Does anyone have plans on...

[officerofthelaw]

So does anyone plan on joining the sibling registry for their kiddos? I am quite interested in it and checked it out because our donor is no longer donating but has approximately 24 kids. When I checked out the sibling registry I couldn't find anyone on it with my donor. Not sure how it all works I guess. Anyone know of any other places?

[RM80]

I think each bank also has their own forum for parents (private) to connect and it seems like this is more popular as the DSR costs money to join if I recall. I think others have mentioned finding them on facebook by posing on the bank's facebook page for other's with the same donor... I think once you find a few, I would imagine the network would grow as others fine folks through various avenues.

I haven't looked much, my wife isn't interested in connecting if we have a child, but I'm hoping to sway her!

[megd893]

I'm not sure that we're going to connect. But we felt strongly about choosing an Open ID donor, and if our kids wanted to register and learn about their birth siblings, we'd support them.

[wittyandwaiting]

I'm with megd893 exactly.

[officerofthelaw]

We originally chose a donor (after much convincing from my wife) that was open so that when our child turned 18 they could have contact with the donor. He ran out of vials so we went with our second choice donor which was not an open donor. I feel a tad guilty because it shouldn't be our choice for them, it should be theirs. So I feel like the closest thing I can get our kid to is a sibling registry. However I couldn't find a sibling registry option on our Cryo bank.

[mahler5]

We ended up registering with our bank's private registry. We had some emails with a few families and exchanged pics. Two of the families live close to each other and get together often since their kids are close in age. We don't live close to anyone but may reach out and try and meet some of them when c is older.

You don't have to list your email. We didn't but other families did so we contacted them but it is private.

[kh826]

We are not on the registry, but we do have an open ID donor. I occasionally lurk on the registry, but no one else has publically registered with our donor either. I know there are other pregnancies/births with our donor, but I do not know how many. Right now, I like it that way. We may reevaluate if our children show a strong interest, but as of right now we plan only to let our kids know they are welcome to pursue more info about the donor when they are 18.

[officerofthelaw]

Well an update on how many kids our donor has....we make 41!!!!! That is a lot of half siblings and I was fortunate to find one that was just born in Feb!

[Deleted]

We have a secret FB group, with 13 kids. Its nice to see pictures and ask questions. We know there are alot of others. Its so exciting when someone new joins us! Mostly gotten from DSR, but various other sources, just plain googling his # +bank found one.

[2mrsks (mrs&mrsk)]

We "found" 4 siblings on the cryo bank boards. One
Posted on Facebook. All boys so far. We haven't joined the registry yet but I'm sure we will at some point

[Stringy]

I am part of the big registry's Facebook page and it's pretty interesting. It's an invite only page so you have to email someone to get on. We haven't posted in the DSR yet though we can see one match there and our bank told us there are others. We will eventually join our banks one. Sooner than later- but I have to call and ask about some privacy issues first. It's not a forum type I think they just give out contact info and then its up to the families.

[officerofthelaw]

How do I find this on facebook?

Apr 1, 2015 5:53:19 GMT -5 Stringy said:

I am part of the big registry's Facebook page and it's pretty interesting. It's an invite only page so you have to email someone to get on. We haven't posted in the DSR yet though we can see one match there and our bank told us there are others. We will eventually join our banks one. Sooner than later- but I have to call and ask about some privacy issues first. It's not a forum type I think they just give out contact info and then its up to the families.

[officerofthelaw]

Did anyone else use NY Cryo's International Sperm Bank?

[RM80]

Mar 31, 2015 15:09:50 GMT -5 officerofthelaw said:

Well an update on how many kids our donor has....we make 41!!!!! That is a lot of half siblings and I was fortunate to find one that was just born in Feb!

Whoa! Holy sibling group!!  That's huge!

[megd893]

Mar 31, 2015 14:10:28 GMT -5 kh826 said:

We are not on the registry, but we do have an open ID donor. I occasionally lurk on the registry, but no one else has publically registered with our donor either. I know there are other pregnancies/births with our donor, but I do not know how many. Right now, I like it that way. We may reevaluate if our children show a strong interest, but as of right now we plan only to let our kids know they are welcome to pursue more info about the donor when they are 18.

This exactly!  We're in THIS exact position.  

[Stringy]

Apr 1, 2015 6:53:44 GMT -5 officerofthelaw said:

How do I find this on facebook?

Apr 1, 2015 5:53:19 GMT -5 Stringy said:

I am part of the big registry's Facebook page and it's pretty interesting. It's an invite only page so you have to email someone to get on. We haven't posted in the DSR yet though we can see one match there and our bank told us there are others. We will eventually join our banks one. Sooner than later- but I have to call and ask about some privacy issues first. It's not a forum type I think they just give out contact info and then its up to the families.

I'm not sure you can. We were members (paid) of it back when picking a donor and I got an email invite from the woman who runs it. It was their new venue for their forums.

[officerofthelaw]

Ah I see.

Apr 1, 2015 11:43:00 GMT -5 Stringy said:

Apr 1, 2015 6:53:44 GMT -5 officerofthelaw said:

How do I find this on facebook?

I'm not sure you can. We were members (paid) of it back when picking a donor and I got an email invite from the woman who runs it. It was their new venue for their forums.