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Embryo recipients seeking to redonate 1 tested embryo

My wife and I matched with an amazing donor family through Embryo Connections in 2024. We already had a 7 year old daughter and were trying for our second child (we are a queer couple and I was carrying); after two pregnancy losses via IUI with my eggs and due to my age (38 at the time), we decided to seek out donor embryo IVF. We received 2 PGT-A tested embryos from our donor family. Our donor family’s IVF resulted in 5 embryos, 4 of which were chromosomally healthy. The donor family has two children (both from this set of embryos), an almost 4 year old boy and a 2 year old girl. We received the remaining two chromosomally healthy embryos, and my first FET was successful in November 2024. Our baby boy was born in August! As these embryos have resulted in 3 kiddos (and we’re biased, but 3 awesome kiddos!), we’d love to be able to pass along the final embryo (chromosomal sex available on request) to someone else hoping to grow their family. I can’t describe how much it means to have our baby boy and complete our family and would love for someone else to have that opportunity too.

We are seeking an open donation that includes both us and our donor family, so that any resulting child can know their medical history and donor siblings. Both my wife and I and our donor family love books and enjoy nerdy hobbies (board games, etc.). Embryo Connections isn’t able to do the matching process for a single embryo, but if we do find a match the recipient could hire Embryo Connections to coordinate logistics (counseling, legal, and shipping). We are open to any family structure (straight or queer couple, single parent, etc.).

Please note that I’ve answered questions below (hobbies, physical characteristics, medical history, etc.) as relates to the DONOR family as that’s what is relevant for the embryo.

NOTE: We and our donor family are happy to share family pictures if you reach out to us with interest in the embryo! We did not want to share photos of our kids widely online to protect their privacy.

Snapshot of my life and family:
DONOR FAMILY: Our donor family is an intelligent and active married couple living in the South with their two children and two cats. They enjoy reading, board games, video games, painting, being outdoors, and sharing their backyard chickens' eggs with friends. Their two children are a year and a half apart -- they describe the older boy as a little ball of energy who loves to help with whatever they are doing. The younger girl has a smile that lights up the room and loves making her big brother laugh.

RECIPIENT FAMILY (looking to redonate the 1 remaining embryo): We are a queer couple and my wife and I have been together for 19 years. We have a fierce and spirited 8 year old daughter (from my egg), our sweet 1-month-old boy (from this set of embryos), and a cat. Much like our donor couple, my wife and I have both spent a lot of time in academia. We enjoy music and theater, and my wife is very artistic (me not so much!). We live about 4 hours drive away from our donor family.
Fertility story:
DONOR FAMILY (in their own words): "I've known I wanted to be a parent for a long, long time, but it took me quite a while to find my partner. When we finally did meet and get married in our later '30s, we realized quite early on we'd need to work with an RE. We tried an IUI first that resulted in an ectopic pregnancy, and we decided to move on to IVF after that. We were extremely fortunate to end up with 4 PGT tested embryos, and our first transfer worked. When our son was 9 months old, we transferred our second embryo. The embryo split into identical twins but we lost one at 11 weeks, and the other became our daughter. Our family is complete, but we knew we wanted to donate the remaining embryos to others if possible. We hope that some other person or people will be able to have the child or children their heart is yearning for. I've done a lot of research on what donor-conceived people say and what the best practices are with embryo donation these days, so I'm quite clear that we want an open donation, where we can be available for health history and any other questions the child or family might have for us. We'd also like our children to be able to have a relationship with any bio siblings."

RECIPIENT FAMILY: We decided we wanted a second child when our daughter was in kindergarten, and we started trying via IUI when I was 37. After experiencing two pregnancy losses with my eggs, we sought out donor embryo IVF. We matched with our amazing donor family and our first transfer was successful, resulting in our baby boy. Getting to know our donor family has been one of the most rewarding parts of this process. We agreed on an open donation for the purpose of allowing our kid to know his medical history and donor siblings, and after realizing during our zoom meetings how much we had in common, we've met up with our donor family twice in person so far and we text often.
Infertility diagnosis or N/A:
male factor infertility; also did IVF due to donor female's age (37 at the time) and history of ectopic pregnancy
Do you have any children? (If so please explain) Donor family has two children, ages almost 4 and 2. Recipient family also has 2 children (one of which is from this set of embryos).
Marital status: Married
My Information:
I Am: Female
My Age: 41 - 45
My Race: Caucasian
My Eye Color: Blue
My Hair Color: Medium Brown
My Education/employment info: Doctorate degree in English; professor
Partner Information: (Or N/A)
My Partner Is: Male
Partner Age or N/A: 41 - 45
Patner Race or N/A: Caucasian
Partner Eye Color or N/A: Brown
Partner Hair Color: Medium Brown
Partner education/employment info or N/A: Masters degree in Psychology; engineer
INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMBRYO(S) - If you are a RECIPIENT choose N/A.:
Was an egg donor used or N/A? No
Was sperm donor used or N/A? No
Any children resulting from this batch of embryos? Yes
Any other children? (If so please explain) Donor family: no
How many embryos do you have available to donate? 1
Name or city/state of clinic/facility where embryos were created: Dallas IVF (Frisco, TX)
Name and city/state of clinic/facility where embryos are stored: Ovation Fertility (Texas Fertility Center; Austin, TX)
Year when your embryo(s) were frozen: 2020
Overall embryo batch quality: remaining embryo was graded B/A Good
Stage when frozen: Blastocyst
Day frozen: 5
Final Thoughts (This are is for both embryo donors and embryo recipients. Please clarify any answers from above or include any info you would like to share):
Our donor family has been very open about family medical history so they can provide more details about that to potential interested recipients. The remaining embryo is PGT-A tested euploid. Of the 4 euploid embryos created from our donor's retrieval, 3 have resulted in kids, and here's hoping another family may be able to have the child they are waiting for!