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
How on Earth do we do this???
aquebedeaux
Junior Member Junior Member
My partner and I are completely overwhelmed by the task of choosing a donor? Where do we start? How do we know he is the right one? We have a friend who has offered, but that is a whole different kind of scary.... Input? Advice? Personal experiences? Anything helps!
Comments
I want an Asian baby, Chinese to be precise.
So, the donor much be Chinese,
I also want to see baby pictures and his health records throughout the year as well as his parents... Just invade they don't have diseases or such that are passed by generation to generation
Also, I'd check where he works and his hobbies, which can also reflect how your child might grow up to be and have interest in.
(Btw neither my gf and I are Asian)
1. Health-I have a gene that causes colon cancer, and her father had rectal cancer very early on, therefore NO cancer was very paramount!
2. Since we are utilizing a donor, we wanted one that matches one of our blood types, she is O and I am B+, we went with an O donor.
3. I wanted an ID open donor, she didn't care either way, but raised good points, even if the donor is ID, doesn't mean our child would ever make contact, the donor could die, not update their contact info, etc., all in all I am now fine with not having an ID donor as a choice.
4. Photos-definitely had to have a child photo and lifetime photos if possible. I want our child to have as much info at their fingertips as possible should they want to know.
5. CMV status, that matches your own, IMO I think this is important, some docs don't feel it is, but I do.
6. Pregnancy reported, tried and true LOL!
7. Lastly, were other things like hair and eye color to better match "us", height, my partner is 5'9", I am 5'2". Ethnicity and race, we are both caucasian have Irish/English and German ethnicities.
Good luck with your decision and don't worry about any backlash you get from anyone, the choice is yours and your partner's! You'll figure it out!