What to do?

We have three options before us regarding children and my health:

1. Standard adoption with Adoption4Kids.

Upside:
Virtually guaranteed success for our money.
No medical poking or prodding.
No hairy ethical decisions.
The comfort of working with professionals who are believers.

Downside:
It won't help my health.

2. Embryo Donation through Snowflakes

Upside:
An opportunity to rescue unwanted souls from frozen limbo.
An awesome testimony of redemption and the value of a person, no matter their size.
Possible relief from the pain and nausea of the scar tissue.
The support of working with believers, at least on the non-medical end.

Downside:
We will get 6 embryos, but the chances that even one will survive are about 30%.
It requires a lot of expensive medical treatments.
We can't be working with an adoption agency at the same time.

3. Embryo Donation through our clinic, SFIRM

Upside:
Same as the first three in option 2, less some $3,000 expense.
No adoption paperwork is required.
We don't have to stop the adoption process with Adoption4Kids.

Downside:
Same as the first two in option 2, plus:
Working solely with people who believe these children aren't children, but cells.
Fewer embryos are available than with Snowflakes. The doctor is checking to see what she has available now.

So there you have it. A quandry in a nutshell. Keep us in prayer and we'll keep you posted. May this struggle be a testimony to the awesome power, majesty, and love of God.