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FERTILITY AND STERILITY
Volume 92, Issue 6, Pages 2094-2096Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.06.027
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD045429, R01 HD45429, R01 HD045429-01] Funding Source: Medline
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In a qualitative interview study of 77 families with stored frozen embryos, we found that while embryo disposition decision making was influenced by individual life circumstances, embryo quantity/quality, personal values, embryo conceptualization, and clinic information, it was a stepwise process that could be represented as three sequential questions: (1) Will the embryos be used for additional attempts at conception? If not, (2) Will the embryos remain in storage? And if not, (3) Will the embryos be donated to other people or to science, or will they be destroyed? While almost two-thirds (63%) of participants kept their embryos in storage after 5 years, either passively through disagreement or indecision or actively to maintain embryo potential, avert feelings of loss, or as psychological or genetic insurance, IVF clinic support and detailed information about options motivated families to make disposition decisions. (Fertil Steril (R) 2009;92:2094-6. (C)2009 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)
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