 "The Katie Show" recently featured a special segment focusing on embryo donation and adoption. Two stories of embryo adoption were shared including Dan and Kelli Gassman and their 9-month old son Trevor. Guests also included Dr. Robin Poe-Zeigler, their Reproductive Endocrinologist, and Kimberly Tyson, Marketing and Program Director for the Embryo Adoption Awareness Center. |
Monday, October 7, 2013
Embryo Adoption on 'The Katie Show'
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
A Snowflake Is Born - Zoe's Story
Zoe Annadelle Johnson was born on
November 9, 2012, but her life began 3 years before that. Zoe was one of
six embryos created on May 8, 2009 through the use of In-vitro fertilization
(IVF). When she was 5 days old she was frozen. God had big plans for these tiny,
unique, pre-born “snowflake” babies.
Embryos #1 and #2 were chosen to be
transferred to their biological mother. Both embryos implanted and nine months
later they were blessed with the births of a son and a daughter. With their
family of four completed, their attention quickly shifted to the fate of the
four frozen embryos waiting for their chance to be born.
Zoe’s biological parents were
presented with the standard options for her future as a “extra” embryo: destroy
them, donate them to scientific research (which would then destroy them), anonymously
donate them to an infertile couple, or find a family to adopt and carry them to
term. Reflecting on their belief that life begins at fertilization, they
quickly realized that destroying them or donating them to research would
terminate the precious life that had been created. The fate of the remaining
embryos weighed heavily on their minds and hearts for two years until they
connected online with Charis & Duffy Johnson in the fall of 2011.
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