I ve gone through two cycles with Fairfax EggBank and really enjoyed my journey. Staff were professional and informative. Their online processes were very well-established and made screening a breeze!
Before I became an egg donor, I thought about it for almost 9 years. When I finally decided to become one, I thought to myself as to why I didn t become one sooner. The doctors, nurses and staff where all so kind and welcoming. The visits and injections that I had to do before leading up to the actual procedure where all simple. I m glad I become a donor and I hope that I ve given the right couple the opportunity to become parents and care for a little human.
I really enjoyed my experience at Fairfax EggBank. Everyone I came into contact with were so kind and helpful during this journey. Surprisingly, I wasn't nervous about the egg retrieval at all because I was confident in the capability of everyone involved! I am grateful to have had the opportunity to brighten someone's life with a little human to love.
I have done numerous egg donation cycles at Fairfax EggBank and have always had a wonderful and easy experience at their facility. From the initial application process to the donation cycle itself, the staff is very helpful and always treats you like family. They are very informative and great with quickly answering any questions or concerns you may have. Can t say enough good things!
As a travel donor, thank you for supporting me as a donor in your program! You were always so helpful, even while rebooking my flights the middle of the night. I can't wait to cycle again.
My experience being a donor with Fairfax EggBank has been one that is both extremely rewarding and exciting. I have been so fortunate to have the opportunity to have beautiful healthy babies of my own to bring into this world. At Fairfax EggBank, I have gone through as many cycles as allowed for a donor and with each one I had completely perfect retrievals. I am so happy my donation has been through Fairfax EggBank, and hopefully to some amazing families. I hope they will experience the love and happiness of a child of their own through my donation.
I am blessed to have a body that has awarded me this opportunity. I hope that what I have offered as an egg donor has helped hopeful expectant parents to be blessed with happy, beautiful, vibrant, smart, and outgoing little ones of their own!
Everyone has a different reason as to why they are in need of an egg donor. For me, I had very few eggs, my FSH levels were low, my estrogen was low, etc. It was completely devastating for me to hear this. I was finally married to an amazing man and we wanted to start our family. It never dawned on me to ask my OBGYN to check if I was not still able to have children, nor did they ever ask what my future desire was to have babies. I wish they did; I wish that it was part of the annual to ask. I wish that our bodies caught up to how we live our lives now. There are a lot of wishes I went through such an emotional roller coaster; it took me months before I was able to get myself to see a fertility specialist. She is the reason why we chose Fairfax EggBank. I was quite adamant about the features that I wanted the donor to have. Since I wasn t able to provide the egg, I wanted our baby to be as much of me as possible. However, I found it very difficult to find Chinese donors let alone all the other features I was hoping for. I searched everywhere and came to another realization that there are no standards for egg donation banks to follow. The testing, questionnaires, background checks, etc. was all over the place, including the pricing. After much consideration, we decided that frozen egg donation made the most sense for us and decided to go with the recommendation of my OBGYN; I trusted her already and respect her in every way possible, so why would I not trust her recommendation to use Fairfax.
JeanMarie Ruane was my coordinator and she was amazing. She seamlessly helped us make a very difficult decision. I gave her my lists of wants and she was very open and honest to me about my requirements. She was very thoughtful and genuine; she never pushed us to make a decision, but gave us enough information to make the right decision. We had been looking for the right donor for some time and when she narrowed down on our wants, she sent me donors that I should look at to help me in my search.
Although she didn t meet all of our physical requirements she actually was more of a match to my personality than I ever expected, which is why we selected her.
JeanMarie and I spoke on the phone (talking to her was like getting on a call with a friend) about the process and she got all the necessary paperwork for us to sign and notarize. Once that was completed, the frozen eggs went out immediately! The frozen eggs arrived in perfect condition. Of the 6 received, 5 made the 'defrost'. All 5 eggs were fertilized with A gradings. 1 was A+ and that was the one we chose to implant. Even Dr. Han who handled the creation of our blastocysts said our little one was the most perfect she's ever seen. Apparently she doesn't say this often.
We now have a beautiful, healthy, and happy baby girl. And what s most important to remember is that this little baby is in your belly for 40 weeks. So the DNA maybe from a donor, but everything else is from the mother.
I read in an article that the donor egg is like the outlines in a coloring book, but we are the crayons that fill in what s in between the lines. I found that to be so helpful in accepting and understanding that our little one is ME. Thank you JeanMarie and Fairfax for making our family possible.
I have been able to donate for Fairfax through four cycles so far. I can honestly say this has been such a great experience to be apart of. Everyone I have worked with through the four cycles have been very supportive and helpful. One day when I decide to have a child, my girlfriend and I will need a sperm donor because we are a lesbian couple. This made me start to think about becoming a donor myself. I was excited to become a donor because I wanted to be able to help women that couldn't do it on their own, the same way that I will need help later down the line too. Donating has changed my life and it makes me smile to think about all the women out there that are finally able to have a child because of all the donations through Fairfax.
Fairfax Eggbank, thank you for always keeping the lines of communication open and breaking down this process into the simplest terms that made it feel easy to become a part of the program. Wonderful, knowledgeable staff willing to work with you and walk you through the process step by step. My mind was put at ease while becoming an donor for such a fantastic company working to help families with fertility struggles.
My experience with Fairfax EggBank as a donor has been great! I have felt respected and treated with care through every step of the process. My questions have been answered and I have appreciated my experience.
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