Share your donor "Must Haves"

Fairfax Cryobank

forceps40

Our only physical trait was height. Both my husband and I are tall and wanted to be sure that our child had the best chance to also be tall. Once we narrowed down the field to a few that we thought we really liked, we got the baby pictures and the audio interviews. In the end, the interview determined it for us. We like the way the donor sounded, the answers he gave, and the personality we got to know through the interview.

Elliotts03

We wanted our baby to look as much like my partner as possible. We narrowed down the apperance must haves to be: hair color, eye color and weight. We also wanted the personality traits to match. The make or break was the baby picture. I dont think we would have chose the donor without a good baby picture. After we saw they had a baby picture that went with what we were looking for we bought everything we could on the donor. The more we saw, the more we knew how right that donor was for us.

dahozho

ladymacb29

We looked for someone who was from the same ethnic background... My husband's a red head and we couldn't find any on here, so ethnic background looked like the next best fit. Then,since my husband's more of the creative side, we looked for someone who liked art or music...

Believe3

We found a donor with the same ethnic background as my husband, along with the same blood type, eye color, & hair color also. Our donor is very tall. DH and I are both short, though have all different heights in our family, so it doesn't bother us. We have joked around that our child will be taller than us at the age of 10...LOL. We also like our donor's description. He sounds like my husband's personality and has close interests. Health history was really important and finding nothing significant was a blessing. The baby picture helped some.

aunt_freya

We were looking for intelligence, humor, and decent looks. We found, through the childhood photos available, a donor who looked very similar to my BIL when he was the same age. We liked his personal essay and the answers to his questions. We initially wanted ID consent, but we compromised on that when it took more attempts to get pregnant than anticipated!

allineedisonegoodegg

Photos should be complimentary at no charge. IP's have so many obstacles to overcome, this would make life simpler

Ivette

I'm trying to decide on a donor, it's been so hard. My husband wants the donor to look like him, but there are only a few hispanics and none hispanics with green eyes. Any suggestions?

ladymacb29

Catca

I looked for many of the same things others have said they looked for and I also thought about lifestyle. For example, my household has several pets in it so I looked for a donor with no history of allergies who also mentioned he had pets himself so it would be less likely my child would be allergic. I also looked closely at family health histories. I wanted a donor with a family that tended to live to a nice happy old age. :-)

wonderwoman

THis is going to sound funny, but we are looking for people who are honest on their forms. It is refreshing to see "real people". NO ONE has a perfect family medical history.

Anne72

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