Fertility Freeze: Your Backup Baby Plan!

Eggembryo freezing is a great option for anyone looking to give themselves a potential back up plan if they want to start or continue building their family as they get into the mid to late 30s and older.

Here are some fast facts that illustrate what factors into success rates and why our confidence in egg freezing has increased over the years

The main factors dictating odds of a getting pregnant and having a life birth from frozen eggs are the age you froze, and how many mature eggs were frozen.
The amount of time eggsembryos are frozen and stored have no bearing on the chance of success
The age you are when you come back to use eggsembryos is not shown to influence the odds of successful pregnancyrisk of miscarriage (its all about egg age!)
The average age at egg freezing has significantly decreased over a decade- because of improved awareness and insurance coverage! This has led success!
Eggembryo freezing is NOT a guarantee of future fertility- you can never 100 predict success but if you have ENOUGH eggs to start with to make up for changes in egg quality, chance of success is optimized (conversations surrounding personalized goals are essential!)
When it comes to headlinesmedia hot takes on egg freezing- realize that these stories are often based on data from studies involving older patients, older technology.
Keep in mind the fact that human reproduction is inefficient- it takes a lot of eggs to make a baby- and this is true whether you conceive on your own (and need to ovulate and try over several cycles) or use IVF with fresh or frozen eggs). Not every egg will thaw, fertilize, turn into an embryo, and test normal and implant!
Take online egg freezing calculators with a grain of salt- they are often not based on actual data from patients who came back to thaw their eggs and use them- predictive modeling based on a small sample size of IVF cycles using fresh eggs is not necessarily an accurate reflection of what you can expect. More important than generic calculators are your clinics real life experience- ask about thaw survival rates and IVF stats (typical attrition rates at fertilization, that become embryosimplant etc)

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