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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

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  • Egarza03Egarza03 Junior Member Junior Member
    I know how you feel. My partner and I are starting the process but it's taking a little longer. I'm 30 as well and my love is 38. I'm scared too wondering what kind of complications the freeze will have on the "baby dust". I'm having an HSG test this Friday to find out if I can even conceive. I'm nervous but anxious. I could relate to your post because we have been trying to prepare for this next step in our lives as well. We bought our house two years ago, been saving, and got our careers in check. Where are you in the process? I've skimmed through the donors but I'm still waiting for all this testing to be completed so I can get the green light from my doctor.
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  • sweetpeasweetpea Member Member
    Well, I can tell you from my experience that all of that went through my mind too in the beginning. Now, as I am staring down IUI # 6, I just want a dang baby. My search on donors now looks like this: what is the reported pregnancy range and can I find anyone on this forum that has had success with a donor. Everytime someone posts on here they are pregnant, I want to know by which donor and what the sperm counts were. It seems that in the three donors I have used, the counts have all sucked! Maybe the person doing my counting is really conservative because I don't know how anyone gets the large #'s they are reporting. My suggestion is to call Fairfax and get the pregnancy range and then start narrowing it down from there.
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  • 2lovergirls2lovergirls Junior Member Junior Member
    We are still in the process of narrowing down donors and to be truthful we didn't even consider the "pregnancy range." Our doctor has given us the all clear and even provided some helpful hints on attempting "home insemination." We're not sure what the success rate % is but we figured it was worth a shot at saving some money. Needless to say, we have a lot of research left to do. There's just not a lot of information out there. Does anyone know the process of buying sperm and saving it for later use for future siblings? Is it expensive? "Sweetpea" does fairfax not have that program that if you purchase sperm and not become pregnant, they give you a vial free? Have they held true to their word? Hope you get pregnant soon! Maybe six is your lucky number!
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  • hopefulcharhopefulchar Senior Member Senior Member
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  • sweetpeasweetpea Member Member
    I did contact them about he pregnancy pledge and did receive my 5th vial for free. I also had a credit for a vial that was under 10 million, so last month, I received two free vials. But when I went in to have my IUI, they had to use both vials because the count was so low and with both combined, it was only 10.9 million. So, I am currently in the process of getting another refund on one of the vials.
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  • bluesky10bluesky10 Senior Member Senior Member
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  • SaraBellSaraBell Junior Member Junior Member
    So, did you do 2 times per cycle? I'm convinced there is a better shot for a girl if the sperm is already there when the egg is released. I want to have a girl too. I mean, a little boy would be wonderful but girl stuff is so much fun!
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  • manda210manda210 Member Member
    my friend did IUIs with two different donors and she has two girls and Ive seen quite a few other people on here that have had girls....so its hard for me to believe that 99% are boys....i would be happy with either and I am not sure there is anything you can do to try to have one or the other unless you have the lab spin the sperm or do IVF and they figure out if the embryos are boys or girls....good luck everyone tho!!!
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  • JulieharpJulieharp Junior Member
    I know the process is long and scary. I did not get pregnant until try #5. That was 10 vials and a lot of heartache. I did not get pregnant until I took fertility drugs and was monitored daily. We thought about at home but did not want to mess anything up. Luckily we did not do at home because all the ovulation tests I took were wrong. I was 35 when I got pregnant. I now have a perfect baby boy who is about to turn 2yrs old. When I searched for a donor I picked a donor who had a daughter because I wanted a girl. My theory did not work. But my son is the best thing that ever happened to us. Hang in there and Good luck!
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  • hopefulcharhopefulchar Senior Member Senior Member
    Julie. If you don't mind me asking how do u know that your opks were off? I have done 8 iuis with only Clomid or naturally and opks. I have always thought my timing was off. I am currently on my first round with injectables and a trigger shot. Plus lots of monitoring. Just was looking for what worked with you.
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  • JulieharpJulieharp Junior Member
    Sorry I have not been back on. I hope things have worked out by now. The trigger shot and clomid with daily monitoring worked for me. It appeared that the ovulation kits read wrong for me. I actually ovulated a few days after the kits told me. I did not accept that until we spent a lot of money. My second cycle with trigger shot worked. Good luck
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  • Mrs.GrahamMrs.Graham Junior Member
    i am only 24 and i am so scared me and my partner had our first child 5 years ago and we want to try the ici again and its just mind bottling that that it just might not work so good this time
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  • 2lovergirls2lovergirls Junior Member Junior Member
    why would it not work out this time? Ms. Graham. you are young and fertile. did you have trouble the first time around?
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