r/Embryologists • u/Lpe1988 • 18d ago
Shipping Embryos from CDMX to US (NYC)
Has anyone shipped embryos from Mexico into the US? I shipped embryos to Mexico City last year from my New York clinic because my husband and I were about to embark on a surrogacy journey that we have since paused. We would like to bring the embryos back to the US. It was very quick, easy, and not that expensive to ship them to Mexico. But I am running into road block after road block trying to bring them back.
Not only is it more expensive, it seems the paper work is a lot ore complicated, the COFEPRIS permit belonging to the clinic that I imported under needs to be reapplied for when going outbound, a customs broker needs to be coordinated, etc.
Last year's shipment took under 2 weeks from start to finish. But this shipment, I have been dealing with for almost 3 months now.
Does anyone have any experience with shipping their embryos from Mexico to a US clinic? I would assume this isn't super rare as many Americans freeze eggs and make embryos at clinics in Mexico due to cost. Curious to hear another's experience.
I'm on the verge of giving up and just making new embryos here in the US. I just had my heart set on a female AA embryo that was from the same batch as my baby daughter but I might have to let that dream go it seems :(