Unfortunately, sometimes the desire to conceive and have children does not come easily. Infertility problems have been a disaster for many individuals affecting their love life and marriages. Different factors contribute to infertility, including both male and female health issues. Consulting a fertility health specialist may help you find solutions to your fertility problems. Newport Beach egg freezing specialists at OC fertility help people conceive through advanced health techniques. Keep reading to understand how egg freezing works as a fertility treatment.
What is egg freezing?
Everyone has their lives planned out differently, the fact is to live to the fullest. Usually, there is a lot to achieve in life, and having children might not be your priority. Ideally, most women prefer focusing on their careers, among other life goals, before they can settle down and have children.
Unfortunately, the biological clock is always ticking and might not be on your side when you are ready to conceive. Usually, women have different stages where they are most fertile and less fertile. The reproductive stage is the ideal time to conceive, which might not be possible due to various life factors.
Egg freezing is a procedure to preserve your fertile eggs for use at a later age. You may choose egg freezing for the following reasons, including
- Medical conditions or certain medications blocking your pregnancy
- Cancer diagnosis
- Desires to delay pregnancy for a later time in future
Egg freezing gives you an option to have a family while you are ready, financially, psychologically, and physically.
What are the success rates for egg freezing?
Usually, women have the highest fertility levels during the twenties, but that changes during the thirties. Women can conceive after 35; however, it might be challenging to bring a pregnancy to term due to low egg quality and quantity.
Egg freezing involves the extraction of egg cells from women’s ovaries and freezing them cryogenically to preserve them for future use.
What does the egg freezing procedure involve?
The procedure begins with a thorough evaluation from a fertility specialist. They review your medical history, perform a physical exam and various tests, to identify your viability for the procedure. Your provider also discusses with you what to expect during egg freezing.
They give you hormone injections that trigger your ovaries to produce several follicles. After the follicles are mature, your provider retrieves the eggs. They then examine the retrieved eggs and freeze the healthy and viable ones.
How do frozen eggs turn into a pregnancy?
When you are ready to start a family, your provider takes the frozen eggs, thaws them, and fertilizes them with sperm from your partner’s or a donor.
The fertilized eggs are set to culture for a few days and develop into embryos. Then they implant the embryo into your uterus or that of your surrogate.
Prevention stands to be the best cure; this applies even to your fertility. If you are not ready to have a family right now, choose to freeze your eggs now to preserve your fertility in the future. The procedure is easy and comfortable with high success rates. Contact OC Fertility today to schedule your appointment.
