Ocyte Cryopreservation

Human oocyte cryopreservation (egg freezing) is a procedure to preserve a woman's eggs. This technique has been used to enable women to postpone pregnancy to a later date – whether for medical reasons such as cancer treatment or for social reasons such as employment or studying

Indications for ocyte cryopreservation ?

• Those diagnosed with cancer who have not yet begun chemotheraphy or radiotheraphy
• Those undergoing treatment with assisted reproductive technologies who do not consider embryo freezing an option; and
• Those who would like to preserve their future ability to have children, either because they do not yet have a partner, or for other personal or medical reasons.

Best age to freeze the eggs?

Average age when females freeze the eggs is around 37, and early 40, but best time is before 35 to get the best quality eggs

Should I freeze eggs or embryos ?

It’s always better to freeze embryos, but if you have not met your partner yet its better to freeze the eggs.

What are the steps of oocyte freezing?

Stimulation with injections for 10 days
Egg Retrival
Freezing

Complication of freezing?

Can be bleeding ,cramping breast tenderness and white discharge

Results ?

When you want to use your frozen eggs, they'll be thawed, fertilized with sperm in a lab, and implanted in your or a gestational carrier's uterus.

Your fertility specialist will recommend using a fertilization technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). In ICSI, a single healthy sperm is injected directly into each mature egg.

The chances of becoming pregnant after implantation are roughly 30 to 60 percent, depending on your age at the time of egg freezing. The older you are at the time of egg freezing, the lower the likelihood that you'll have a live birth in the future