Open Embryo Adoption Can Be A Great Thing!

Open embryo adoption can be a beautiful thing. This episode of The Embryo Adoption Podcast gives you a firsthand glimpse from both sides of the equation: embryo recipients David & Laura George (so many of you were touched by their family's written story on NEDC social media) and their embryo donors, Gerard & Nicole Straka. Below are some helpful timestamps:

2:00-3:51 What factors were important to adopters David & Laura in the donor selection process

4:04-5:28 How donors Nicole & Gerard’s fertility journey played out

5:51-10:33 Nicole & Gerard on how they agonized over what to do with their frozen embryos, and how a canceled credit card saved their embryos’ chances at life outside the womb.

11:27-16:39 What the mediation process was like for the open adoption

17:20-18:00 What it was like for the donors to see their embryos results in babies born

18:42-22:33 How David & Laura felt when their children were born

23:20-29:15 What their open relationship looks like today

29:53-30:40 What Colt, the donors’ teenage son, thinks of the open adoption relationship

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