Preserve your fertility with Egg Freezing

Egg Freezing is the method of collecting, freezing and storing your unfertilised eggs until the time is right for you  to start a family.

There are numerous  social and medical reasons,  from career to illness as to why you might want to do this. Especially because egg count and quality declines more rapidly after the age of 35. But with egg freezing, you can take the pressure off your biological clock while preserving your fertility for the future.

An increasing number of women are choosing to take control over their fertility by freezing their eggs until the time is right. 

Stages of Egg Freezing Treatment

1. A Fertility check up

The first step to freezing your eggs is a check-up with our fertility nurse followed by an appointment with Dr Mooring, They’ll carry out thorough screening and testing to make sure the treatment is a good option for you.

2. Stimulating your ovaries

You’ll start daily injections to maximise the number of eggs we collect. During this time, we’ll monitor you with blood tests and ultrasound scans every few days.

3. Collecting your eggs

The procedure typically takes less than 30 minutes with a general anaesthetic and you’ll be able to go home on the same day.

4. Freezing your eggs

All the suitable eggs will be carefully frozen to -196 °C in liquid nitrogen using a new highly successfully procedure called vitrification and stored safely for the future.

FAQs - You might want to freeze your eggs if...

• You wish to postpone plans to have a family, For reasons including other life plans, career, or not having met the right partner yet.
  
  

• You’re considering cancer treatment. Or any other treatment that might cause permanent loss of ovarian function.

  
  

• You have an increased risk of premature ovarian failure. Such as you’re living with severe endometriosis or recurrent ovarian cysts.
  
  

• You have an increased risk of early menopause. Because your mother, aunt or maternal grandmother started their menopause early.
  
  

• You want to undergo a sex change. And preserve your fertility before starting hormone therapy or surgery.
  
  

• You have ethical or moral concerns about freezing embryos. And freezing unfertilised eggs is an acceptable alternative.