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Building Your Family Through Egg Donation In Kansas City: Transitioning To Parenthood

The pathway to parenthood for many that experience infertility and years of failed attempts to conceive and deliver a healthy baby can be long and seemingly never ending.  The good news is that for most people the final destination results in the long awaited arrival of a baby, and the welcome but strange feeling of becoming completely and totally responsible for the growth and development of another human being

For those of you that have built your family in non-traditional ways, you will become like most parents in most ways.  I believe, there is a uniqueness and special quality to the families whose goal of becoming a parent required tenacity, persistence, and most of all love for a child that you had not yet met

When your child does come to you, whether it is through egg donation, or some other non-traditional way, you will figure the whole parenthood role out just like everyone else.  One major difference for parents of donor conceived children, is that you must decide how you will manage the information about your child’s conception.  You must decide how and when you will share their special story with them.  When talking about how families are made, know that what really matters above all else, is that your children are loved and were wanted and created by you!  If you believe that is the most important point in their story, then so will they!

There is good information out there from those that have come before you, and built their families through egg donation.  Learn from them, and then add your own unique part of the story.  For information about building your family thorough egg donation, visit our website at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.

Potential Egg Donors in Kansas City Want To Know: How many eggs will I donate to a couple?

The number of eggs produced, retrieved, and donated in an egg donor cycle varies.  The typical range is between 10-20 eggs retrieved, however not all eggs successfully fertilize after retrieval and develop into healthy embryos.  About 10-14 healthy embryos generally result from 20 eggs.  Some of these embryos, usually 2, will be transferred to the recipient.  The remainder of the embryos will be frozen for future use.

For more information about egg donation and our egg donor program, visit us at https://pathwaystoparenthood.com

Kansas City’s Only Egg Donor and Surrogacy Agency Is One Year Old!

Happy Anniversary Pathways To Parenthood!

One year ago, in May 2013 Pathways To Parenthood started the amazing journey of serving families, egg donors, and surrogates.  The journey actually started long before with a dream of providing intended parents, egg donors, and gestational surrogates with a local agency that was professional, compassionate, and hands-on.  It was important to me that all people we would work with felt valued and important.

My passion for helping others build and grow their family continues to grow when I see the joy that others feel when realizing their dream come true.  It is also amazing to see how our egg donors and gestational surrogates feel after helping others in such a special and unique way.

I look forward to continuing to provide top-notch service and compassion to our clients, egg donors, and surrogates in the years to come!

Kerry Christifano

M.A., LCPC

Founder of Pathways To Parenthood

Family Building With Egg Donation in Kansas City: Fresh vs. Frozen

When deciding to use an egg donor to build and grow your family, now you have the choice of doing an in vitro fertilization cycle with an egg donor you have selected as your donor who cycles with you, or purchasing frozen eggs from an egg bank.

The option of using frozen donor eggs only became available as an option in October of 2012 so it is a relatively new area in the field of reproductive medicine.  Any research you read as the benefits/risk of using frozen eggs is based on limited data done in a short period of time.  The potential long-term risks and negative consequences are unknown at this point.  Egg banks are certainly not going to give you any information to dissuade you from buying eggs from their egg bank.  So as with anything else in the medical field, it is important be gather information from reliable sources that are not trying to sell you anything.  Educate yourself as to the pros and cons of each, because there are pros and cons to each option, and make the choice that best fits your needs.

One source to gather information about building your family through egg donation, and compare doing a fresh vs. frozen cycle is RESOLVE.  The following link will take you to an article that does a great job of explaining the differences of each, and the pros and cons of each.  You can find the article here at:

https://allpathsfb.org/fresh-donor-eggs-vs-frozen-donor-eggs/

For information about doing a fresh donor egg cycle, contact us at https://pathwaystoparenthood.com.