'I knew in my heart that discarding them was just not an option.' Fertility treatments can be a very emotional process filled with complex decisions, including what to do with extra embryos. It's a ...

Those undergoing IVF may have embryos they don't plan to use; here's what happens when those embryos are donated to others. (Image: Getty; designed by Quinn Lemmers) A ruling by the Alabama Supreme ...

Nearly three years into her marriage, Emily Berning suspected there was some reason why she wasn’t getting pregnant. A few highly unpleasant tests at a fertility clinic gave her the answer: Her ...

The two friends used embryo donation and adoption to build their dream families. Abbey LeVine and Wendy, who asked that her last name not be used, were two single women in New York when they met on ...

Data from a national study on embryo donation found there were 21,000 donated frozen embryo transfers in the U.S. from 2004 to 2019. According to the World Health Organization, infertility affects one ...

Clare Kilcullen always wanted to be a mother, but when she went through early menopause in her 20s, she wasn't sure how that would happen. "[I thought] it would probably be an egg donor, but then in ...

Chandler and Jennifer Turley almost gave up on having a child. They had hoped for a baby ever since marrying seven years ago. Yet it didn't happen. For six years, the Turleys pursued infertility ...