Fairfax EggBank Blog

Genetic testing continues to improve at a rapid rate. Subsequently, more and more of us are finding out we are carriers of genetic conditions. We know egg donors with carrier status are healthy and do not have the condition. Despite this, knowing one of the biological parents is a carrier presents new knowledge that requires…

Genetic testing on egg donors is nothing new at Fairfax EggBank. Historically, we’ve used these results to determine whether the donor is appropriate for our donor egg program. But we’ve made a recent commitment to deepen the level of genetic information a recipient can obtain on a donor. Effective September 2018, we launched the GenPanel+…

Video testimonial of a recent Fairfax EggBank couple As an egg donor, you want to know that all the time and effort you are putting into the donor egg process is worth it. You also want to know that your donor eggs are going to thankful egg donor recipients who appreciate the gift you’ve given them,…

We know the donor egg journey isn’t an easy one. Many have traveled a long and bumpy road, mired in time-consuming setbacks and heartache before reaching the decision to use an egg donor to conceive. As you pursue the donor egg process, we thought you could use some words of encouragement from an egg donor…

Are you considering an ID Option Donor? These are donors who have gone through additional counseling and have consented to have donor-conceived children contact them upon reaching the age of 18. Choosing an ID Option Donor versus a Non-ID Option Donor is a serious decision, and you may have questions about the implications of both….