tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982682332312205751.post1521603768832908271..comments2023-05-31T06:31:43.940-07:00Comments on A Greater Yes: Our Story of Embryo Adoption: Why don't more clinics educate patients?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982682332312205751.post-31785253429447730532012-10-01T21:20:03.877-07:002012-10-01T21:20:03.877-07:00Okay, so I open this can of worms...
Many/Some cl...Okay, so I open this can of worms...<br /><br />Many/Some clinics (not all) do not share about EA for several reasons. These are conclusions based on me calling and speaking to different clinics and gathering information--speaking to embryologists, to REs, and to genetic counselors. I concluded that the reasons could very well be:<br /><br />1. There is more money to be made from a fresh IVF cycle than an FET.<br /><br />2. With a fresh IVF/ET there is the opportunity to have "extra" embryos to be frozen for a later date for the IVF family. In other words, a yearly storage fee of $200+ to keep the embryos frozen year after year after year. Let's add up how much doctors make on this?<br /><br />3. They just don't know much about it (or anything about it in some cases), and aren't really interested in learning about it.<br /><br />Now, this is certainly not the case in all RE clinics, but the statistics of a reported 500,000+ frozen embryos in our country in 2009 to a reported 600,000+ frozen embryos in our country in 2010 does show that there is a "business" side to all of this. And "this" are living human lives.<br /><br />Embryo Adoption is needed in this country. Though those 600,000+ babies are not orphans, we as Americans need to examine the situation and work to make some changes. These are babies. Children. Frozen. Room for Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13689442916160755101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982682332312205751.post-85164729573110535162012-09-28T16:38:20.407-07:002012-09-28T16:38:20.407-07:00My clinic is pretty good about educating patients ...My clinic is pretty good about educating patients about this option since they have their own donor embryo bank. They do specialize in egg donation cycles as well, and I think couples who have benefited from gamete donation are more likely to donate their embryos since they have experienced the blessing of donation and want to pay it forward a little bit.<br /><br />At the other clinic I've worked with, they told me they haven't had much success with convincing patients to donate embryos, but I've also heard that some of their doctors poo-poo embryo donation, so I'm not sure how much effort they give it. It makes me sad, really.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12913437271676007085noreply@blogger.com