{"id":76390,"date":"2015-10-08T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T16:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=76390"},"modified":"2015-10-08T10:25:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T14:25:48","slug":"national-embryo-donation-center-celebrates-500th-birth-adopted-embryo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/national-embryo-donation-center-celebrates-500th-birth-adopted-embryo\/","title":{"rendered":"National Embryo Donation Center celebrates 500th birth of adopted embryo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On September 26, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embryodonation.org\/\">National Embryo Donation Center<\/a> held a celebration in honor of not just one special baby, but 500 of them. The National Embryo Donation Center <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbir.com\/story\/news\/2015\/09\/26\/national-embryo-donation-center-celebrates-500th-birth\/72902828\/\">marked its\u00a0500<sup>th<\/sup> successful birth<\/a> via embryo adoption since opening in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>That baby is William, born to Dan and Kate, both physicians, in May 2015. The couple, who did not want to share their last name, had learned years ago that they would not be able to have genetic children of their own. They were devastated by this news, but when they learned about embryo adoption, it gave them new hope. They have since had three children, all via embryo adoption.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->\u201cI really wanted the chance to carry our babies, bond with them and give them the best possible start,\u201d said Kate. \u201cBeing able to carry them myself and to bond with them through embryo donation healed a lot of hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The celebration of William\u2019s birth as baby number 500 included food, a bounce house, carousel, music, a family photo booth, and games. More than 250 people attended and it was a great chance for families who have donated embryos as well as those who have adopted embryos to get together.<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=4518014075001&amp;playerID=2621331760001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvb_goE~,F9_uH99XfPUPmaODit2IBCmNjU-1ImP4&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isSlim=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars=\"videoId=4518014075001&amp;playerID=2621331760001&amp;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAABvb_goE~,F9_uH99XfPUPmaODit2IBCmNjU-1ImP4&amp;domain=embed&amp;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"http:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" swliveconnect=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Over 600,000 people are currently frozen in their embryonic state, leftover from couples using IVF to become pregnant. Many of those will be donated to other couples unable to have children naturally. <a href=\"\/news\/family-shares-of-incredible-journey-from-frozen-embryo-to-snowflake-teen\/\">Hannah Strege<\/a> was one of the first babies adopted as an embryo back in 1997. She was born in December 1998 through Nightlight Christian Adoptions, who have also coordinated the adoptions of over 300 other embyros.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/woman-gives-birth-baby-jeremy-adopted-embryo\/\">Baby Jeremy<\/a> was born this summer to Michael and Inga Wismer who wanted to add to their growing family through embryo adoption. Overall, embryo adoption is up 25% since 2011 because of its affordability.<\/p>\n<p>Since William\u2019s birth in May, the National Embryo Donation Center has celebrated 24 more births via embryo adoption, and those numbers continue to climb. Each birth is a celebration of a life that might never have been allowed to continue without the promise of embryo adoption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 26, the National Embryo Donation Center held a celebration in honor of not just one special baby, but 500 of them. The National Embryo Donation Center marked its\u00a0500th successful birth via embryo adoption since opening in 2003. That baby is William, born to Dan and Kate, both physicians, in May 2015. 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