Egg Freezing Proccess

Egg freezing is for women who are not yet ready to have a child due to personal reasons but would like the opportunity at a future time in their life. Egg freezing is ideal for women that will be going to undergo chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

The steps involed in egg freezing are very similar to IVF treatment. The difference is once the eggs are retrieved they are preserved for future use by the patient  for when she is ready to plan her family.

Sperm Freezing

Sperm freezing is as a medical fertility preservation option for men. If the male patient needs to have treatment for cancer that may affect his fertility, there are options available to ensure they can still have children in the future. Men who have to travel overseas or work in dangerous situations may also want to have their sperm frozen for use in the future.

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can affect your sperm production, sometimes this is temporary but in other cases it may be permanent. Once your treatment begins, it may be too late to collect and preserve your sperm as it may already carry genetic damage.

Before you begin chemotherapy or radiotherapy treatment, some of your semen, containing sperm, can be frozen and kept until you wish to start a family.

How is sperm freezing done?

We collect samples in a private room in the Andrology unit, so our Sago IVF specialists can prepare and freeze the sperm as fast as possible. If you are unable to give semen or if there is no sperm in the semen, due to illness, we may be able to collect sperm directly from your testicles using methods such as TESE, TESA or Micro-TESE, we can then use this sperm later in an IVF ICSI treatment.

Once the sperm is collected, it is mixed with a protective solution and the temperature is gradually reduced. We will then arrange for the sperm to be stored and kept for you as long as you wish.

Embryo freezing

Embryo freezing is the left over embryos from their previous treatment which has been preserved for future IVF treatments. This is often decided by the couples undergoing IVF treatment where the excess embryos that is not being transferred to the uterus and is being used for a future transfer when couples are ready.

The advantage of using the frozen embryos is that the women does not need to undergo the ovulation injections all over again.

Embryo freezing is also suited for couples who wish to have a family in the future, therefore they freezing their fertilized embryos.

Embryo freezing is also suitable for young patients that do not want to have children when in their young age but would like to have children when they are ready to do so.

Once the patient is ready to transfer their frozen embryos (FET) The female patient first of all has her hormone blood test done along with a baseline scan to check her endometrial lining to see the thickness of the lining. Once the doctor has analyzed the results, the doctor will design a treatment protocol for the female patient to prepare her uterus for the embryo transfer. The treatment will be for 18 to 20 treatment before the embryo is transferred. The frozen embryo is thawed on a certain day and transferred to the uterus on a certain day.

TREATMENTS

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IVF/ICSI

First step is to have recent hormone blood test and an antral follicle count scan on day 2 or 3 of the menstrale cycle...

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IUI Treatment

Artifical insamination is a fertility treatment method. IUI treatment is suitable for patients upto the age of 34 years of age...

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Egg Donation

Egg donation treatment option is suitable for women who can not achieve pregnancy using their own eggs for a variety of reasons...

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IVF+PGD

Pre-Implantation Genetic Testing can be done to all IVF treatments. When PGD is done we do the 5 major genetic screaning of the embryo...

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Egg Freezing

Egg freezing is for women who are not yet ready to have a child due to personal reasons but would like the opportunity at a future time in their life...

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Sperm Donation

Sperm donation treatment program works very much like the IVF/ICSI treatment. The only difference is that instead of using the male partners sperm sample...

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Cytoplasmic Transfer

Cytoplasmic transfer is the same as IVF/ICSI procedure in addition a young healthy donor eggs are used ...

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Tandam Cycle

Tandam cycle is for women that have a low ovarian reserve. With the combination of donor eggs you will increase the percentage of pregnancy....

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Embryo Donation

Embryo donation is a treatment option with a double donation aspect where the patients recieve both egg and sperm donation for when they are planning for their pregnancy...

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Ovarian PRP Therapy

Ovarian PRP is a new and highly promising procedure without side affects. It is direct from the patients own blood sample...

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Micro-Fluidic Chip Procedure

Sperm selection is a very important part of any infertility treatment. Being able to select the most viable and high motile sperm cells for fertilization...

Frequently Asked Questions

When a woman cannot carry her own pregnancy to term, some work with another woman who agrees to be a gestational surrogate. Specialists use IVF to make embryos with a woman’s eggs and her partner’s sperm. The surrogate is the one who goes through the pregnancy after IVF. But her DNA is not involved. The baby will be the biological child of both husband and wife.

Women who are over 40, have poor egg quality, or have not had success with previous cycles may consider an egg donor. This involves combining the man’s sperm with another woman’s donated eggs. If the procedure works, the woman becomes pregnant with a child who is biologically related to her partner but not herself.

Doctors will inject the sperm directly into the egg in a lab. This technique, called “ICSI” (intracytoplasmic sperm injection), helps when a man’s sperm count is very low or his sperm don’t move well. When the fertilized egg is ready, it goes into the woman’s uterus through the normal IVF process.

