Egg Banking

What is egg banking?

When you want to have a child in the future, whenever you decide, you may protect your fertility by egg banking, freezing, or cryopreserving your oocytes. It's a choice that's often given some thought by women who don't want to have children right now or whose fertility is in danger due to a medical condition. By choosing to freeze the eggs, you are not reducing the number of viable eggs from the ovarian reserve or raising your risk of experiencing early menopause. Up to the point when the eggs are removed, the procedure is precisely the same as in vitro fertilization. The matured metaphase 2 oocytes from these dissected eggs are then frozen on straws that use the vitrification technique.

What steps are involved in egg banking?

Firstly you need to consult a fertility specialist to discuss your health history and desired family planning methods. A few tests will be required in the subsequent stage to determine if egg banking will be appropriate for your requirements. On Day 1 or 2 of the period, ovarian stimulation will start, and after 11–13 days, you'll be ready for egg extraction. Every 4 to 5 days, you will need blood testing and follicular monitoring at the clinic. Egg retrieval could be a painless, minimally invasive operation that happens while you are administered anesthesia. Depending on how successfully you respond to the medication program, several egg retrievals could be required to provide a decent chance of conception in the future. Your eggs will be cryopreserved and kept after the retrieval until you may utilize them.

How long does it take to freeze eggs?

A fertility evaluation and medical consultation precede the egg freezing procedure. You decide how long these early processes take; some women schedule an initial visit and freeze the eggs when they have their next menstruation, while others take longer to think about their choices. Once you decide to freeze the eggs, you will have a consultation to make sure you are familiar with medication administration, have signed the necessary permission documents, and are aware of your cycle calendar.

How successful is vitrification?

Oocyte overall survival is over 90 percent, according to information gathered from our cooperating centres, proving its success. With the maximum reported survival rate to date, vitrification is currently the most efficient way of cryopreserving oocytes. It may be used in all assisted-reproduction clinics and is a safe, easy, and successful procedure

The only thing needed for thawing is a kit, and it is easy and fast. The oocytes may be thawed if required by one of our scientists who has specialized in thawing.

How long may the eggs be frozen before thawing?

Since no biological activity occurs during cryopreservation, eggs or embryos may theoretically be stored forever. The most prolonged period an embryo has been documented to be frozen, thawed, and result in a healthy birth in the medical literature is twelve years. The techniques for freezing and thawing continue to advance, so eggs or embryos stored more recently may likely provide even better results.