Egg Freezing
Egg freezing stores collected eggs at a very low temperature. The aim is to set eggs aside for a person who plans a pregnancy later rather than now.
What is egg freezing?
The cycle resembles the egg-collection stage of IVF. The ovaries are stimulated, eggs are collected and they are frozen before fertilisation. When a pregnancy is planned, the eggs are thawed, fertilised with sperm and an embryo is transferred. Freezing does not guarantee a pregnancy. The number of eggs stored, and the age at collection, are the main facts that shape the later chance.
Who may consider it?
- People who wish to delay pregnancy and store eggs from the current reserve
- Before cancer treatment or another medical path that may harm the ovaries
- A family history of early menopause
- People who want to store eggs before a sperm source is decided
How the path usually unfolds
- Reserve tests, and a clear talk about what freezing can and cannot do
- Stimulation and egg collection
- Freezing and recording the eggs
- Later thaw, fertilisation and embryo transfer
How many eggs to aim for is discussed against age and the reserve result. This page is general information. The decision is made with a physician after examination.
IVF
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