Sibling Donor

[dannigirl]

Noooooooo!!

I just got looking theough Fairfax to see about ordering more vials from our donor because we are down to the last one and he's now a 'sibling only donor for U.S. Only'!!!!!!

What are we going to do now?!

Do we even bother with that last vial that is being stored at our clinic? We want to have siblings from the same donor, but if we can't get more vials because we are in Canada... What's the point?!

I emailed Fairfax to see what they say... OMG... we might be pretty well flushing an $800 vial of perfectly good sperm down the drain right now... OMG.. I want to throw up at the thought.

[healz413]

I'm sorry to hear this! Try calling repromed and outreach health services to see if they have any they have already imported. They are the two Canadian importers of U.S. sperm and every once in awhile a donor will be no longer available in the U.S. but one of those two companies will have some of the sperm already imported. We were able to get two additional vials of our donor that way after he sold out in the U.S.

[rikkiandjulie]

Danni, this happened to us as well, well something similar. We bought 7 vials of our donor. Thinking that would surely be enough to get us through. Well we are down to the last two, and he is suddenly sold out. We decided that as much as we wanted that genetic connection, that it might not be as relevant as we thought. We've decided that if there was noooo way we'd throw vials away, so we too might have non bio sibs

[wittyandwaiting]

I'm so sorry you are faced with this crappy situation. I'm agree with everything that healz413 said, and we were also faced with a similar situation. I would also suggest that you try calling (don't even bother emailing) Can-Am Cyro. They are smaller but seem to hold a lot of stock.

Good luck dannigirl! Fingers crossed for you!

[jgy]

Hang on before you totally freak out dannigirl. They're still offering him as a sibling-only donor, they're not totally out of vials, right? We conceived big G on a vial that we had shipped just before our donor went to sibling-only status. When we started TTC little g, we just called and ordered based on the fact that this would be a sibling.

What I'm saying is, IF you're successful with the vial that you have (and they don't run out of stocked vials by the time you're ready to order for the next one), you should still be able to have genetic siblings.

Hope that makes you feel better! Questions? Unclear? Let me know! I'm a big sleep deprived and not communicating well right now.

And ... I just reread your post. I believe what they're going to tell you is that the donor is only restricted to Sibling-only status in the US. You should still be fine in Canada. They keep separate tallies for the US and the rest of the world. Let us know what they say!

[dannigirl]

Thank you for everything.
I panicked a little last night. Haha
I think the mixture of being upset that I had spotting, then missing Jo and being upset that she is gone plus the fact that I was super tired made me a little crazy.

[dannigirl]

Update for all those who were so helpful.

Our donor has retired and we will not be able to order anymore vials. Plus no one in Canada has them in stock.

So we get to start looking for a new donor.

[wittyandwaiting]

I'm sorry dannigirl. Good luck on the hunt for a new donor.

[healz413]

Ugh! That sucks. I'm sorry