Egg freezing for posterior in vitro fertilization is an option for women who wish to become pregnant later for professional, health or other personal reasons.
However, it is more appropriate for freezing to be done until the age of 30 because until this stage the eggs remain of excellent quality, reducing the risk of congenital diseases in the baby related to the mother’s age, such as Down syndrome due to example. .
- After the freezing process.
- Eggs can be stored for several years.
- With no time limit for use.
- When the woman decides she wants to get pregnant.
- In vitro fertilization will be performed using her partner’s frozen eggs and sperm.
- See how the IVF procedure goes.
The freezing process costs between 6 and 15,000 reais, in addition to having to pay maintenance fees at the clinic where the egg is stored, which normally costs between 500 and 1,000 reais per year; however, some SUS hospitals freeze the eggs of women with uteruses. or ovarian cancer, for example.
It is generally considered to freeze eggs if
When a woman gives up having children in the future or when frozen eggs remain, it is possible to donate these eggs to other women who wish to become pregnant or for scientific research.
The egg freezing process consists of several steps:
Blood tests and ultrasounds are done to check a woman’s hormone production and whether she will be able to perform in vitro fertilization in the future.
After the first tests, the woman should be injected into the belly with hormones that will stimulate the production of more eggs than occurs naturally. Injections are given for about 8 to 14 days, then medication is needed to prevent menstruation.
After this period, a new drug will be administered to stimulate egg maturation, which will be monitored by blood tests and ultrasounds; during follow-up to this process, your doctor will predict the time of ovulation and set a date to remove the eggs.
Eggs are collected in the doctor’s office, under local anesthesia and medicines to sleep the woman. About 10 eggs are usually removed from the vagina, while your doctor views your ovaries with a transvaginal ultrasound and then freezes your eggs.