Are you one of those healthy young ladies, who don’t want to conceive at this age, but wish to become pregnant at a later age?
For those young ladies, who wish to become pregnant at a later age, but with their own eggs retrieved at a young age, egg freezing is the best way to achieve and fulfill their desire. Egg freezing helps in preserving the eggs of healthy age for ladies or help others to carry a pregnancy through IVF and surrogacy.
Egg Freezing : Step-by-Step Guide
From the first egg freezing process done in the year 1986, egg freezing or Oocyte Cryopreservation has witnessed a significant change in the entire process – from egg extraction to freezing and storage as a method to preserve reproductive potential in women of reproductive age.
The eggs are retrieved through a medical process by giving certain types of medicines around four to six months (mainly hormone injections) before the egg retrieval.
In Medical terminology, this process is known as Oocyte Cryopreservation in which mature eggs are harvested from the ovaries of a healthy woman to freeze them. They are unfertilized eggs – stored for later use – mainly by women to conceive through IVF later age with healthy eggs of their young age. E
Who Needs Egg Freezing Most?
Those, who are suffering from any major health complication or issue and are unable to carry a pregnancy, can freeze their eggs for the successful process of conception at a later stage in life
- It is one of the successful ways for women undergoing cancer treatment and chemotherapy or pelvic radiation therapy that may affect fertility.
- Egg freezing is ideal for women, who have lost their ovaries due to a surgery
- Women with a risk of premature ovarian failure because of chromosomal abnormalities
- Women suffering from an ovarian disease with a risk of damage to the ovaries and genetic mutation that need removing the ovaries
- Fertility preservation for social or personal reasons to delay pregnancy
Before the process started in a recognized egg-freezing, a process is followed; while proper screening is done to ensure healthy eggs are retrieved to freeze and help others in completing their families. These eggs can be kept frozen for time to come. However, more eggs are kept frozen in different freezers. It is done to avoid any risk of damage. If one fails to fertilize, another one will be in use.
Is There Any Risk Associated with the Egg Retrieval Process?
The possibility of some risks cannot be denied like the small risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome or enlargement of the ovaries and fluid accumulation in the pelvis and abdomen, infections, and bleeding related to the egg retrieval procedure. Experienced professionals complete this process by following the modern and well-planned process.
