Egg Freezing

Hundreds of frozen eggs are now being thawed and used in IVF cycles to raise healthy embryos. This is a good news for women who refrain from getting pregnant at the time when they are the most fertile because of professional or personal issues.

Why should I freeze my eggs?

Freezing eggs give you more empowerment as you are better able to prevent your age from stopping you to have kids. Considering the amount of challenges and stress that today’s generation is exposed to, 40s has become the new 30s for women. An increasing number of women are not able to conceive now even in their 30s and research suggests that a woman’s chance of conceiving naturally falls each year by 22 percent! Egg freezing ensures that you are able to conceive a biological child whenever you are ready for pregnancy, no matter whether you are in your early or late 40s. Unfortunately, once female fertility starts to decline after the age of 35 years or so, with a decreasing AMH & egg reserve, many women have no option left other than IVF with donor eggs at that time. To prevent yourself from such a scenario, its utmost important to freeze your eggs when young.

Which is better – Egg freezing or Embryo Freezing?

This is a question we are asked by a lot of women. The scientific fact is that embryo freezing and thawing is a much more advanced technique with better success rates of freezing and thawing, as good as 99%, than egg freezing. Hence, if you are a married woman planning to delay childbearing, you should be freezing your embryos as it’s a better scientific process. However, if you are a single woman, you can freeze your eggs now, which can be thawed at a later stage, fertilised with the male partners sperm and used to create embryos.

Am I ready for pregnancy or should I freeze eggs?

Question	0	1	2
Do you want to be a mother?	No	Maybe	Yes
Would you like to have a family with your partner?	No	Maybe	Yes
Do you want to experience pregnancy and child birth?	No	May be	Yes
Thinking about having a baby gives you what type of feeling?	Negative	Unsure	Positive
Are you willing to make compromises to raise your child?	No	Maybe	Yes
Is your relationship stable?	No	Unsure	Yes
Do you both agree on who will look after the child and how the expenses will be distributed?	No	Unsure	Yes
How will pregnancy affect your career?	Negatively	Not sure	It does not matter
Do you have pregnant, successful co-workers?	No	Sort of	Yes
Will you job conditions allow you to safely carry pregnancy till end of term?	No	Maybe	Yes

Score Interpretation: Mostly 0’s: You are still not ready to have a baby. In case you want to delay pregnancy to late 30’s, egg freezing and accompanying IVF is a good choice. Mostly 1’s: You are still in the negotiation phase. Look back at the questions and see where you can make changes to become prepared for pregnancy. Mostly 2’s: You are all set to become a parent and this is the best time for you to try!

Egg Freezing Process: How Does It Work?

t takes only 10 to 20 minutes for the cryopreservation experts to retrieve released eggs from the ovaries and the procedure is performed under the influence of light sedation with local anesthesia or short general anesthesia, if required.

How long can eggs remain frozen and viable?

Research suggests that eggs can be kept frozen for years, without compromising with their quality. Eggs are typically stored at the same temperature as embryos and successful pregnancies are possible with them even after 10 years of preservation.