The World Egg and Sperm Bank was founded based on one goal:

To make building a family a simple reality.

The World Egg and Sperm Bank has been the leader in egg banking since 2004. As the first independent egg bank, we established a robust structural foundation that other egg banks have attempted to follow. We have been honing our protocols and operating system, adopting new legislative guidelines worldwide, and incorporating cultural, ethical, and clinical changes to our service for decades.

We have created a reliable, sustainable, trustworthy company that can respond to changes in patient and clinical expectations as they arise. We are not focused on marketing gimmicks or misleading patients with emotional hooks; we are science-driven based on our own extensive data collected over many years. Outside appearances are easy to create – but transparency, substance, and facts build a company’s reputation. As our timeline below illustrates, we have put the time and effort into doing just that.

 

The World Egg and Sperm Bank Timeline – Leaders in Egg and Sperm Banking

1996

  • Founder Diana Thomas gives birth to one of the first 100 babies born with donor eggs in the U.S. which inspired her to begin helping other couples.

2004

  • First Egg Bank in the U.S.

2005

  • First to provide free full donor profiles and photos
  • First world-wide delivery of eggs
  • First baby born from our bank

2009

  • Replace Slow Freeze technology with Vitrification

2010

  • First to offer free ova warming training at end-user clinics

2011

  • First appearance of other egg banks in U.S.

2013

  • First to offer Open Identity egg donors

2015

  • First egg bank to develop unique centralized model to fully manage egg quality
  • First custom, state-of-the-art egg donor facility opened
  • First to develop a comprehensive, proprietary database system to manage egg banking operations and outcomes
  • First to have hundreds of donors with banked eggs
  • First to offer CGT (Carrier Genetic Testing using DNA Sequencing)
  • Largest selections of banked eggs and superior customer service

2017

  • First to embrace London Pride in support of LGBTQ community

2020

  • Featured in “Freezing Fertility: Oocyte Cryopreservation and the Gener Politics of Aging”
  • Qualified as one of first for Canadian Primary Establishment Import Licenses

2021

  • Doubled operations from 7,000 sf to custom-built 14,000 sf facility
  • Expanded our leadership to offering Donor PureSpermTM

2022

  • Continues to Set the Gold Standard in Ethics and Quality for egg and sperm banks
  • Remains Science driven to manage and improve quality controls through centralized systems