Egg Freezing, Method to Increase the Chances of Pregnancy in Old Age

Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation) is a method used to maintain a woman's ability and chance to get pregnant at an advanced age. This method can be an option for women who have special health conditions or women who are not ready to get pregnant at childbearing age.

Egg freezing or egg freezing is a medical procedure performed by removing eggs from the uterus, then freezing them and storing them in the laboratory. This frozen egg can later be thawed and then fertilized with sperm and implanted back in the uterus.

When Egg FreezingNeed to Do?

Please note, a woman will be in her most fertile period at the age of 20-30 years. This is because at that age range, the egg is at its best quality.

However, with age, the quality of egg cells will also decrease. This can make it more difficult for older women to get pregnant or have a high-risk pregnancy.

To avoid these various risks, women of childbearing age who want to delay pregnancy, give birth, or have certain health conditions, can do egg freezing.

The aim is to preserve eggs that are still of good quality, so that if the woman wants to get pregnant later, she will still have healthy quality eggs.

Well, some conditions in women that may need egg freezing are:

• Feeling not ready to have children when they are fertile, but planning to have children in the future
• Suffers from a health condition that affects fertility, such as sickle cell anemia or an autoimmune disease, such as lupus
• Are taking medication or treatments that reduce fertility, such as radiation therapy or chemotherapy
• Are planning IVF (in vitro fertilization)

The chance of pregnancy from the egg freezing procedure is about 30–60%. However, the high or low chance of pregnancy depends on the age of the woman when egg freezing.

In addition, because the egg freeezing method is relatively new, more data is still needed to determine a more accurate egg freezing success rate.

The Process of Performing Egg Freezing

If you are planning on egg freezing, it is important to know that this procedure can take months. The reason is, there are quite a lot of egg freezing processes that you need to go through.

At first, you will be asked to do several tests to detect certain diseases, such as HIV or hepatitis.

After that, you will undergo a preparation process similar to the process of preparing for IVF procedures. This includes giving hormone injections and drugs for the maturation of the egg.

When about 6–15 eggs are mature, the next process is to collect eggs from the ovaries using a special tool that will be inserted through the vagina. During this process, you will be given general anesthesia.

The eggs that have been taken will be frozen using a vitrification procedure (vitrification) for further storage so that they can be used at a later date. The shelf life of frozen eggs is usually a maximum of 10 years.

When you want to use it later, the egg will be thawed and the intact one will be brought together with the sperm cell for fertilization to occur. After being fertilized, then this prospective zygote will be implanted back into the uterus.

Keep in mind, the egg freezing method also has some risks of side effects, such as can cause ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, infection, and bleeding during the process of taking eggs from the ovaries. Also, there is no guarantee that the egg freezing method will work.

Therefore, if you intend to do egg freezing, it's a good idea to consult your doctor first, both about the conditions you are experiencing, the chances of future pregnancies, the risks that can occur, and the cost you have to spend to do the egg freezeing procedure.

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