Why embryo donation and adoption?

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Infertility often makes a couple feel lonely, empty and incomplete. When couples go through fertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, there is often an excess of fertilized eggs (embryos) that are frozen and stored for later use. When the genetic parents decide that their family is complete and embryos are still available, they are faced with a dilemma: donating their embryos to research, thawing them and letting them die, or donating them to a couple who is unable to conceive. Many believe that embryo donation and adoption is the most life-honoring solution to this difficult choice.

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As far as we know now, the embryos can remain frozen and viable indefinitely. A baby born in 2005 following a frozen embryo transfer in California, after 13 years, is believed to be the longest on record thus far. As more years pass since frozen embryo storage was introduced, this record will undoubtedly be surpassed.