Fairfax EggBank Blog

Have you checked out our requirements and still need a little more info on whether you’re qualified to become an egg donor? We’ve expanded on each below. Donating Eggs Qualifications Are you between the ages of 19 and 30? A woman is born with all the eggs she’ll ever have. In general, her fertility will…

Did you know we have over 20,000 genes that tell our cells what to do? Of the 20,000, genetic testing technology is getting better at finding those that function well and those that don’t. But, in the absence of technology, most people who have one of these non-functioning genes never know it. That’s because genes…

Addressing Egg Donation Regret Via the Article “Why I Wish I Hadn’t Donated My Eggs” A thoughtful individual recently shared a Buzzfeed article “Why I Wish I Hadn’t Donated My Eggs” on one of our social media pages. We are truthfully thankful for her to post it. It’s evident that this writer had a very emotional…

Guest Blog by a Fairfax EggBank couple We were very happy with the outcome of working with Fairfax EggBank. After searching a few different egg banks, we settled on Fairfax because they had a wide variety of ethnic donors. We ended up finding an egg donor who was perfect for us. She was an unusual ethnic…

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…