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Egg Freezing | Is it Right For You? | Program Enrollment | FAQs | |
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Is It Right For You? Scientists now working at the Fertility Institutes have successfully cryopreserved (frozen), later thawed and fertilized human eggs and obtained the birth of healthy babies. From a total of eight patients having eggs frozen in the initial work, three pregnancies and live births have resulted. The medical treatments involved in the egg freezing process have been further refined at the Fertility Institutes to allow women from all corners of the world the ability to participate in our program. For women, men and couples interested in access to our investigational frozen donor egg bank, our new web site listing instructions and details about the frozen donor eggs is under construction. For immediate access to the details of this new bank, please call us toll free at: (800) 222-2802. For those interested in freezing their own eggs, evidence suggests egg freezing to work best for younger women. Our experience thus far with egg freezing allows us to provide you with the following guidelines for determining if egg freezing may work for you: GROUP "A" CANDIDATES (best -- excellent chances for success) • Under age 32 years • A serum FSH "fertility thermostat" value less than 7.1 mIU/ml on cycle day 3. Satisfactory ovarian reserve testing. If being treated for cancer, no prior exposure to chemo or radiation therapy. GROUP "B+" CANDIDATES (good chances for success) • Ages 33-35 years • Serum FSH "fertility thermostat" value less than 8.1 mIU/ml on cycle day 3. Satisfactory ovarian reserve testing. If being treated for cancer, short term, limited exposure to radiation or chemotherapy with no direct radiation of ovaries. GROUP "C" CANDIDATES (moderate chances for success) • Ages 35-37 years • Serum FSH "fertility thermostat" value between 7.1 and 9.0 mIU/ml on cycle day 3. Satisfactory ovarian reserve testing. If being treated for cancer, short term, limited exposure to radiation or chemotherapy with no direct radiation of ovaries. GROUP "C-" CANDIDATES (some guarded chance of success) • Ages 38 to 39 years • Serum FSH "fertility thermostat" between 5.0 and 8.5 mIU/ml on cycle day 3. Satisfactory ovarian reserve testing. If being treated for cancer, no more than short term, limited exposure to radiation or chemotherapy with no direct radiation of ovaries. NON-ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES • Age over 39 years or any woman with unsatisfactory ovarian reserve testing outcomes. • Serum FSH "fertility thermostat" levels greater than 10.0 mIU/ml on cycle day 3 If being treated for cancer, extended chemotherapy or direct radiation of the ovaries . You can find other programs that will freeze your eggs at this age, but there are NO reports from anywhere in the world that such freezing offers a reasonable chance for success.
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