Since pioneering the first embryo donation and adoption program in 1997, Snowflakes is often mentioned in the media as a topic of discussion and as an informational resource. Scroll down for a complete list of stories. If you would like to make a media inquiry, please contact Kimberly in our Colorado offices.
‘We believe that life begins at conception, and so we believe that each of those little frozen lives is a human being that deserves an opportunity to be born.’
We are all familiar with the process of adopting children, but what about the idea of adopting embryos?
Read about one parent's decision regarding her remaining embryos in this article published in The Washington Post.
After 13 years of struggling with infertility, Mike and Michelle welcomed their first daughter to the family through embryo adoption. Now, they're expecting another in January 2017.
Popularity of embryo adoption has double in the last 10 years, and BBC News recently published a story about Americans that adopt other people's embryos.
When it comes to infertility, many couples turn to in vitro fertilization to have children. After completing their family, many couples have remaining embryos. So, they have to make a difficult decision.
NPR host, Arun Rath, interviews Daniela Hernandez about a recent story she wrote for Fusion.
With their belief that life begins at conception, Chris and Rebecca Henderson paid a few hundred dollars each year to keep their remaining embryos frozen. After their third daughter was born, they decided to donate their remaining embryos to another couple struggling with infertility – Dan and Kelli Gassman. The Gassmans were able to welcome a son and daughter into their family.
Can embryos frozen for over 19 years lead to a happy, healthy baby? Time.com recently helped to answer the question, educating readers about embryo adoption in the process.
Liz and Kevin Krainman, a couple from Austin, TX went on an extraordinary journey to bring their daughter, Sammy, into the world. Sammy wasn't adopted through the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program, though her parents still lovingly refer to her as a Snowflake.
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Denver7 ABC News

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Embryo Adoption is more cost-effective IVF treatment. It’s an option for couples struggling with infertility that’s been around for decades, but embryo adoption is still relatively unheard of even though it’s among the more affordable options. Elizabeth and Marty Wilson … Read More

KMOV4 St. Louis

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St. Louis-area family shares story as embryo adoption gains popularity “We feel we’re the most blessed parents in the world, we have four amazing kids,” said Victoria McCall. But their youngest daughter Jewel was adopted as an embryo. The embryo … Read More

Spectrum News 1

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Texas families turn to alternative methods to have children as birthrates decline and pregnancy-related mortality increases – An Austin couple call their five-year-old daughter Ave a miracle. Tami carried her in her uterus and gave birth to her, but Ave is … Read More

Today

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‘It’s unbelievable’: Tina Gibson, who lives in Tennessee, gave birth to a healthy baby girl using a 27-year-old embryo.

BreakPoint

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The Strege family joins John today on the BreakPoint Podcast to tell their remarkable story, discuss the ethical crisis in the fertility industry, and the need for Christians to support the adoption of these tiny lives frozen in our nation’s … Read More

The Federalist

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While IVF Is Allowed To Create Millions Of Frozen Embryos, Those Babies Need Adoption – Embryo adoption allows children who otherwise would not be born to become part of a chosen, loving, permanent adopting family.

Ozarks First

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Family struggling with infertility prepares for embryo adoption. It’s been about 10 years since Nick and Amanda Polking first tried to start a family. After visiting the doctor, they spent a year trying to track down why it wasn’t working. … Read More

The New York Times

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Embryo ‘Adoption’ Is Growing, but It’s Getting Tangled in the Abortion Debate As I.V.F. becomes more widespread and the number of spare embryos rises, giving birth with donated embryos is becoming more popular, especially among couples who oppose abortion and … Read More

94.1 The Voice

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Live Morning Drive with Doug Hardy Doug is joined over the phone by Kimberly Tyson, Director of the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program at Nightlight Christian Adoptions. Nightlight is a national organization that facilitates domestic and international adoptions, foster-adoption, home studies, … Read More

Reporter

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Love for the least of these Hannah Strege is a 19-year-old college freshman with a brilliant smile, big dreams of becoming a social worker — and an origin story that’s kept her in the public spotlight since she was no … Read More

KMTV 3 News Now

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Your Family Now: Waterloo family grows family via embryo adoption Travis and Annette Wells knew before they were married that they wanted children. They also knew there were fertility issues that would require them to look at different ways to … Read More

The 405 Media

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Columnist Don Feder/1st Snowflake Baby Hannah Strege – The Tami Jackson Show Tami Jackson interviews Hannah Strege, the first Snowflake baby, about her amazing story. Hannah’s interview starts at the 34:00 point of this podcast.

World Magazine

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Hope for the unchosen Over the last few years, a handful of physicians in the United States and Europe have reported that embryos deemed abnormal by early tests could still grow into normal pregnancies due to the embryo’s ability to … Read More

Pregnantish

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What You Should Know About Embryo Adoption And Donation While the majority of frozen embryos are intended for use by the couples who create them in IVF treatment cycles (either if the first cycle is not successful or if they want additional children), there … Read More

Biola Magazine

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A Life Preserved – Freshman Hannah Strege is the first person born through frozen embryo adoption Before her birth in December 1998, Hannah Strege was frozen for two years. Conceived in a petri dish, she was preserved as an embryo … Read More

CNN

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The embryo is just a year younger than the mother who birthed her The longest known frozen human embryo to result in a successful birth was born last month in Tennessee. Emma Wren Gibson, delivered November 25 by Dr. Jeffrey Keenan, … Read More

SOCAL Connected

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‘Ethical Dilemmas of Unused Embryos’ and ‘Patagonia’s Workplace Paradise’ They’re called maybe babies… nearly a million frozen embryos stored in labs across the nation. They’re at the heart of a daunting decision for thousands couples–and a brave new world for … Read More

CBS Austin

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Central Texas couple gives birth to their adopted children A Central Texas couple has expanded their family twice with the help of embryo adoptions. The process allowed Carrie and Jimmy Nix to give birth to their adopted children.

