National Embryo Donation Center

National Embryo Donation Center We've facilitated more embryo adoption births than any organization in the world.

The National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) protects the lives and dignity of human embryos by promoting, facilitating and educating about embryo donation and adoption. The National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect the lives and dignity of human embryos by promoting, facilitating and educating about embryo donation and adoption.

"Our journey to building our family through embryo adoption with the NEDC was long, and full of both heartbreak and joy....
08/10/2026

"Our journey to building our family through embryo adoption with the NEDC was long, and full of both heartbreak and joy. It probably deserves a whole separate post dedicated to that journey, but today we wanted to send an open letter of thanks to our those who donated the embryos we adopted. We chose open adoption, and over our 5-year journey with the NEDC, we matched with 7 donors for a total of 16 embryos. That means that seven different couples said 'yes' to donating their embryos to us. As recipients, we don’t fully know all of the emotions behind what those 'yes' responses held, but we can imagine. Our prayer has always been that we, as recipients, have been able to help close a chapter for these donors. A chapter that would have held their own stories and (likely) heartbreak unique to them. But the fact that they chose to give these embryos life, and allow us to steward those lives, is a miracle story we’ll never grow tired of telling. We are forever grateful to all of our donors for the sacrifice and choice they made in order to give us a chance at having a family. We now have three beautiful children: Marlee (4), Haley (9 months), and Haynes (9 months). They are all from separate donating families. (Yes, we have 'twins' that don’t share DNA!) And although this is never how we imagined our family would look, we now can’t imagine it being any different. Even though none of us share genetics, we’d like to think that means we look just a little bit like what family will look like in heaven: connected in a way that is more than just genetics. But we will forever and always be grateful to the genetic families. And we firmly believe that words do not exist that can adequately express the gratitude we have to them. Some of these families we got to know, some we never spoke directly with, and some we now have ongoing communication with. But to all of them - all 7 of them - thank you. From the depths of our hearts, thank you for your 'yes.' Your 'yes' to your own IVF journey. Your 'yes' to donating. Your 'yes' to us. "

-Sydney & Perry Walden, parents of NEDC kids Marlee, Haley, & Haynes

More inspiration: https://www.embryodonation.org/personal-embryo-adoption-stories

We're thrilled for Todd & Ambre, who've just added a third NEDC embryo adoption baby to their family! Say hello to sweet...
08/05/2026

We're thrilled for Todd & Ambre, who've just added a third NEDC embryo adoption baby to their family! Say hello to sweet baby Madison. Her older siblings can't stop giving her kisses- and Mom & Dad say she's brought so much joy.

Could NEDC embryo adoption bring joy & life to your family as well?
https://www.embryodonation.org/adoption

With over 60,000 plays across Apple, Spotify, & YouTube alone, The Embryo Adoption Podcast has become one of the world's...
08/03/2026

With over 60,000 plays across Apple, Spotify, & YouTube alone, The Embryo Adoption Podcast has become one of the world's go-to embryo adoption resources! Want to help spread the word to even more people? It's as easy as going to Apple Podcasts and giving a 5-star review- and while you're there, go ahead & subscribe.

We just wrapped Season 6 and are on a short break. But we're looking forward to returning with a new season of fresh episodes in 2027!

Huge congratulations to Bess, Jake, and the whole family on the arrivals of NEDC twins Miles & Stanton! Aren't they ador...
07/22/2026

Huge congratulations to Bess, Jake, and the whole family on the arrivals of NEDC twins Miles & Stanton! Aren't they adorable?

The JOY of getting precious souls like Miles & Stanton out of the freezer & into loving families is what NEDC embryo adoption is all about.
https://www.embryodonation.org/adoption

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10700 Virginia Pine Way, Ste. 202
Knoxville, TN
37932

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