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Embryo Adoption
CT-AFS works together with the National Embryo Donation Center in Knoxville, Tennessee to offer this option for some families. When couples go through infertility treatments, such as in vitro fertilization, there are often excess embryos that are frozen and stored for later use. When their family is complete and embryos are still frozen, they have the option of donating them to another couple. If the adoptive mother is healthy and able to go through a pregnancy, this option is worth considering. The success rate of this procedure is 55% and the cost is only $4-5,000. Three embryos are implanted at a time, and each couple can try up to three implant procedures. The genetic parents are carefully screened, in terms of their health histories and all are tested for diseases. As per the requirements of the National Embryo Donation Center, families that decide on this program need to have a regular adoption home study and are required to have two post-placement supervision visits after the baby is born. You can obtain more information from their website: www.embryodonation.org.
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Agency News
- Sep 16, 2009 - Families Needed:
We are now looking for Connecticut parents to adopt infants of all races, including African-American, through private domestic adoption. The waiting period has become much shorter over this past year, so domestic adoption has become a more viable option for many. As always, we are also seeking families to adopt CT state foster children through our grant-funded program "Project CT's Child". - May 1, 2009 - Check out the Heart Gallery
If you are considering adopting a child from the state foster care system, please visit the "Heart Gallery", a moving exhibit featuring portraits of waiting children. We can help you adopt these and other foster children. You can view these photos at: www.heartgalleryct.org - Apr 17, 2009 - Visit Us on Cable TV
If you live in Southeastern CT, please check out our public access TV show "Families in the Making". The schedule is listed on the section of this website titled: Visit Us on Cable.
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- 2 Union Plaza
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- New London, CT 06320
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