American spouses gave a childless couple 6 frozen embryos

09.01.2015


A husband and wife from USA, have become in recent years the proud parents of two pairs of twins, for obvious reasons, in the coming years do not plan to have children. The remaining embryos after IVF procedure, they gave to another childless couple.

Thanks to the in vitro fertilization procedure spouses Angel and Jeff Watts a few years ago were able to experience the joy of parenthood twice in a row - now they are raising two pairs of twins.

Several embryos that were obtained during the last IVF procedure, remained unused and throughout this time this six embryos were stored in liquid nitrogen in a reproductive medicine clinics in Tennessee.

A few days old embryos can be stored in a frozen state for many years - but Angel and Jeff are already raising 4 children, decided that so far they are not planning another children, and the embryos will be useful to the people who need them more.

With the help of social network Facebook, they found the most suitable applicants for an unusual gift. They become 27-year-old Rayn and Richard Galloway.

"It's a real godsend. My husband and I for 4 years have been unsuccessfully trying to conceive a child, and recently the doctors told us that we both have serious health problems preventing from this ", - says Rayn Galloway.

Married couples have already agreed on the fact that after the birth of their children's biological parents Angel and Jeff will be able to see with the kids from time to time.

It will not be difficult, since the Rayn and Richard live only a few kilometers from the Watts family - a place of residence that also played an important role in their victory in the "competition" of applications for frozen embryos.

Source: health-ua.org

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