Welcome - We are so glad you are here! In early 2019, the three of us came together as mamas on a mission to transform the landscape of embryo donation. At the time, we knew three things about each other:

We were resilient fertility warriors, each with our own life-changing family-building journey and connection to embryo donation. 

We had a deep passion to make embryo donation better understood and more inclusive and accessible. 

We wanted to build a bridge between the field of reproductive medicine and child welfare, where long-term family functioning is just as prioritized as getting pregnant.

Before we joined forces, we each had our own background working in the field of assisted reproduction and our own experience with embryo donation.

Maya is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and was working as a psychotherapist when her life got side-swiped by her fertility struggles. Her diagnosis of diminished ovarian reserve in her early 30’s sent her straight to IVF, which resulted in no embryos to transfer and intense heartbreak. Over the next 4 years, she and her husband tried everything assisted reproductive medicine had to offer and documented the entire journey, which resulted in a feature-length film called One More Shot that debuted on Netflix in 2018 and is now available on Vimeo on Demand and Amazon. The end of their journey was the birth of their daughter who was conceived via embryo donation.

Gina has been a genetic counselor in the field of reproductive medicine for 19 years. Her company, Advocate Genetics, provides genetic counseling for fertility patients and those connected to third-party reproduction. She had been working in the field of infertility for 6 years before her own 3-1/2 year fertility journey began. Her story involved multiple surgeries and a heartbreaking miscarriage, but also resulted in the birth of her two amazing children via IVF. After she felt her family was complete, she also had 16 remaining embryos and some big decisions to make. Years later, she has donated her remaining embryos to two families, one of whom now has a beautiful and spunky daughter. Gina is crossing her fingers for her second recipients and is hoping there are new additions to this donation story over time.

Jen is a Nationally Certified Counselor who rode the IVF roller coaster twice. Her first IVF cycle ended in a heartbreaking miscarriage and no remaining embryos. Her second cycle gave her twins, and one remaining embryo. Jen and her husband agonized over what to do with that one embryo, and ultimately decided to donate to a single mom by choice. That embryo is now a healthy and happy little boy. Throughout her journey, Jen found a lack of education and support for people considering embryo donation, so she created an online community called Embryo Donation Support and began running support groups for embryo donors.

Because we are personally and professionally connected to embryo donation, we understand the emotional complexities of decision making and the logistical challenges of the process. We know the importance of education and the value of support and community. And we know that it takes a little moxi(e) to embrace embryo donation as a donor or a recipient.

We’re so grateful you’re here and so very excited to go on this journey with you!