Frozen, But Not Forgotten: An Adoptive Dad’s Step-by-Step Guide to Embryo Adoption

Perhaps you dream of having a baby but struggle with infertility. Maybe you have biological children but are considering adoption to build your family. In this guidebook written by a veteran journalist-turned-adoptive father, learn everything you need to know about the embryo adoption process from your first call with an agency or fertility clinic to bringing baby home from the hospital. Told from a Christian perspective using personal, funny and downright jaw-dropping anecdotes from the author’s own adoption experience, this book will set your mind at ease by providing a clear roadmap for your adoption journey. Each chapter begins with a summary list of key themes and ends with a series of discussion questions designed to help prospective adoptive couples talk openly their hopes, fears and dreams throughout the adoption process. Packed with encouragement and advice that will save you precious energy, time and money on the road to adoption, this book will help loving moms and dads transform their parenting, bring precious embryo babies to term and affirm life in the era of in vitro fertilization.

Nate Birt is a veteran journalist who has been published twice in The Washington Post’s On Parenting blog. He and his wife, Julie, and their three biological sons welcomed their adopted embryo baby, Phoebe, in March 2018. Birt shares practical embryo adoption insights and advice for Christian parents at his blog, www.natebirt.com. Birt is Trust In Food™ Program Manager at Farm Journal, where his team helps connect Americans to farmers and the food system. His portfolio includes work for AOL/Patch.com, the Boonville (Mo.) Daily News, the Boulder (Colo.) Daily Camera, the Columbia Missourian, the Columbia (Mo.) Tribune, Credit Sesame, the Detroit Free Press, ScribbleLive, Social5 and Visual.ly. He holds a master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri. Follow Birt on Twitter at @natebirt.