Hello and welcome to the Fairfax Cryobank Family Forum!
The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
Private Donor Groups and Private Sibling Connection Groups are now located under the category "Groups". Search the donor number in the search box and you should find exactly what you're looking for!
Questions about your forum access? Email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
Follow these steps to join a private donor group:
1) Press "Join" at the right of the group
2) Once prompted to confirm your request please list this information so we can verify your information:
Name (under which the vial was purchased)
Email
Clinic Name
Donor number
Child Date of Birth
*If you are looking to start a private group for a PRS donor please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com with the above information and that you are looking for a PRS group*
If you have any questions about the verification process please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
The forum has a new look and the Fairfax Team is so excited to create the best experience for our users.
To Note:
Private Donor Groups and Private Sibling Connection Groups are now located under the category "Groups". Search the donor number in the search box and you should find exactly what you're looking for!
Questions about your forum access? Email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
Follow these steps to join a private donor group:
1) Press "Join" at the right of the group
2) Once prompted to confirm your request please list this information so we can verify your information:
Name (under which the vial was purchased)
Clinic Name
Donor number
Child Date of Birth
*If you are looking to start a private group for a PRS donor please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com with the above information and that you are looking for a PRS group*
If you have any questions about the verification process please email forum@fairfaxcryobank.com
Are you willing to share your story?
Fairfax Cryobank
Administrator Senior Member
I am writing a book that would be of potential interest to your clients and would like to ask for your help identifying potential contributors to this volume. I would be very grateful if you would ask your team to take some time to forward this email to families who have welcomed children into their lives by assisted reproduction (donor egg, donor sperm and surrogacy).
The topic of how children, now adults, feel about their beginnings in alternative reproduction, is of deep interest to me because, though an adult now, I was conceived by donor insemination. My biological father was open to being known at the allowed time (age 18). The experience of waiting, learning and adjusting to this information is something I’ve given a great deal of thought to. I anticipate a collection of narratives about our wide variety of experiences with the personal meanings associated with assisted reproduction might be of interest to others as well.
I am inviting others who might like to share their story about their experience and the meaning of this for them over time. I am open to those who’d like to have a conversation and allow me to take notes or those who would like to write and contribute an essay. I am interested in learning what ways this experience might impact one’s sense of self, perspectives on life and/or relationships with others
Anyone interested in contributing their story related to having been brought into life through DI, Donor Egg or Surrogacy or other related means should write to me at the below address. Any essays should be under 1000 words (double-spaced) and be accompanied by a brief bio (less than 50 words) and contact information (email and phone). The projected publication date is June 2016 and all essay contributors should submit any writing no later than
Jan. 24, 2015. Thanks for passing this email along.
Annie Arrighi-Allisan
Email: artchildrenspeak@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Annie Arrighi-Allisan
Harvard College '15
Degree Candidate in Neurobiology
The topic of how children, now adults, feel about their beginnings in alternative reproduction, is of deep interest to me because, though an adult now, I was conceived by donor insemination. My biological father was open to being known at the allowed time (age 18). The experience of waiting, learning and adjusting to this information is something I’ve given a great deal of thought to. I anticipate a collection of narratives about our wide variety of experiences with the personal meanings associated with assisted reproduction might be of interest to others as well.
I am inviting others who might like to share their story about their experience and the meaning of this for them over time. I am open to those who’d like to have a conversation and allow me to take notes or those who would like to write and contribute an essay. I am interested in learning what ways this experience might impact one’s sense of self, perspectives on life and/or relationships with others
Anyone interested in contributing their story related to having been brought into life through DI, Donor Egg or Surrogacy or other related means should write to me at the below address. Any essays should be under 1000 words (double-spaced) and be accompanied by a brief bio (less than 50 words) and contact information (email and phone). The projected publication date is June 2016 and all essay contributors should submit any writing no later than
Jan. 24, 2015. Thanks for passing this email along.
Annie Arrighi-Allisan
Email: artchildrenspeak@gmail.com
Sincerely,
Annie Arrighi-Allisan
Harvard College '15
Degree Candidate in Neurobiology