Egg Freezing

In today’s world, women are trying to pay great attention to careers, self-development, travel, and the birth of children is postponed to a later age. We offer you a “deferred motherhood” program where women, being at a young age (up to 35 years), can freeze their eggs and use them later. Even in 40-45-50 years you will have the opportunity to get pregnant and give birth to a healthy child, because your eggs will be the age when they were frozen! As you grow older, few women think that the number of healthy eggs gradually decreases with age. According to statistics from developed countries, modern women plan to become pregnant at a later age.

The main reasons for this trend are the desire to get an education, career growth, to provide for themselves and the unborn child, the elementary no ” man of your dreams” and the desire to simply “live for yourself”. As a result, the pregnancy can be delayed for a very long time. But after 35 years in the ovaries of a woman significantly reduces the number of eggs – this condition is called a reduction in ovarian reserve. The quality of eggs is also declining. The chances of getting pregnant are reduced. The risk of having a child with genetic abnormalities increases.

Who needs egg freezing and why?

The procedure is most popular at the age of 25-35 years. To date, the decision to freeze eggs is made by the woman herself, if she is sure that she does not plan to have a pregnancy until the age of 35. Also, the reason for freezing eggs can be medical evidence. Let’s take a closer look at everything.

The absence of a man in the life of a woman with whom she would like to have a family. It happens that a worthy candidate has to wait a long time, and when he comes into your life, the moment can be missed. Therefore, in order not to be upset about this and not to disturb the family idyll with long examinations, trips to different clinics, unsuccessful methods of treatment, it is better to take care in advance and freeze “young eggs” to give birth to own baby at a later age.
Unstable financial situation, desire to build a career. This reason is quite common when this most financial well-being comes, and the eggs age together with their owner. Therefore, freezing your cells makes it possible to quietly pursue a career and not worry about lost time.
Medical diseases:

– If the mother or all close relatives had menopause early (climax).

– If there are diseases that require surgery and removal of the ovaries or there are risks to damage them.

– in the presence of cancer, in which a woman needs a course of chemotherapy or radiotherapy.

– if there are genetic diseases, hereditary syndromes, autoimmune diseases. In this case, from all eggs embryologyst can choose only healthy and conceive a healthy child.

How does egg freezing occur and how long can they be stored?

The process of cryopreservation of eggs is their temporary freezing and then stored in cryostorage for further use in fertilization.

There are two methods of egg freezing:

1)Slow freezing – today practically not used due to the high risk of cell damage, as ice crystals damage the structure of the egg and, thus, reduce its vitality.

2) “Vitriification” or super-fast freezing. This method allows you to freeze the egg in the shortest possible time – instantly, at a very rapid drop of temperature (up to -196 degrees C). In this method there is no stage of crisstalization, which guarantees the integrity of the egg (and, of course, the functions of the cell) in further thawing. According to studies, pregnancies after IVF using frozen eggs become more successful than in the “fresh cycle” – a significantly lower risk of preterm birth, the birth of low-weight children. That is, eggs after cryopreservation are more viable. Frozen eggs are stored for 4-5 years. The case of the birth of a healthy child after 14 years of egg storage is described. Scientists believe that this is not the limit and they can be stored much longer. Theoretically, the egg can be frozen for an unlimited time, and after thawing it will not lose its properties and qualities, and will be ready for fertilization. But this doesn’t mean that a woman can keep her eggs in a cryobank for as long as she wants to, and then she will have no problems with pregnancy. It is worth remembering about another factor – age. Over time, the body undergoes certain changes, acquired chronic diseases of other organs and systems, get pregnant and endure this pregnancy becomes more difficult.

How does this happen?

First of all, you need a consultation of a reproductologyst. Pass the necessary examinations to determine the reserves of your ovaries, overall health. The doctor will make a plan to stimulate your ovaries.
Ovarian stimulation. If there are no contraindications, stimulation of hormonal drugs, which lasts 8-10 days, is appointed. In the process, ultrasound is performed, and so the tests of hormones. If there are contraindications or at the personal desire of women eggs are collected without stimulation, in a natural cycle. In this method, you can get only 1-2 cells per cycle. In this case, it is important and desirable to collect eggs for several menstrual cycles to freeze as many cells as possible. After all, not all eggs can survive in defrost, because they are very delicate cells. The optimal number of frozen eggs is 15-20.
eggs aspiration from the ovaries. The procedure takes place under a slight anesthesia and lasts 10-20 minutes, the cells are retrieved by a special needle through the vagina under the control of ultrasound. In two hours you can go home.
Vitriification – egg freezing and storage until you decide to get pregnant.

What are the risks?

Of course, like any method, operations have their pros and cons. We have described the benefits and necessity of this method in detail above.
What are the downsides?
– freezing the eggs, the woman is in no hurry to get pregnant, relaxes and thinks that there is so much time. but it is very important to understand that with age the state of the body becomes worse. After all, the older a woman is, the more difficult it is to bear a pregnancy.
– During stimulation, there may be such a complication as “ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome” as a result of hormonal stimulation. Our clinic uses carefully selected stimulation methods, constant monitoring of the course of stimulation to avoid this complication.
– During the extraction of eggs from the ovaries, it is possible to injure the needle of nearby vessels, which is fraught with internal bleeding and the need for internal surgery.
Doctors of our center have experience in IVF for more than 20 years, so the risks of this complication are reduced to zero.