What is Egg Freezing?
Egg freezing offers women the invaluable opportunity to safeguard their future fertility by preserving healthy eggs at their prime. This process involves freezing young eggs through advanced vitrification techniques, ensuring they remain viable for future use. Egg freezing is an ideal solution for women who want to focus on personal or professional goals, those preparing for medical treatments like chemotherapy that may impact fertility, or individuals simply planning for parenthood later in life. By providing the flexibility to build a family on their own terms, egg freezing empowers women to take control of their reproductive health with confidence and peace of mind.
A Solution for the Future
Certain health situations arise where pregnancy is not currently optimal, or fertility may be threatened. For women with hopes of motherhood in the future, elective fertility preservation, through our professionals at Global Fertility & Genetics in New York, may be the solution. Call us today to arrange a consultation to discuss your needs.
More and more women are choosing to delay motherhood for professional, health, or economic reasons. If this is your case, we offer you the possibility of preserving your fertility through a simple and effective process. This allows you to freeze and keep your eggs in perfect condition until you decide that the time is right.
If you are concerned about your fertility or plan on having children in the future, egg freezing could be an option for you. Egg freezing empowers women to be proactive about their reproductive options, and we encourage you to book a fertility consultation. During your appointment, one of our physicians will perform an ultrasound exam, a blood test, and discuss your medical history along with your family planning goals. Together, we will determine whether you are a candidate for egg freezing.
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What is electivefertility preservation?
The woman’s eggs are then retrieved, frozen, and stored. When the woman is ready to start her family, the process continues. Her eggs are thawed and fertilized In Vitro in our laboratories by injecting a single sperm cell into a single egg, a process called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The resulting embryos are cultured in the laboratory for up to 5 days, then a predetermined number of quality embryos are transferred into the woman’s uterus to attempt uterine implantation and pregnancy.
Yes, infertility can occur after life-saving treatments for cancer. Chemotherapy and radiation can have detrimental effects on a woman’s ovarian reserve and cause early ovarian failure, making it difficult for conception.
Our doctors at Global Fertility & Genetics work directly with oncologists, coordinating cancer treatment with fertility preservation. In most cases, women undergo fertility preservation before the beginning of cancer treatment.
Fertility preservation requires ovarian stimulation to maximize the number of developing follicles in the ovaries. Ovarian stimulation involves hormone treatment lasting approximately 10 days, followed by surgical harvesting of the released eggs, which are then prepared and frozen using a process called vitrification. Vitrification makes it possible for a young woman to postpone her motherhood without giving up having a child later with her own genetic material.
These eggs are then stored for future use. Depending on the circumstances, the patient may wish to store embryos (fertilized eggs). In this case, her eggs are harvested and then fertilized in the laboratory with the partner’s or donor sperm. The resulting embryos are cryopreserved.