The Embryo Adoption Podcast

Embryo adoption is not just an infertility treatment. It's a calling. In this episode, you'll meet Alex and Candice. They chose embryo adoption through the National Embryo Donation Center even though they already had several children and never encountered fertility problems. It's an excellent window into the missional mindset that motivates many of the large, fertile families who choose to do embryo adoption.

In this Season One finale of The Embryo Adoption Podcast, you'll meet Chloe, adopted as an embryo and now 15.5 years old. Find out how she feels about how she came into the world, her advice to other young people adopted as embryos, what she believes her parents did well, and how adoption bonds her with her siblings. Plus Chloe offers a little insight into everyday teenage life and talks about her possible future career plans. You'll love this inspiring and insightful conversation with one of the "older" NEDC kids!

How long does the embryo adoption process take? How soon can I get my first appointment? And how long after that until my frozen embryo transfer? We get these questions all the time. In this episode, National Embryo Donation Center team members Christa Carter & Kelley Seymour thoroughly unpack the answers. They also explain variables that can potentially lengthen or shorten the process, and outline some of the factors you can control.

Meet Patrick, who didn't let the potential roadblock of a Hepatitis B-positive blood test stop him and his wife from donating their embryos through the National Embryo Donation Center. This conversation could reshape your thinking about special consideration embryos, whether you're donating or adopting. You're going to love this guy and his heart for life!

Like many husbands, Bobby was slower to warm to the idea of embryo adoption than his wife, Michele. But he kept an open heart, and he's glad he did. Here's how they worked through it as a couple, along with how their family ended up taking shape.

Kelly & Jonathan describe the joy and anxiety of going through embryo adoption following a previous miscarriage. It's a conversation you'll find helpful & inspiring, especially if you married and started your family building pursuits later than expected. Plus, you'll meet their son Samuel!

We've seen just about everything, but we had never watched an embryo adoption unfold quite like this one! Be amazed -and challenge yourself not to cry- as Perry and Sydney walk you through a journey they describe as "surreal and sublime." You're going to have a new family to add to your prayer list after this episode.

Trish and Aaron Clardy's infertility journey was extremely long. At one point, an embryo adoption program even turned them away because they hadn't pursued options that violated their convictions. Yet through it all, they say God was doing the priceless work of shaping their hearts, whether parenthood ever became a reality or not.

Heather and Matthew Reynolds had a deep desire to add children to their home. Battling PCOS, though, they were resigned to the possibility it might never happen. Find out how it did, and meet all three of their kids!

Premature ovarian failure/ diminished ovarian reserve left Ray and Kat Gade's road to parenthood in limbo. Now, as they get ready to select their embryos, Ray and Kat walk through their long infertility journey, sharing why open embryo adoption was their perfect choice. They also describe what their process with the National Embryo Donation Center has been like so far.