What is the limit for how many live babies each donor is allowed to produce?

batters27batters27 Posts: 5
in Ask California Cryobank
For the purposes of potential future siblings, what is the maximum number of live babies that a donor is allowed to produce before he retires?

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  • cryo-admincryo-admin Posts: 4,538
    Hi B -

    Our vials sell out quickly!

    If you are planning for future siblings, please be sure to purchase and store vials for the future. We offer free storage with the purchase of 5 or more vials with our Family Today & Family Tomorrow programs: https://cryobank.com/Services/Additional-Services/Family-Today---Family-Tomorrow/

    Unfortunately, you'll see many posts on these boards of clients desperately looking for additional vials to have a sibling.

    Some donors "retire" before they even become available on our donor catalog. Most are retired before we receive a birth report. We limit vial collection beforehand and we also monitor reported pregnancies.

    Our maximum goal is 25-30 family units per donor worldwide. (We ship to approximately 40 different countries.) The average is about 12-15 family units per donor. We measure in family units because one family my have multiples or choose to have siblings.

    We also offer a free Sibling Registry for families to connect. https://cryobank.com/Services/Sibling-Registry/

    Regards,

    Nicole
    CCB
  • Chicago3Chicago3 Posts: 19
    Hello Admin,

    What does it mean when you say "Some donors "retire" before they even become available on our donor catalog. Most are retired before we receive a birth report. We limit vial collection beforehand and we also monitor reported pregnancies."?

    How is that possible that they sell out before going online? Maybe I'm not understanding.

    Thanks!!
  • cryo-admincryo-admin Posts: 4,538
    Hi C -

    "Retire" means that the donor completed our program, it doesn't mean that he sold out of vials. A donor could have completed our entire donor program before his vials are released on our catalog.

    Most people don't realize the time it takes for a donor to go through our entire application process and have vials become available for sale. There's more info here: https://cryobank.com/How-It-Works/Donor-Qualification/

    And also a step by step guide: https://cryobank.com/uploadedFiles/Cryobankcom/_forms/pdf/brochures/DonorPyramid.pdf

    For example, let's say a donor applies for our program in January 2016. It takes 4-5 months for him to go through all the steps and find out if he qualified for our program. (Less than 1% of applicants become CCB donors!) All vials must be quarantined for a minimum of 6 months. So over the course of the year, this donor is coming in for donations, repeated blood tests, physicals, etc.

    Let's say he finished donating in May and had his final blood draw in November. By January 2017 we could release all of the vials in quarantine. So he technically finished our program in November, but wasn't added to our online catalog until January 2017.

    Often times we have clients that need more vials for siblings ask why can't we just have the donor provide more vials. And unfortunately, it's not that simple. So we try to stress that it's important to purchase all of the vials you think you may need while they are readily available because the donor has already "retired" or completed our program.

    Regards,

    Nicole
    CCB
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