Clinic matches infertile couples with donated embryos
Debbie and Steve Berner had always talked about having a family — after they reached a point in their lives and careers when the timing was right.
But when that time came, the Troutman, N.C., couple faced an unexpected hurdle: infertility.
The Berners tried for three years to conceive. They became disillusioned with in vitro fertilization, which Debbie Berner said was exhausting and expensive. They became discouraged with traditional adoption, also expensive and a difficult process.
Then Berner read on the Internet about the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, which will celebrate its 100th birth with a celebration Saturday.
The center serves as a repository for frozen embryos conceived when couples go through fertility treatments. Couples who have completed their families can donate the leftover embryos to be “adopted” by others unable to have their own — an alternative to paying to store the embryos indefinitely, or to having them destroyed.
Tags : Conception, egg donations
Categories : Conception
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