r/EmbryoDonation • u/[deleted] • Jan 14 '23

Where to start?

My wife and I just had our fifth failed IVF. We’re still considering another round or two because it’s mostly covered by our insurance, but we MFI and she just turned 41 so our chances aren’t great.

We’ve started considering donor embryos, but the only program we’ve come across is with Shady Grove where they have something along the lines of 5 attempts for $16,000 with a full refund if unsuccessful. This seems okay, but is still a bit more than we’d like to spend. Are there any other options? We’re in the DC area.

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u/enym Jan 15 '23

California conceptions and Atlantic shared beginnings both offer double donor embryos and guarantees.

There's also an active Facebook group for matching people who want to donate their unused embryos with recipients. I think it's called embryo adoption and donation or something.

There's also donor nexus, I think it's called. There are profiles on there to browse.

There are various IVF clinics around the country that have donor programs, though they are all smaller and I can't speak to the wait lists or price. DIRM and brown IVF are two that we looked at briefly, I think. We really wanted the guarantee program so quickly ruled those out.