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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
donor 2993
twomoms8269
Member Junior Member
Anyone tried 2993? Any success stories?
Comments
did it ever work with donor 2993? I'm going to try with him next month. I cant seem to find someone who has/had a pregnancy with him.
I got news today Im CMV negative and 2993 is positive so I may have to switch up. Wishing all the luck and baby dust!!!! Let us know what happens.
Melly, how is your 2 week wait going? What donor did you decide to use? I wish you luck and hope you have the same result I did!!!
I'll be praying for you.
Keep hanging in there and I'll keep praying....
I'll be thinking of you on Thursday and I'm praying for both of us every night!
My period is now 4 days late and I'm never late. I guess I will have to see what happens. I don't know how long it takes for it to show up in a pregnancy test.
I think it should have by now. I don't know what's the longest post iui day that gave a positive reading?
How was your appointment? I hope all is well and you have good news to share!
Nothing like surviving your 2ww and still not really knowing. It's a shame your doctor's office wouldn't take you in today to do the blood work. Everyone and every test is different so it's hard to say when your test could be positive. Some things I've read say not to test up until a week after your missed period. I have a friend who had done tests that all came back negative when she eventually found out she was 12 weeks pregnant (obviously not an IUI)! The test still hadn't been positive. So the urine tests are never a sure thing. The blood work on Saturday will be the sure thing. I know you mentioned starting progesterone earlier this week. I started my progesterone the day after my IUI and was told it will prevent my period from starting until after I stop taking it. I don't know if that is the same with you starting it so late. But keep that in mind as a possibility as to why your haven't gotten your period. I hope that's not the reason though!
I'll keep praying and hope for a good result on Saturday. Let me know how it goes!!!
Are you going to try again? I have 1 vial left so i will, just havent made up my mind as to when yet. Im so sorry to hear that your numbers werent good. This is so emtional and it does take a toll on you. I dont know how women do this 5 or 6 time. Sometimes even more. Tehy must really be strong. I give them so much credit. I will keep in touch and I hope you do the same blkern23.
As far as me...my RE suggested I use a different cryobank all together. The office has recommended Fairfax for their whole existence but I am told lately they aren't getting as nice of specimens. I don't know that they get tons as poor as mine, but they have had enough to stop recommending Fairfax. So I am using a donor from California next time. My RE also wants to have 2 specimens at the office each time in the RARE event it isn't any good I have a vial to fall back on. So I still do have one vial there from this donor so if my other donor isn't any good they will use this one but the plan is to use the California one first.
I don't think you would need to worry the vials wouldn't be any good especially if you are using 2 vials back to back. If this is the donor you really like you should use him. Like I said he definitely has pregnancies and I got pregnant on the first try. I would be curious what the levels are for your 2 vials. When are you having your IUI? I'm hoping for the beginning of February for my next attempt. I am counting down the days to my next period! Let me know what you decide.
To help understand these numbers, please visit our blog post: What’s in the Numbers: Explaining Post Thaw Motility and Total Motile Cells
Please refer to the table listed below to see what our Specimen Quality Standard is for each of our specimen preparation types.
Specimen Quality Standards
Specimen Prep Type
Total Motile Cells/milliliter (TMC)
Clinical Use
IUI
20 million/mL (10 million/vial)
Pre-washed vials, ready for intrauterine insemination
ICI
20 million/mL (10 million/vial)
Ready for intracervical insemination OR can be washed for use as an IUI specimen
IVF
5 million TMC/vial
Ready for intracervical insemination or can be washed for use as an IUI or IVF or IVF with ICSI
I wasn't given any post thaw numbers, I am just going to a family practice and since this isn't an everyday thing for them I don't think they go as in-depth as other reproductive-specific places do. But in the paperwork that came along with the sperm from Fairfax, it says the "Prefreeze Motility" is 55%, the "Post Thaw Motility" is 35% and then it says "Count/mL" 65.4 M -- any idea what the "M" might stand for??
Unfortunately I didn't have such luck. Once again there was another unexplained problem. They won't do an IUI again this month. I'm back to waiting another month and hoping for the best next month. I'll be watching to see how you make out though. Good luck!!!