Decoding the process of egg freezing
Having your own baby even at an advanced age is now possible due to egg freezing, which has emerged as an effective option in the last decade. Career oriented women who are busy climbing the corporate ladder, often choose to delay marriage and conception. While the female body and eggs just keep getting older, freezing them can be a practical solution that can give such women a little more time. There is an intricate science behind this fertility preservation method, which is explained by Dr Rajalaxmi Walavalkar (MRCOG DNB FRM FCPS DGO DFP, Consultant Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Cocoon Fertility).
Why should a woman freeze her eggs?
Egg freezing is the process of retrieving some eggs from your ovaries, freezing and storing them to achieve a pregnancy later on. Egg freezing allows us to preserve our options, when we aren’t ready for babies due to relationships, career, finances or a whole host of other reasons Freezing eggs buys and can give more choices in the future.
How are eggs frozen?
This is a three-step process, which includes:
Stimulation of ovaries with injections to produce many eggs at a time.
Collection of eggs by a short procedure under general anaesthesia lasting 20 minutes. You go back home the same day.
Freezing and storage of the eggs, which happens by vitrification using liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degree celsius.
How can one find out if there are eggs to freeze?
A blood test for AMH and an ultrasound scan for antral follicle count gives us an idea of the ovarian reserve. Ovarian reserve depends on the risk of premature menopause, ovarian and conditions like ovarian cysts and endometriosis. Ovarian reserve declines with age so the earlier it’s done the better it is. The ideal age would be from mid-20s the early 30s.
How many eggs can/ should be frozen?
This depends on the woman’s age and egg reserve. The survival rate for eggs by vitrification method is around 80 per cent. If you freeze 12 eggs, eight or nine eggs are expected to survive. So, generally, the more we have to freeze, the better.
How long can the eggs be frozen for?
Scientifically speaking, indefinitely. Around 2,000 healthy babies have been born worldwide from frozen eggs, the longest reported being after 14 years. Health or viability of frozen eggs does not decrease over time. In fact, eggs are frozen and thawed in a high-quality lab, and have the same potential to form a healthy baby as eggs from a fresh cycle.
How does one prepare for egg freezing?
There is no a specific egg freezing diet. The ‘don’t’ list includes caffeine, alcohol, complex carbohydrates and cigarettes. The ‘do’ list includes a well-balanced diet rich in proteins and vitamin supplements.
Is there an age cutoff limit for egg freezing?
There is no specific age cut off limit. The earlier one freezes, the better. Typically, eggs should be frozen before the age of 35. Freezing may be done later, too, in case the hormone levels and antral follicle count are good.
Should one freeze eggs or embryos?
This decision hinges on several factors. Embryo freezing is a 30-yearold procedure; egg freezing is a recent advance. Current data suggests that both are equally efficacious. If a woman isn’t married and not interested in donor sperm, egg freezing is the option. If a woman is in a stable relationship, freezing embryos is the better alternative.
Where: Cocoon Fertility.
Call: 9833310310.
E-mail: info@cocoonfertility.com
www.cocoonfertility.com
(*Procedures given are based on the expert’s understanding of the said field)
Having your own baby even at an advanced age is now possible due to egg freezing, which has emerged as an effective option in the last decade. Career oriented women who are busy climbing the corporate ladder, often choose to delay marriage and conception. While the female body and eggs just keep getting older, freezing them can be a practical solution that can give such women a little more time. There is an intricate science behind this fertility preservation method, which is explained by Dr Rajalaxmi Walavalkar (MRCOG DNB FRM FCPS DGO DFP, Consultant Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, Cocoon Fertility).
Why should a woman freeze her eggs?
Egg freezing is the process of retrieving some eggs from your ovaries, freezing and storing them to achieve a pregnancy later on. Egg freezing allows us to preserve our options, when we aren’t ready for babies due to relationships, career, finances or a whole host of other reasons Freezing eggs buys and can give more choices in the future.
How are eggs frozen?
This is a three-step process, which includes:
Stimulation of ovaries with injections to produce many eggs at a time.
Collection of eggs by a short procedure under general anaesthesia lasting 20 minutes. You go back home the same day.
Freezing and storage of the eggs, which happens by vitrification using liquid nitrogen at minus 196 degree celsius.
How can one find out if there are eggs to freeze?
A blood test for AMH and an ultrasound scan for antral follicle count gives us an idea of the ovarian reserve. Ovarian reserve depends on the risk of premature menopause, ovarian and conditions like ovarian cysts and endometriosis. Ovarian reserve declines with age so the earlier it’s done the better it is. The ideal age would be from mid-20s the early 30s.
How many eggs can/ should be frozen?
This depends on the woman’s age and egg reserve. The survival rate for eggs by vitrification method is around 80 per cent. If you freeze 12 eggs, eight or nine eggs are expected to survive. So, generally, the more we have to freeze, the better.
How long can the eggs be frozen for?
Scientifically speaking, indefinitely. Around 2,000 healthy babies have been born worldwide from frozen eggs, the longest reported being after 14 years. Health or viability of frozen eggs does not decrease over time. In fact, eggs are frozen and thawed in a high-quality lab, and have the same potential to form a healthy baby as eggs from a fresh cycle.
How does one prepare for egg freezing?
There is no a specific egg freezing diet. The ‘don’t’ list includes caffeine, alcohol, complex carbohydrates and cigarettes. The ‘do’ list includes a well-balanced diet rich in proteins and vitamin supplements.
Is there an age cutoff limit for egg freezing?
There is no specific age cut off limit. The earlier one freezes, the better. Typically, eggs should be frozen before the age of 35. Freezing may be done later, too, in case the hormone levels and antral follicle count are good.
Should one freeze eggs or embryos?
This decision hinges on several factors. Embryo freezing is a 30-yearold procedure; egg freezing is a recent advance. Current data suggests that both are equally efficacious. If a woman isn’t married and not interested in donor sperm, egg freezing is the option. If a woman is in a stable relationship, freezing embryos is the better alternative.
Where: Cocoon Fertility.
Call: 9833310310.
E-mail: info@cocoonfertility.com
www.cocoonfertility.com
(*Procedures given are based on the expert’s understanding of the said field)
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