Gamete ( sperm/egg ) freezing

Gamete Freezing – (Freezing your sperm or eggs) is a safe and effective way to protect your ability to have children later. This can help patients who want to delay parenthood and also individuals undergoing gonadotoxic treatments. Eggs (in women) and sperm (in men) are stored at very low temperature (-196 degree Celsius) using liquid nitrogen and can be thawed for usage whenever needed in future.

Egg Freezing – who needs it?

A.

Elective fertility preservation (social freezing) for women who want to delay child bearing

B.

Cancer patients before starting Chemotherapy or radiation.

C.

Women who have medical conditions like endometriosis and want to delay child birth.

Sperm Freezing – who needs it?

A.

Cancer patients before starting Chemotherapy or radiation.

B.

Males with low sperm count and want to store sperms for future use.

C.

Males who want to donate sperm.

For how long can sperm and eggs be stored?

Eggs and sperms can usually be stored for 10 years or more depending on local laws and your clinic’s policy

How to use frozen eggs or sperm to have pregnancy later?

1.

Frozen eggs can be used to help a patient conceive via IVF with ICSI.

2.

Frozen sperms can be used via IUI/IVF or ICSI to achieve conception depending on the characteristics of the stored sample (i.e. sperm count, motility and morphology)

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