About our Donor Categories
Learn more about Fairfax Cryobank’s donors. Curious about what the various sperm donor types mean? Or where Fairfax Cryobank finds sperm donors? Review the answers below to learn more about our diverse selection of sperm donors.
Medical Professionals
Fairfax Cryobank Values our Relationships with ART Fertility Professionals Fairfax Cryobank is honored to work with fertility and assistive reproductive technology clinics around the globe, partnering to help make our client’s family-bulding dreams a reality. Below are some resources for our sperm bank’s clinical partners. Physician and Fertility Clinic Resources …
Sperm Donor Medical Status Updates
What are Sperm Donor Medical Updates? Donor Medical Status Updates are a Fairfax Cryobank sperm donor classification that indicates if a donor has been restricted due to a significant medical issue in an offspring. Not all medical issues reported result in a restriction. Those determined to increase the risk to …
Donor Medical Profiles and Donor Medical Status (Part II)
Blog written by Laboratory Staff JM Fairfax Cryobank also offers an online feature, Check Donor Medical Status, which can be used by anyone who purchased semen from us as well as doctor’s offices where the vials were shipped. It tells if a donor has been placed in a special classification …
Donor Medical Profiles and Donor Medical Status (Part I)
Blog written by Laboratory Staff JM A client who uses anonymous donor sperm is likely to have questions down the road, for example “What if my donor is diagnosed with a medical condition after he stops donating?”, or “Does the Cryobank maintain contact with donors after they leave the donor …
Can My Friend Be My Sperm Donor?
Blog written by Fairfax Cryobank Laboratory Director, Michelle Ottey, Phd. Many women and couples consider asking a friend or relative to be their sperm donor. This is a possibility when there are fertility issues for the male partner or when there is no male partner involved in your family building …
Are You a Carrier of a Genetic Disease?
Blog written by Farifax Cryobank Genetic Counselor Suzanne Seitz, MS A client I spoke to recently found out that she was a carrier for a genetic disease. Her doctor was doing the routine screen as part of her pre-pregnancy work-up. She was certainly surprised by the result as she had …
Fairfax Cryobank Announces New Distributor in Canada
Fairfax Cryobank is happy to announce a new distributor in Canada, Outreach Health Services in Newmarket, Ontario. Outreach Health Services (www.creatingcanadianfamilies.ca) is owned and operated by Heather Brooks, RN and has been distributing donor sperm since 1999. For a list of donors and information available through Outreach Health Services, please …
Medical Updates on Your Donor
Blog written by Suzanne Seitz, MS Certified Genetic Couselor As the genetic counselor who talks to families everyday about donor issues, I want to encourage everyone with a donor conceived child to be on the lookout for issues that may be important for other families who used the same donor. …
A Snapshot in Time
In the previous installments of our Adverse Outcomes Series, we addressed the general population risk of genetic conditions and congenital anomalies, the role of family history, and how the overall risk for such events can be reduced. We then took a deeper diver to understand the genetics on these conditions …
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