This is something that DH and I are talking about even though we haven't started yet.

Is the 5 years storage a global thing, or is that just for your specific clinic, Bec?

I think what really worries me is ending up with some enormous number of embryos left when we have finished our family. I'd like to think I could donate them to another couple, but I understand that when we aren't actually in the situation it's difficult to make a decision. I suspect that having my own children would change my perspective quite completely, and with my health issues I wonder if anyone would actually want any embryos that we weren't going to use.

I guess this is something that I would need to discuss with my clinic - if we end up getting a large number of eggs, is it possible to only have some fertilised, and freeze the remaining eggs, to be thawed and fertilised later if we find we need more embryos? I was chatting about this with a friend, and heard of someone who initially had 30+ eggs harvested, they were all fertilised, and she ended up having 17 embryos left when they had completed their family, and I can't help wondering if it would have been better to say fertilise 5 at a time, freeze the remaining eggs, and wait to see if more embryos are needed. I can imagine that it would be much easier to donate an egg, than it would be to donate an embryo.

Is what I'm thinking even possible?

BW