Fertility Preservation
Process of preserving eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissue so that individuals or couples have their biological children in the future.
Who needs fertility preservation?
- Cancer treatment – Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery damages the eggs/sperm
- Certain medical conditions – Autoimmune diseases, genetic disorders affect the fertility
- Social egg freezing – If a female wants to delay her marriage or pregnancy
What are the steps involved?
Egg Freezing
- Ovarian stimulation by hormonal injections
- Follicular monitoring
- Egg pickup under general anesthesia
- Egg freezing
Sperm Freezing
- Collection of sperms
- Sperm freezing
Embryo freezing
- Ovarian stimulation by hormonal injections
- Follicular monitoring
- Egg pickup under general anesthesia
- Sperm collection
- Fertilization in lab
- Freezing of resulting embryos
Ovarian Tissue Freezing
- Removing and freezing ovarian tissue for later re-implantation or in vitro maturation.