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
A quick greeting
hoppingpenguin
Junior Member Junior Member
I'm currently all alone on this forum so when another parent joins, please reply to this post so I know I'm not alone anymore.
Comments
I just realized that you posted this message 3 1/2 months ago. Hopefully you still check in once in awhile! Well, hopefully SOMEONE will check in once and awhile.
My partner and I have a daughter by donor 1481. She was born in July of 2007. She is funny, smart, and beautiful (hmmm, things ALL parents say about their children)!
I'm interested in having conversations with parents of other kids from this donor. Hopefully those already here will respond and new parents will join!
-Lori
I just replied to your PM but I thought I should reply to this too (since I just noticed it!).
What a coincidence, my daughter is funny, smart and beautiful too!
I think we're still all alone on this forum so, what would you like to discuss? Do you want to share your story of how you got here? I posted our story on the main "Story" forum. I'll see if I can figure out how to add a link here.
My husband and I also have a daughter from this donor. She was born in October 2006.
We're actually trying again right now, so hopefully we will be able to give her a sibling.
Keep us posted on your second and good luck!
I hope a few of the people over there join us over here
I think you are both on there. Is it worth joining? I'm torn because I'm not sure how I'd feel if the donor joined but on the other hand, I'd like to make contact with the two other families.
By the way, I just realised that I've never signed my name to these posts.
I'm Wendy.
I, of course, am no longer freaked out by contact by/from/to other parents who used this donor. I can't REALLY explain the freak out. I'm in the middle of writing an "our story", and maybe when its completed, both of you AND me will understand it better!
Lori
Take this all at your own pace. We'll be here.
Personally, I think I was wondering about specific traits I see in Miss K that I don't think come from me and wondering if the other children have them. That sort of thing.
Also, since we're only planning to have one child and K's cousins are much older than her, I was hoping that someday meeting some other children who were genetically related might expand her sense of "family".
I've sent them both messages but received a notice on both that they are not current members. I'm not sure if they'll ever get the message but hopefully they'll learn about this forum one way or another.
Wendy
Mother of the handsome, outgoing, amazing boy from 1481 joining the conversation. I'm new to this and not active on forums in general - so... please cut me a little slack on my learning curve. :-) It's nice to make contact with some other families.
Allison
It's good to have the lone boy join us
We have a "Roster" set up to list the birth dates, etc. for each child so they are all in one place. I think that one and the Medical one would be a good place to start. We also have a Photo section where you can put up pictures if you want to.
Basically, we're here to share information about our amazing children and to help each other with any possible issues that may be genetic (like sharing medical info).
Think of this as a way to email all of us at once and to save the messages for future use I guess.
Again, welcome!
Wendy
I'll add you to the Yahoo Group and you can say 'hi' over there. We also have a Facebook group which, I think, we'll eventually move over to from Yahoo.
The FB group is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/458610490976477/