The Embryo Adoption Podcast

It’s incredibly important for families going through embryo adoption or embryo donation to have a “safe space” where they can connect, ask questions, swap stories, and share information. That’s why the NEDC Embryo Adoption/Donation Group on Facebook is such a blessing. If you’ve walked either route with the NEDC, or are currently in process, you should join! In this episode of The Embryo Adoption...

Jason & Jen have a heart for the vulnerable. That's led them to explore both foster care/adoption and embryo adoption. In fact, they're doing both at the same time! Here's their journey, which gives real hope to those of you who may feel called to both, but wonder if you have the capacity to handle it all. Below are some helpful timestamps: :36 Jason & Jen on the six children they’ve foste...

Open embryo adoption can be a beautiful thing. This episode gives you a firsthand glimpse from embryo recipients David & Laura George 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...

If you choose to do an open embryo adoption through the National Embryo Donation Center, how do you work out contact with the family on the other end of the match? The answer: Through something called an Open Donation Agreement, or ODA. Here's your chance to learn all about that. Plus: Why do adopting NEDC families need to have their home studies reviewed? Lauren Wilson and Amy Ferguson from our p...

Ben and Nazli wish they would have learned about embryo adoption a decade earlier than they did. It could've saved them a lot of heartache. But they've accepted that God had His reasons for letting the timing of their journey work out as it did. In this episode, meet them and their miracle baby Kavi, and benefit from their takeaways about finding hope, wholeness and strength amid the turmoil of in...

If you've experienced the trauma of infertility, pregnancy loss, or the loss of a child, Blessed Brokenness is a tremendous resource that could prove to be a great source of comfort and support. In this episode, meet the co-founder as well as an NEDC embryo adoption couple helping lead the ministry.

As they walk the road of embryo adoption, Todd and Glory are being very intentional about selecting embryos less likely to be picked. Learn more about the different types of special consideration embryos available through the National Embryo Donation Center, along with the factors that helped this family make its choice. Glory, who grew up in a missionary family, also explains how this desire to h...

NEDC Family, we're inviting your personalized prayers for embryo adoption couple Ken & Yuliya and their extended family in Ukraine. Ken & Yuliya join Mark to share how the war in Ukraine is affecting them and their relatives in this special edition of The Embryo Adoption Podcast. 

In this episode, Casey unpacks how a Google search led her to embryo adoption, describes the process of transferring a "clump of cells" that are now her 8-year-old son, and shares how her infertility journey has moved her to help lead a mentoring program for women going through crisis pregnancies.

Jeremiah & Carrie felt their hearts being pulled toward embryo adoption. But before taking the leap, they wisely sought counsel from trusted voices who'd already walked the path. In this episode, Jeremiah & Carrie unpack their journey, including some of the unique challenges and blessings of adopting embryos as Asian Americans. Plus they have some exciting news to share!

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 embr...

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...

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 ou...

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.

In this episode, you'll meet 18-year-old AJ Hammaker. His parents will soon be delivering AJ's fifth sister, but his first through embryo adoption. Find out how AJ's parents told him about embryo adoption and why he developed such a passion for it, he had to put pen to paper.

Whitney Williams and her husband learned, upon the birth of their son, that they could pass along a painful genetic condition to any future children. Instead of losing hope of having any more children, they turned to embryo adoption.

Tate and Phillip struggled with infertility for years. In this episode, they explain how they came to learn about embryo adoption, an option that allowed Tate to carry their "adopted" child.