Mr. W had noted that despite having signed all the forms and taken the blood tests to donate our 3 remaining embryos several months ago to the fertility clinic, his credit card was still being charged monthly for embryo storage. We expected there to be some delay in seeing the charges stop as our tests needed time to clear before the doctor signs his approval and acceptance, but it’s been 2.5 months. So I called the fertility clinic today to ask about that.

I felt totally like a bad mother as I listened to myself inquire as to whether the results of the tests were okay or if there were a problem with the embryo donation since we were still being charged for storage. It sounded like I may as well have been saying, “Hey, stop charging us for our children, we already told you, we don’t want them anymore. We’d rather have the money.” Ugh.

The end result of the phone call is that the person I spoke to at the office checked through the computer records and confirmed that as of May 5, everything was finalized and we should’ve stopped being charged. She was going to call the finance department to make sure they take our credit card off file for the automatic payment deductions. She’ll refund for the May charge.

Bye-bye, little embryos. Mommy loves you. May you find perfect loving homes with parents who will love you at least as much as I do.