Fertile women can choose IUI using sperm from a donor. It may take several tries, but pregnancy rates are over 80%. You and your partner may want to see a counsellor first, to make sure you’re both ready to raise a child who is not biologically related to the father.

Intrauterine insemination (IUI) is a popular procedure for many fertility problems. Doctors place the man’s sperm into the woman’s uterus, but not into the egg itself, while she ovulates. You may also need to take drugs to prompt your body to ovulate. IUI is less expensive and simpler than IVF (in vitro fertilization), but pregnancy rates are much lower.

These include:

  • Low sperm count
  • Poor sperm movement
  • Misshaped sperm
  • Blocked sperm ducts

A few lifestyle changes can make a difference. If you smoke, quit. Smoking lowers fertility for men and women and dims pregnancy rates. In one study, men who stopped smoking saw their sperm counts climb 800%. Also, check your diet. Is it as healthy as possible? Ask your doctor about supplements. Some vitamins and

It has shown promise for many conditions. Now, some couples are trying this popular form of traditional Chinese medicine to address infertility. Research suggests it may improve sperm quality and blood flow to the uterus, help smooth out irregular ovulation, and boost IVF success rates.

Knowing your menstrual cycle improves your chances of getting pregnant. The first phase starts with the first day of your period or blood flow. Your body releases hormones that makes the eggs inside your ovaries grow. Between day 2 and 14, those hormones also help thicken the lining of your uterus to get ready for a fertilized egg. This is called the follicular stage.

The average menstrual cycle is 28-32 days. Ovulation usually happens between day 11 and 21 of your cycle. A hormone called luteinizing hormone (LH) surges, triggering the release of the egg that's ripest. At the same time, your cervical mucus becomes more slippery to help sperm make their way to the egg.

Generally, the highest chance of pregnancy is when sex happens1-2 days before ovulation. If you have a regular 28-day cycle, count back 14 days from when you expect your next period to start. Plan on having sex every other day around that time -- say, days 12 and 14.  Keep in mind that having sex every day may lower a man's sperm count. Your cycle may be longer or shorter, so an online ovulation calculator may help you identify the likely day.

After your body releases an egg, the hormone progesterone kicks in to help build and maintain the lining of the uterus. Progesterone causes your body temperature to go up slightly. So taking your temperature with a basal thermometer every morning before getting out of bed can help you figure out if you ovulated. These thermometers are available at the drugstore and are inexpensive, but they aren't as accurate as other methods for tracking ovulation.

A surge in LH triggers your ovaries to release the egg. The surge usually happens 36 hours before the egg is released. Ovulation kits check LH levels in your urine to help you pinpoint the day of ovulation. These kits, which are available at drugstores, are convenient and highly accurate. You may want to test 1-2 days before you expect the surge so you can note the rise in LH.

During the second half of your menstrual cycle, the hormone progesterone kicks in to help prepare the lining of your uterus for a fertilized egg. If the egg isn't fertilized and doesn't implant, it disintegrates, progesterone levels fall, and about 12 to 16 days later, the egg -- along with blood and tissues from the lining of the uterus -- is shed from the body. That process is menstruation. It usually lasts 3 to 7 days. Then the cycle begins again.

There is growing evidence that links environment to fertility. If you want to boost your chances of getting pregnant, you may want to:

  • Eat foods rich in folic acids.
  • Buy more organic foods and green products.
  • Avoid certain plastics (including plastic wrap).
  • Maintain a healthy body weight through diet and exercise.
  • Avoid alcohol and caffeine.

A study found that women whose body mass index (BMI) was above normal took twice as long to get pregnant as those with a normal BMI. If you're overweight or obese, losing weight can boost your fertility and chances of getting pregnant. According to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, a drop in weight of 5%-10% can dramatically improve ovulation and pregnancy rates. Obesity can also cause infertility and low testosterone in men. Being significantly underweight can also lead to infertility.

Fertility goes down with age, especially after the mid-30s. It also lowers the chances that fertility treatments will be successful. Experts say you should talk to your doctor if you're under 35 and have been trying to conceive for more than 12 months, or over 35 and have been trying for more than 6 months.

Studies show that sperm count and sperm movement decrease as men age, as does sexual function. But there isn't a cut-off age that makes a man too old to father a child. One study found that it took men age 45 or older longer to get a woman pregnant once the couple started trying. If your partner is older, you may want to talk to your doctor about ways to boost your chances.

  • Manage stress.
  • Avoid alcohol and tobacco.
  • Maintain a proper weight.
  • Eat a diet high in zinc (found in meat, whole grains, seafood, and eggs), selenium (meat, seafood, mushroom, cereals, and Brazil nuts), and vitamin E. 
  • Keep the testicles cool -- no long, hot baths, hot tubs, or saunas, which can reduce the number of sperm.

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