A news article is making its way around the internet and crossed my desk last week: "2,000 frozen eggs and embryos possibly ‘compromised’ after fertility clinic temperature malfunction."
How completely and terribly horrible. The clinic is offering to pay for people to undergo more procedures to replace but that's just awful. What about people who've aged out? What about people who lost spouses? What about women who froze their eggs in prep for chemo? There's nothing easy about replacing lost embryos and sometimes it's an impossible option.
Some of the women in my support groups on fb were effected by this and lost embryos. None are planning to join the class action lawsuit. One said that the doctors and nurses have been closer than some family members when she was having her losses. They took care of her when she had ectopic pregnancies and were an emotional support when she lost a baby at 19 weeks, even though she had technically graduated to her OB by then.
So many people are hurt by this. Sure, the victims of the loss of their embryos. But it's also the staff and doctors and the entire university losing its credibility. They haven't even figured out what the malfunction was to be able to say for sure it won't happen again.
Sad all around.
Very sad. Hopefully they find some answers why it happened.
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