Reproductive Family Law Center Joins Kansas City Community
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Reproductive Family Law Center to the reproductive health and medicine community in Kansas City. Christina Miller, the owner of the Reproductive Family Law Center is a frequent speaker and moderator for the Missouri Bar and the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association on the topics of reproductive law and ethics. She is licensed to practice law in Missouri.
Reproductive Family Law Center represents intended parents, donors, surrogates, medical practitioners and other related clients in all aspects of reproductive rights law. To learn more about Reproductive Family Law Center, visit their website at www.kcbabylaw.com.
In the next few weeks, we will be posting information about the legal aspects of assisted reproductive technology and the importance of the legal agreements in third-party reproduction that Ms. Miller has agreed to write.
To learn about building and growing your family through egg donation and gestational surrogacy, visit us today at www.pathwaystoparenthood.com.
Egg Donor IVF In Kansas City: What Are Your Chances of Success?
Choosing to do in vitro fertilization (IVF) using donor eggs greatly increases the chances of pregnancy for women and couples who cannot use their own eggs. It is also expensive, but well worth the investment if the outcome is the birth of a long awaited baby, or babies!!
So what are the chances of getting pregnant when doing IVF with an egg donor? The national average is that 56% of all IVF cycles using donor eggs results in a live birth. Success rates vary among clinics and are influenced by variables that are important to understand before making a decision about which clinic you entrust with your care. You can research this data for yourself on the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology’s website at https://w3.abdn.ac.uk/clsm/SARTIVF/.
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.
Pathways To Parenthood: National Infertility Awareness Week
The 25th Resolve National Infertility Awareness week is April 20-26th. Pathways To Parenthood recognizes the tremendous effort the Resolve organization has made to bring the awareness of infertility to the forefront of our society. Their theme this year is “Resolve To Know More” which is a great reminder that the goal of increasing awareness and support for those that experience infertility and by those who experience infertility is an ongoing effort.
If you are not aware of the Resolve organization and you or someone you love is experiencing infertility and reproductive challenges, you would benefit greatly by visiting their website at resolve.org. Reach out andlearn more about their organization today.
RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, established in 1974, is a non-profit organization with the only established, nationwide network mandated to promote reproductive health and to ensure equal access to all family building options for men and women experiencing infertility or other reproductive disorders.