Adopt a Snowflake

An uncounted number of women each year opted for in vetro fertilisation. In vitro fertilization is a procedure in which eggs from a woman's ovary are removed, they are fertilized with sperm in a laboratory procedure, and then the fertilized egg is returned to the woman's uterus. There is nothing wrong with this process on a Biblical basis.

There is one slight problem with the procedure though. Too many fertilized eggs are usually formed in the process. The woman is inserted with only those necessary to get her pregnant while the rest are put in deep freeze.

Then the question is raised - what do we do with the left over embryos? Thousands are left in deep freeze while still others have been given to research including stem cell research. But more recently there has been another way.

Have you ever heard of a "Snowflake baby"? A snowflake baby is a child that has been adopted as a frozen embryo and implanted into her adopted mother. So far only 113 Snowflake children exist in the world. The oldest is a seven year old girl who, I'm sure, is greatful to be alive.

I honestly wish we were not given this choice. I wish when this procedure was carried out that there would be no leftover embryos at all. I'm not against in vitro fertilisation. But if given the choice between giving my children to science or giving them to a good home I'd choose the latter any day.

My wife and I will have children here in a few years. I want to have two or three. She agrees with me. But maybe, God willing, one of them won't be our own biological child. Maybe we will help save a life and adopt a little snowflake. We'll see what happens after much prayer and discussion with my wife.

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Snowflake Adoptions Hailed