Kate's IVF Story and Donating Her Viable Embryos: Part 2

Unscripted with Alex

As we heard in the first part of this 2-part series, when Kate and her husband decided to start a family, they found out that they were struggling with infertility. Kate talks about coming to the decision to try in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

We hear how her first round of egg collections led to only 2 viable embryos, neither of them made it. But during her second round of egg collections she was blessed with 12 viable embryos! She talks about looking at these embryos and thinking, ”wow I can’t do this 12 times”. This is the moment when she started thinking about what would happen with any remaining embryos.

We learn that through Kate’s IVF journey she had 4 pregnancies but only 2 babies were born at full term. This meant she had some viable live embryos remaining. Embryos she didn’t want to see go in the bin. She knew she wanted to give this opportunity of having children to another family.

From here, Kate talks about how she and her husband came to the decision to donate her embryos to another single woman who was going through with her own fertility journey.

So in this episode we also learn how Kate decides she wants to keep the conversation and open conversation with the family who received her embryos. That’s right! The two families are keeping the donation transparent and they even receive updated photos every now and then. Here’s Kate’s Story.

Topics Covered

• IVF
• Process to donate embryos
• Applying for donation
• Choosing a candidate
• Having an open connection with the candidate
• Freezing embryos

If you're considering IVF or embryo donation, Kate's story might help give you some hope. It's a long process, but it can be so worth it in the end. If you are interested in learning more about embryo donation or want to donate your embryos, we cover a lot in this podcast episode.

Thank You

We would like to express our gratitude to Kate for being so open and brave in sharing her story. We hope that in sharing this story others going through a similar situation can find their way or roadmap by connecting with Kate’s story.

Links Mentioned:

Instagram: @_becoming_kate

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