What's a Directed Donor (DD)?

A Directed Donor (DD) is a sperm donor, known to the recipient, used to inseminate a non-sexually intimate partner. If the Directed Donor is the intended parent they will use a gestational carrier, where embryos are created by in vitro fertilization using the sperm and eggs of intimate partners, or direct donor sperm and donor eggs, but are implanted into a gestational carrier who has no biological link to the embryos. If the recipient is the intended parent, they will use their DD samples for insemination or IVF.

To get started, the intended parent will contact Fairfax Cryobank staff at the location where the DD will bank. Our team will send an email with a document detailing the DD procedure and a registration form. Once returned to Fairfax Cryobank, we begin the process.