What One Iowa Mom Decided to Do with Her Remaining Frozen Embryos

For one mother in Iowa, the decision about what to do with her frozen embryos came down to deciding what choice she could live with for the rest of her life. After going through IVF treatments and having her two children, Lydia Fine and her husband felt that their family was complete. Like many other families who have been through the IVF experience, they then needed to face the decision about what to do with their remaining frozen embryos.

“We had talked before we ever did IVF about what we might do, and we had talked about donating for research, but after having these amazing little beautiful creatures in our lives we realized that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to give such an amazing gift to a family who could not have children on their own,” said Fine in an interview with Iowa Public Radio in August of this year. “It feels right, and I think a lot of moms especially will recognize that children are an amazing gift; and if they can give them to someone else, that they should.”

Fine said that ultimately, the only decision she felt she could live with was donating her remaining embryos to a family who wished to adopt them. After having her own children, donating the embryos for research or having them destroyed no longer seemed like a choice she could make. It was about knowing in her heart that this was the right thing to do. Even though it might be difficult, ultimately she would be changing someone else’s life for the better by helping them have a child.

You can hear the entire interview with Fine about her decision on Iowa Public Radio’s website. If you want to learn more about embryo donation and where you can donate your remaining frozen embryos, visit www.embryoadoption.org.

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