From IVF Journey to Storybook: We’re So Cool. We Used to Be Frozen.
How do you explain IVF to a child who was conceived through it?
For Alana and her husband, that question became the inspiration for a children’s book celebrating the science, hope, and love that brought their family together.
After growing their family through IVF with Dr. Caitlin Dunne at PCRM, they welcomed twins Ryker and Emry. Now eight years old, the twins are growing up knowing their story began in a very special way.
That experience inspired We’re So Cool. We Used to Be Frozen.
Helping Children Understand Their IVF Beginnings
Created with IVF families in mind, We’re So Cool. We Used to Be Frozen. offers a simple, positive, and age-appropriate way to talk to children about IVF and frozen embryos.
Told from a child-friendly perspective, the book helps make conversations about fertility treatment approachable while celebrating the many different ways families can begin.
For parents who have grown their families through IVF, the book can provide a natural starting point for sharing their child's unique beginnings — and an opportunity to celebrate the science, care, hope, and love that helped bring their family together.
But its message extends beyond children.
For those who are still waiting, hoping, and navigating the uncertainty that can come with fertility treatment, Alana's story is also a reminder of the hope that can carry families through difficult chapters.
A Full-Circle Moment
PCRM and Dr. Caitlin Dunne were part of Alana's family's story from the beginning, making their inclusion in the book especially meaningful to our team.
We often meet patients during one chapter of their family-building journey. Getting to see those families grow — and, in this case, seeing that experience become a book that may bring comfort, connection, and hope to other IVF families — is a special full-circle moment.
“You didn’t just help us become parents. You helped us become a family.”
At its heart, We’re So Cool. We Used to Be Frozen is a story about hope, perseverance, love, and the many incredible ways a family can begin.
We’re honoured to have been part of Alana's family's story and touched to see that journey become something that can now be shared with other families.
We hope this book helps IVF-conceived children celebrate their unique beginnings and reminds families that every path to parenthood has a story worth telling. ❤️
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