Fertility Preservation Egg Freezing
What is Fertility Preservation?
The method of fertility preservation helps women preserve eggs for future use. Women who choose the method of fertility preservation often delay having children for career advancement, personal reasons, and health. The method of preserving eggs involves stimulating the ovaries, retrieving the eggs, and freezing them through a method that helps maintain the cell structure. The method is flexible, and counseling is required.
Who Should Consider Egg Freezing?
Women who are in their late twenties and thirties and who have not yet considered having families may benefit the most. It is highly recommended prior to chemotherapy and ovarian surgery. Women who are diagnosed with low ovarian reserve and who would like to preserve their egg quality at its current state should consider it.
The age at the time of egg cell freezing is one of the major factors in the success.
Procedure & Storage Process
- Hormonal stimulation for ten to twelve days
- Monitoring with blood tests and ultrasounds
- Retrieving eggs while under brief anesthesia
- Identifying fully developed eggs in a lab setting
- Quick vitrification freezing procedure
- Long-term cryogenic storage that is safe
Success Rates, Safety & Future Use
The success of this procedure is also dependent on the woman's age during the egg-freezing process. The younger the woman was during the egg-freezing process, the higher the pregnancy rates will be. The procedure is safe for the woman. The woman will also experience some bloating. Once the woman has made up her mind that she wants to get pregnant, her eggs are thawed and fertilized through IVF. This fertilized egg is then implanted in her womb.