Egg Freezing

There are many reasons that a woman may decide to freeze her eggs for future use. More women today are deciding to freeze their eggs because they are not yet ready to start a family. Like many women your age you may be establishing your career, paying off your student loan or just haven’t met the right partner. Freezing your eggs can relieve some of the pressure you may be feeling.

In other cases women are freezing their eggs for medical reasons including:

Losing an ovary to surgery
Having a disease, like stage V endometriosis, that can diminish egg reserve
Having a medical condition that requires taking medication that is toxic to eggs
Having to take high doses of testosterone medication
Having a family history of premature menopause
Testing positive for low egg reserve

Freezing your eggs now lets you take charge of your fertility by preserving your eggs when they are the most fertile and gives you options for creating your family in the future.

Is There any Risk to Children Conceived from The use of Frozen Eggs?

A large Study of mainly the slow freeze method looked at the risk to children conceived from the use of frozen eggs. It showed that there was no extra risk of birth defects compared to most births in the USA. A second study was done on the fast-freeze Method. It showed no significantly higher risk of birth defects or low birth weight Compared to Children born after IVF cycles using fresh eggs. Not Much is known about children born after egg freezing in older women.

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