Fairfax EggBank Blog

Written by: Julia Gytri There is a quiet frequency that can be inadvertently silenced for one reason or another when you choose donor egg IVF, and that’s the grief over the genetic connection you imagined you would have with your child.   “Genetic grief,” as it is referred to, can start as a soft thrum of…

Written by: Kate Morgan When you’re exploring options to grow your family, it’s natural to assume that “fresh” eggs are better. After all, fresh often sounds more natural, more immediate, and more effective.  But in modern fertility care, that’s not always the case.  Thanks to major advances in egg freezing technology, frozen donor eggs have…

Written by: Julia Gytri In fertility care, the loud moments are the numbers. Eggs retrieved. Embryos created. Beta levels rising or falling. The numbers are how the field measures itself, and often what an intended parent remembers most. But ask the nurses who walk beside intended parents what they carry from this work, and the…

Written by: Julia Gytri If you’re thinking about becoming an egg donor, you’ve probably read a lot about the milestones of the process. There’s the application, the screening, all of the medications, the big retrieval. But you’ve likely read next to nothing about the people who will be walking beside you, hand in hand, the…