Fatherly

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Keeping In Touch With Your Erstwhile Embryo The scientists say they were struck by the open communication between donors and recipients. “The people involved in the Snowflakes program have much more information before the pregnancy,” co-author Lucy Frith of the … Read More

Podcasts.com

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Marty and Elizabeth’s Story Marty and Elizabeth chose embryo adoption to expand their family. Another family donated their embryo that was frozen for 18 years! Elizabeth was able to carry the baby full term and gave birth to Marley in … Read More

Romper

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Embryo “Adoption” Might Provide Another Option For Infertility, But It’s Not Perfect Since then, 1,200 couples have donated their embryos, and 500 babies have been born as a result. The program encourages “open adoption” between donors and parents, which is … Read More

Daily Mirror UK

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Because when Kelli discovered she was unable to have her own kids, she found an answer to her prayers in the form of Rebecca, who donated her frozen embryos left over from IVF to Kelli – to allow her to have the family she’d always dreamed of. Read More

OZY

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Did you know that women over the age of 44 have less than a 4% chance of having a baby successfully through IVF? With a donor embryo, their chances jump to 50-50. Read More

Vox

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This article by Vox explores embryo donation and adoption in details and discusses why more people are trying to get pregnant with donated frozen embryos Read More

Redbook Magazine

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After over a decade of trying to have children, Rebecca Henderson and her husband gave birth to twins through in vitro fertilization. The couple decided that they were done having children, but didn’t believe in destroying them or donating them to research. So, they turned to embryo adoption. Read More

The Daily Times

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Brian and Angela Cartledge always wanted to be parents, but after struggling with infertility for years, the couple started to doubt that it would ever happen. The couple discovered Nightlight’s Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program, and now they have three toddlers! Read More

Life News

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Inga Wismer has had quite the journey to building her family. She’s got a son from her first marriage, as well as two children with her second husband. After two miscarriages and an adoption disruption, the couple decided to try something new – embryo adoption. Read More

CW 33 Dallas

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Mike and Christy Trabun have always had a heart for adoption, and when the couple had trouble conceiving a genetically-related child, they started to explore their options. They discovered embryo adoption, and now have four children. Read More

Fusion

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Sometimes, embryo adoption leads to a new kind of extended family – one made up of the family that donates their remaining embryos for adoption, and the family that has children from those adopted embryos. Read More

Dothan Eagle

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Kevin and Anna Long had five children – four biological children of their own and an adopted daughter. They thought their family was complete. After a big move from New York to Dothan, Alabama, the couple decided to add to … Read More

The Stir

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After turning to in vitro fertilization to start their family, the Petersen’s gave birth to their first son. Shortly thereafter, they conceived two other children without medical assistance. After some searching, the couple decided to donate three of their remaining embryos to another couple. Read More

You Get the Blessing

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Kimberly Tyson, Program and Marketing Director at Nightlight, was recently featured on 850 KOA’s Sunday morning radio show, You Get the Blessing. She spoke with Biff Gore and Chuck King about Nightlight and it’s programs – one of which was the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program. Read More

USA Today

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With their belief that life begins at conception, Chris and Rebecca Henderson paid a few hundred dollars each year to keep their remaining embryos frozen. After their third daughter was born, they decided to donate their remaining embryos to another couple struggling with infertility – Dan and Kelli Gassman. The Gassmans were able to welcome a son and daughter into their family. Read More

CBS National News

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Gina Yasuda and her husband had completed their family, but they had three embryos remaining. Gina’s doctors told her about the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program, and the couple signed up. After three years, the Yasuda’s discovered the Stephanie and Ben Hawkins – they were the ones. Read More

The Week

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Jeff and Odessa Kershner wanted to add more children to their family. They had always felt the urge to adopt, so after learning that health conditions could be transmitted genetically, the couple decided to adopt. Read More

TheBump.com

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The Bump.com has quickly become a go-to resource for families hoping to have a baby, those who are already pregnant and even those who are new parents. Recently, the information packed site turned its attention to the world of infertility and family building by introducing their 5 million+ monthly visitors to the world of embryo adoption. Read More

CBN News

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CBN, one of the nation’s largest faith based television networks, recently dropped by Nightlight’s California headquarters to learn more about how the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program is making an impact in the lives of families struggling with infertility. Read More

ABC News

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Charlie and Matt DeVore’s story of embryo adoption after infertility started small but grew rapidly. It was first told by a local news station, but quickly spread across the country and finally to ABC News. Read More

Fox News

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Fox News joined the Embryo Adoption Awareness movement early in 2014 featuring the story of Stephanie Hawkins, a woman who turned to Snowflakes after discovering she couldn’t have biological children. Read More

Al Jazeera America

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“It was not an option to try to have 14 more (children). But we loved her enough to choose life for her by embryo adoption.” Those are the words of Melissa Eggleton when asked by Al Jazeera News why she chose to donate her remaining embryos to another family. Read More