Choosing Your Donor
The art of donor selection
California Cryobank's high standards and extensive screening process means our catalogue has nothing but the highest quality donors for you to choose from.
Rest assured that our recruiters, lab technicians, genetic counselors, and medical directors have made sure you can't go wrong when selecting your donor.
Simply follow these easy steps and let your ideal donor find you.
- Run a Donor Search. Try not to be too specific in your initial search. Keeping your parameters fairly broad (one or two key characteristics) will provide you with a solid starting point to start narrowing down from. You risk eliminating donors who may meet most but not all your criteria if you search too specifically right off the bat. You will have plenty of time to narrow the field as you go along.
- Make sure the donors on your short list have your Vial Type available.
- Call our Parent Services Department if you find a donor who has Please Call under his availability. This means he has fewer than 20 vials available and we will need to check our inventory to confirm we have the number of vials you need.
- Sign up for your Sample Donor Information subscription and order the available long profiles, essays, baby pictures, etc. for your donor options. This information should help you get down to your top 3-5 choices.
- If you have a person or picture you would like your donor to resemble, call to schedule a Donor Matching Consultation. While you won’t be able to view donor pictures, our Parent Service Representative will go through your donor choices with you and rank them by how closely they resemble your picture.
- Purchase and Store your vials for use when you are ready. Purchasing additional vials is the only way to guarantee your donor will be available should you require additional treatments or decide to have another child in the future.
- Place your Order for delivery. Ideally, allow an extra day for shipping prior to your insemination as weather and technical difficulties can affect Federal Express Overnight deliveries.
