Southwest Florida Embryo Donation Program

What Is Embryo Donation?

Embryos were originally created through the Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART). In order to minimize multiple pregnancies, the excess embryos were cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen for future use. Eventually, a caring and compassionate couple, the Donating Parents, decided to donate these frozen embryos. Rather than destroy the embryos or donate them to science, the Donating Parents thought their cryopreserved embryos deserved a chance at life and a needy couple a chance at parenthood.

Why Embryo Donation here at SRMS?

While there may be a limited number of programs which perform Embryo Donation, there are a few reasons you may want to consider Specialists in Reproductive Medicine & Surgery (SRMS):

• The SRMS Embryo Donation Program is easily accessible though this web site at no charge to the recipients. This increases the likelihood that the embryos will be chosen by qualifying recipients and find a wonderful home.
• In addition to having a number of embryos available for donation from our own patients, SRMS will also accept cryopreserved Donated Embryos from other ART facilities.
• SRMS does not charge a "middle-man" fee in the Embryo Donation process, thereby decreasing the costs to the Embryo Recipient.
• SRMS will allow the Donating Parents to have their embryos returned upon request, assuming that they have not already been used.
• SRMS agrees to help all parties keep track of newly diagnosed genetic problems in the Embryo Donor family or the Embryo Recipient offspring.
• Florida has excellent legal statutes that protect many sets of circumstances, which make it a safe haven in which to donate and receive embryos.
• SRMS has an extraordinarily organized Embryo Donation Program, which will help to make certain that all steps of the Embryo Donation process run smoothly.
• SRMS has a history of being an "Embryo Advocate" by discussing the fate of abandoned embryos and trying to change current standards regarding the automatic disposal of the abandoned embryo.

Please keep in mind that we will accept qualifying cryopreserved donated embryos from other ART programs. All transport and handling fees will be paid by SRMS. The Donating Parents, at this time, will not be paid (i.e., "Donation"). If you know someone who does not want to use their cryopreserved embryos but does not feel comfortable destroying them or donating them within their own community, please have them visit the web site here and consider the SRMS Embryo Donation Program. Only if word gets out (word-of-mouth & chat rooms) will SRMS be assured of having enough donated embryos to meet demand.

We invite you to visit the other links at the general navigation section including "Finding Donated Embryos", "Donating Your Embryos" and of course, "Searching Embryo Donor Data Base"

Please spread the word!