pm
 
 I have kept mine as future HLA potential matches and
 for whatever therapeutic options might come from
 embryonic cells that might benefit my twins later in
 life. Annual storage cost seems reasonable enough to
 justify this rationale. I otherwise also felt too
 emotional about destroying or donating. 
 CheersGedaliaSent from my iPhoneOn Jul 4, 2013, at 5:14
 PM, Priya Patil wrote: Priya Patil posted: After 5
 years of fertility treatments, we finally had our
 babies using donor eggs. Incredibly, we still have 9
 five day blastocysts, that are in perfect condition,
 "on ice". Our children are now 10 months old and given
 the difficulty of my pregnancy and delivery, and being
 42, I'm in no position to carry more children myself
 and although we could use a gestational carrier to
 carry one or two more embryos, we feel like our family
 is complete. But now what to do with those embryos? I
 get emotional every time I think of destroying them,
 donating them to science seems reasonable but also is a
 hard choice, and donating them to another couple seems
 strange given they are our children and my children's
 siblings who we'll never know. What have others chosen
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