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
Donor 4209
Ophelia
Junior Member Junior Member
Hi everyone -
I am new to this process. My husband and I recently found out that we can never conceive a child with his sperm. After much prayer, we have come to terms with the fact that we will have to use donor sperm. I searched the donors and came across donor #4209. I have a really good feeling about him.... I can't explain why. Has anyone used this donor? Any thoughts/comments for me? My husband is blond/blue eyes... we want the child to look as much like him as possible. The donor's child photo looks similar to my husband but there is no adult pic. I am scared that the child wil look COMPLETELY different from my husband when he is an adult. Any thoughts?
Either way, we feel blessed that there is an option for us and we are greatful to all the donors.
Praying for you all. Our first round of IUI will be in February. Fingers crossed.
I am new to this process. My husband and I recently found out that we can never conceive a child with his sperm. After much prayer, we have come to terms with the fact that we will have to use donor sperm. I searched the donors and came across donor #4209. I have a really good feeling about him.... I can't explain why. Has anyone used this donor? Any thoughts/comments for me? My husband is blond/blue eyes... we want the child to look as much like him as possible. The donor's child photo looks similar to my husband but there is no adult pic. I am scared that the child wil look COMPLETELY different from my husband when he is an adult. Any thoughts?
Either way, we feel blessed that there is an option for us and we are greatful to all the donors.
Praying for you all. Our first round of IUI will be in February. Fingers crossed.
Comments
I feel your pain. My husband was also diagnosed with azoospermia (zero sperm count) in May. We also had to face the fact that we will never be able to have a child on our own and we chose donor sperm. We thought this by itself was horrible enough. But now we are faced with the fact that I am 38 and my numbers and antral follicle count aren't great either. On top of this, I also have a blocked tube. It feels like we have all the suffering of the world on top of us now. We will consider ourselves lucky if we can even have a child.
And after all of this, I have to admit, we (yes, even my husbnd feels so) that we do not care anymore if the child looks like him or not!!! It was an issue in the beginning, but life takes its journey and we follow. This will be OUR child, because having a child is a matter of raising someone, loving someone, and not whose cells are involved. The child will look like him, because gestures, mannerisms, behavior, so much of life is learned and not inherited, and we do not even realize.
Just remember you are not alone on this. In the midst of my husbands diagnosis I met someone who confessed he also had three children out of donor sperm. And when I met his three beautiful children- all from different donors but all looked alike- I was so relieved. That's when I decided that a donor was our best bet.
I truly believe donor sperm is our way... so much that I get completely upset when doctors want to push us to do a TESE + IVF. I think they truly miss the point of what parenthood is all about.
I wish you the best of luck.
Violeta
She is just the sweetest little girl, great sleeper (started sleeping 8 hours a night at 6 weeks!) and the love of my life.
I replied on the other thread too... CONGRATS!!! I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU! I bet she is just precious. As for me --- 3 IUIs with donor 4209 and no success... so confused.
Congratulations again!!!! :-)
I started the process at 38 with no know issues and excellent numbers. It can take time.
If you have vials you want to sell back please let me know