Egg Freezing
Egg freezing, or oocyte cryopreservation, involves extracting and freezing a woman’s eggs for future use. This procedure enables women to preserve their fertility, providing the opportunity to delay pregnancy until they feel prepared.
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What is Egg Freezing?
Egg freezing is a method to preserve a woman’s fertility, particularly for those who wish to delay pregnancy. This process involves extracting, freezing, and storing a woman’s eggs for potential future use. It is beneficial for:
Younger women (under 35) typically have higher-quality eggs. These eggs are more likely to result in a successful pregnancy when thawed and used later.
Egg freezing is an option for women undergoing cancer treatments or those with a family history of early menopause. It is also a choice for those wishing to delay parenthood for personal reasons.
Birla Fertility and IVF Clinic is a leading provider of fertility services, including egg freezing. They offer comprehensive fertility assessments, ovarian stimulation, egg retrieval, and egg-freezing procedures to help women preserve their fertility.
Why is it Done?
Egg freezing is recommended for several reasons, including:
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To preserve fertility for women who want to delay pregnancy for personal or career reasons. Freezing eggs when they are younger improves success rates.
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For women with cancer who need chemotherapy, or radiation therapy that may affect their fertility.
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For women with a high risk of premature ovarian failure due to genetic conditions, family history of early menopause, or ovarian surgery.
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For women who are suffering from medical conditions like PCOS, endometriosis or autoimmune disorder, egg freezing is recommended. Freezing eggs in such cases, allows for future pregnancy options.
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Egg freezing provides more flexibility in family planning. It is beneficial for women who have not yet found a partner but want to have children later in life.
How is it Done?
Here is a step-by-step overview of how it is done:
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Preliminary Checks
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Before the egg-freezing process begins, the woman undergoes an initial screening and assessment. It helps to determine her fertility potential and overall health.
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These preliminary checks help the fertility specialist determine if the woman is a good candidate for egg freezing. This is required to suggest the appropriate treatment plan.
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Ovarian Stimulation
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The woman takes fertility medications to stimulate her ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs.
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This process is monitored with blood tests and ultrasounds over 8–12 days.
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Egg Retrieval
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When the eggs are ready, a minor surgical procedure is performed to retrieve them.
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The woman is given mild sedation. A thin needle is guided through the vagina into the ovaries to gently suction out the mature eggs.
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This 15-minute procedure is done under ultrasound guidance.
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Egg Freezing
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The retrieved eggs are frozen using a rapid freezing technique called vitrification.
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The eggs are stored in liquid nitrogen at sub-zero temperatures.
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The eggs can be frozen for future use. The best age to freeze eggs is in the late 20s to early 30s. This is the age when egg quantity and quality are at their peak. Egg freezing is a safe and effective method for women to preserve their fertility for the future.
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Dr. Prachi Benara
MBBS (Gold Medalist), MS (OBG), DNB (OBG) PG Diploma in Reproductive and Sexual health
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Dr. Souren Bhattacharjee
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Frequently Asked Questions
Egg quality is said to deteriorate exponentially after a woman reaches a certain age (generally over the age of 35). In cases of advanced maternal age, apart from difficulty in natural conception, there is also a higher risk of the baby being born with congenital defects such as Down Syndrome. Women are advised to explore the option of egg freezing in their 20s or early 30s.
The whole cycle will take around 15 days and consists of a course of approximately 15 injections (the exact number may vary based on your ovarian reserve and response to the fertility medication.
The vitrification process involves dehydrating harvested eggs and replacing the fluid inside the egg with a special antifreeze agent or cryoprotectant to prevent the formation of ice crystals within the egg during the freezing process. Liquid nitrogen (-196°C) is used to flash freeze the egg. At this temperature, all metabolic activity is stopped, and the egg can be stored indefinitely in this suspended animation state.
Egg freezing is recommended for women who need to undergo cancer treatments. It is also helpful in situations where there is a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer or breast cancer especially if there is a family history of the same, considering egg freezing is recommended
For social egg freezing, guidelines state that maximum time for storage of frozen eggs is 10 years. For cancer fertility preservation, the stipulated duration is extended till use.
Most procedures involved in egg freezing are painless and during the egg retrieval process, you will be given general anaesthesia and will not be able to feel any pain during the procedure.
In some situations, egg or embryo freezing may not be viable like for women who cannot delay their treatments till the end of the ovarian stimulation protocol. In such cases, ovarian cortex freezing is recommended. It is an experimental procedure that has shown promising results around the world.
