To Doners,

Thank you for considering donation. I believe this is a wonderful option, that I too would do if I had extra embryos. Let me start with talking about how I came to embryo donation. My mom had me a week after her 19thbirthday, so I always knew from a young age I wanted to wait to have children until I was mature and ready. When I was in college and after, I met several women who conceived naturally in their early 40s, therefore, I believed I had the time to wait. I went to a fertility doctor in my early 40s to discover I only had 5 follicles left. After delays, starting/stopping, canceled cycles, I finally made it to an egg retrieval. I retrieved 3 mature eggs, 2 immature and ended up with 1-5AA embryo. I was 2 months away from turning 44 at the time of the egg retrieval. I did not do genetic testing since I only had 1 embryo. After that failed transfer, I immediately went to donor eggs. At the time I had a partner, we were using sperm donation as well as, since we were unsure if one of his medical conditions was genetic. In my search for egg doners, I came across embryo donation. I absolutely fell in love with the idea. I loved my initial 5 embryos even before they grew and couldn’t bare the thought of discarding them or donating to research. When I first read about embryo donation, I thought, what a wonderful alternative and a way to give these embryos a chance at life. At the time, however, my partner did not like the idea of an identical sibling being out in the world. I ended up purchasing frozen donor eggs and frozen donor sperm. From these donors, I ended up with 2 embryos (2AB and 2CC). Unfortunately, both were failed transfers and my partner also decided he did not want to continue to have a child. I, however, still very much wanted a child and family. Now on my own, I want to revisit embryo donation. I love the idea of my child having siblings in the world and possible extended family, especially since I am an older mom. My stepdad raised me with my mom and many of my friends have become my family over the years, so I am a big believer in what makes family is being there and love.

When I started my journey to motherhood, my counselor had me do an activity where I wrote down what I would want to teach my child. Through all of my experiences I have learned to be driven, humble, vulnerable, caring and kind. I want to pass onto my child all the things I have learned from growing up, maturing and all my various adventures. I want to share with them all the beauty and wonder in this world. To teach them to be a kind human, understanding, accepting and gentle with our Earth. You can go about your life from day to day being happy and joyful but the thing that really makes it all worthwhile is being able to share it and pass it on to someone else. Being able to teach, mold and help grow another human being is the best love you can experience. I am looking forward to becoming a mother to my spirt baby. I don’t know how my spirt baby and I will be meet but truly hoping it will be through embryo donation.

A little about myself, I’m a licensed Engineer and the manager of our department. I love camping, hiking, off roading, cooking, reading and traveling. I have had many adventures over the years both in the States and outside. I live in a 2 bedroom/2 bath condo in a beautiful place that is perfect size for me and a little one. I also, own a second condo in Florida, where I grew up, right next to Disney. Since I work from home, I typically spend a month at a time in Florida visiting with friends and family. I am looking forward to sharing the experience of Disney with my child as I got to enjoy it as a kid.

It is really hard to express yourself through words or photos, so if you would like to get to know me more, I am open to Embryo Solutions facilitating a virtual meeting. I am open to closed, semi-open or open embryo donation. The most important thing to me is my child can find out any information they would like about their genetics or their siblings when they turn 18. That was also important to me when picking egg and sperm donors. I did not want to make the decision for my child but rather gave them the opportunity to find out whatever they wanted to know. I also plan on being open with my child how they came to this Earth and into my life. I believe honesty fosters love, understanding and acceptance. My ultimate goal is to give a loving, happy, supportive environment to my child to grow, learn and excel in this world.

Hopefully, we share the same beliefs in fostering happy, healthy children and you select me to donate your embryos to. I want to honor the time, money, energy and love you all put into creating them by giving them a wonderful chance at life.