Fertility Preservation
Egg Freezing
Increasing numbers of well-informed women today recognise their innate need to have babies (someday in the future), while wanting to make that climb up the career ladder. Egg freezing gives you this option to go on with your life’s pursues while halting your biological clock.If you are a single women who have yet to find your life partner, or intend to use a sperm donor when you are ready, freezing your eggs allows you wider choices without the pressure of time.
If you are faced with a natural or premature onset of low egg reserve, freezing your eggs is the way to go if you want to be pregnant in the unforeseeable future. Eggs kept in cryopreservation state retain their quality and are unaffected by time. Therefore, it is important that by understanding our fertility state early in life allows us more fertility choices in the future. Women in their 20’s should be encouraged to have their ovarian reserve measured through a simple Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) blood test.
Modern medicine has been able to increase the survival rate of patients battling life-threatening diseases and even cancer. However, some of these treatment may affect or even render affected patients' ovaries obsolete, jeopardising their future fertility. Egg freezing allows women to have their eggs frozen in order for them to carry on building their fertility goals after overcoming serious health conditions.
Sperm Freezing
If work or travel commitments interfere with your IVF/IUI treatment, freezing your sperm for future use can be convenient.
Before starting treatments for cancer or undergoing a vasectomy, you can store your sperm to ensure the possibility of fathering children in the future.
If your job involves potential hazards that could affect your fertility, or if you engage in high-risk hobbies like contact or extreme sports, freezing your sperm can serve as an insurance policy for your future family plans.
Ovarian Tissue Freezing
Before treatment, the egg-producing tissue from your ovary is removed, frozen, and stored. After your medical treatment, the tissue can be re-implanted when you're ready to pursue your fertility goals.
