Help Greg & Katie Start A Family

Greg and I (Katie) have been married for almost 4 years and actively trying to have a baby for over 3 years. We have unfortunately had two early miscarriages — Brielle Joan in December of 2022, and Stephen in May of 2023. We tried fertility treatments for over a year without success, but with my current diagnoses, my fertility doctor believes that I should be able to have a healthy pregnancy if we were to do IVF. IVF, however, would likely cost us over $30,000. After praying and considering our options, we are now in the process of applying to become parents through something called Embryo or Snowflake Adoption (Nightlight Embryo Adoption).

Did you know that there are currently approximately 1,000,000 frozen embryos in the U.S.? Many families after growing their family with the help of IVF and are left with a difficult decision of what to do with their remaining embryos that remain frozen. That's where embryo adoption comes in! It gives a chance for these babies to be born.

Adoption is expensive, and we can use your help to adopt our baby! We are beyond grateful for any and all gifts. Thank you for helping us start our family!

Breakdown in current (known) costs from smallest to highest:

$8 Required Reading Materials (paid)

$15 Software to create family profile to be viewed by placing families (paid for January 2024)

$15 Software to create family profile to be viewed by placing families (paid for February 2024)

$35 Snowflakes Family Evaluation Online Assessment (paid)

$40 Physical for Snowflakes Family Evaluation (paid)

$40 Fertility Clinic Consultation Fee (paid)

$50 First aid and emergency supplies required for home study (paid)

$100 FBI Background Checks for Snowflakes Family Evaluation (paid)

$109 Travel expenses for social worker (for our home study) (paid 2/5/24)

$234 CPR/First Aid Certification for Snowflakes Family Evaluation (paid)

$500 Snowflakes Family Evaluation Fee #2 (paid 1/25/24)

$600 Application fee (paid)

$1,000 Snowflakes Family Evaluation Fee #1 (paid)

$4,000 Nightlight Snowflakes Adoption Fee #1 (paid 3/19/24)

$4,500 Nightlight Snowflakes Adoption Fee #2 (paid 5/13/24)

Embryo Transfer Expenses

$280 Initial Testing and Preparation for Transfer (paid 8/2024)

$650 Embryo Storage fees (paid 9/11/2024)

$347.41 Pre-transfer medications (paid 9/2024)

$2,450.00 Transfer fees (paid 9/13/2024)

Estimated Future Expenses

$500 Estimate for medications each transfer (will need up to 3 transfers for first baby)

$600 Annual Embryo Storage Fees

$2,400 Estimated fees for one transfer (will need up to 3 transfers for first baby)

Amount Paid (as of 9/13/24): $15,263.41

Estimated Remaining Amount To Raise For First Transfer (as of 9/13/24): $0 ($16,018 currently raised)

Current Total Estimated Cost (as of 9/13/24): $15,500 (estimate for adoption fees + one transfer) to approx. $31,000 (includes 6 embryo transfers). Storage of the embryos costs $600/year.