What determines a "New" status for a donor?

EllaBK

We are interested in donor 13360 but notice that he doesn't have any pregnancies yet. He's coming up in the system as "New" but his profile documents are dated 2011. Should we be concerned?

Thx

cryo-admin

Hi Ella -

Donor 13360 only became available on our donor catalog last month. "New" indicates that the donor has only been available on our catalog for 0-60 days.

It takes about a year from when a donor begins our program to when the vials actually become available for clients to purchase. This is due to all of the testing, the quarantine period, and other donor program requirements.

There is no reason to be concerned. All of our donors go through our stringent screening process and less than 1% of applicants are chosen to be CCB Donors. In addition, all of our donors will eventually have pregnancies. It just takes time for clients to purchase the vials, have their inseminations, and report back to us.

Regards,

Nicole
CCB

Livingrm

We're considering this donor 13360 too and had the same concern. It seems it took at least 2 years for this donor to have available vials from when he registered. May I ask if anyone knows about the eyelashes and eyebrows on this donor or his family members? (Doesn't this sound so trite and silly?)

cryo-admin

Hi Living -

Donor 13360 began the process in December 2011 and we released his vials for purchase in June 2013.

As mentioned above, the qualification process and testing take time. All vials must be quarantined for a minimum of 6 months. There is no reason to be concerned that his vials were released 1 and a half years after he started the process. Below is a short video about our donor qualification process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NurCUuZaa1c&feature=player_embedded

Also, this was the donor's only vial release, so what likely happened is the lab waited to do a release until all vials met the quarantine requirement.

This donor has long eyelashes and thick eyebrows.

Regards,

Nicole
CCB