Greetings
December 2009
Embryo Adoption Awareness Center News

Thank you for helping us make 2009 a successful year for increasing embryo donation and adoption awareness throughout the United States!

  • There are now over 200 clinics offering in-house embryo donation programs.
  • Five clinics have chosen to partner with a local adoption agency to assist both donor and adopter couples.
  • The EAAC presented 13 webinars to help educate clinics regarding FDA rules and regulations and agencies regarding embryo donation and adoption.
  • Clinics throughout the U.S. have chosen to use the EAAC embryo disposition brochure and videos to educate their patients about embryo donation as an option for their remaining embryos.
  • A public opinion survey sponsored by the EAAC and funded by HHS revealed that nearly 70% of American adults would choose to place frozen human embryos with infertile couples for the purpose of bearing a child.  
The EAAC will continue to provide educational webinars, brochures, newsletters and our website to support clinic efforts to provide your patients with accurate and complete information about embryo donation and adoption.  Our Clinic Liaison, Sarah Martin, will also continue to contact you on a regular basis throughout the year.
Low-Dose Aspirin and Pregnancy Loss
Study looks at Low-Dose Aspirin and Its Effects in Women Who had Pregnancy Loss

Aspirin Bottle

Researchers in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine want to know if low does of aspirin can help women conceive, maintain the pregnancy and deliver a healthy baby.



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What to Do With Excess Embryos?
Doctor Loring

The woman across the table told Dr. Jeanne Loring she was on the horns of a dilemma: feed and clothe her existing family, or continue to pay to keep frozen her embryos from an earlier fertility treatment. 

" I can't afford to keep the remaining embryos frozen, " the woman told Loring over lunch, " I can't afford to feed the family I have."

The question of what to do with excess (or unused) embryos is a vexing one for parents who have completed their families. 

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Relaxation Therapies 'can boost IVF success'
Hammock Relaxation
Relaxation exercises and group therapy can up to double the chance that women undergoing fertility treatment will get pregnant, a small study suggests.

Researchers believe that the calming influences of the treatment help in-vitro fertilization (IVF) succeed.
Patients suffering from symptoms of depression, common among women struggling to conceive, benefited most from the therapies, they found.

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Happy New Year!
 

Sarah MartinSarah Martin, Clinic Liaison
Nightlight Christian Adoptions
970-663-6799

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