What is egg storage? How to freeze eggs at Vinmec?

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Egg freezing or egg storage is a fairly new concept for many women and is getting more and more attention. This is a method of assisted reproduction that helps a woman to store eggs for future conception and childbirth.

1. What is ovarian reserve?

Egg freezing or egg storage is a technique of preserving eggs in deep cold conditions with nitrogen vapor or liquid nitrogen, for a long time for later use.

2. Is freezing eggs good?

Over time as a woman gets older, the eggs also begin to age and the number decreases significantly, reducing the ability to fertilize. Some experts believe that eggs age twice as fast as their real age, as eggs age, they lose energy, so conception also decreases.
Some women nowadays tend to get married late. After 35 years of age, the quality of embryos conceived is low, the rate of abnormal pregnancy is high. So these women can think about early egg storage, ensuring the quality of eggs so that later on, they can give birth to healthy children.

Storing eggs is to ensure quality for future childbirth, in case women of childbearing age do not want to have children right away or women are having health problems such as chemotherapy, radiation treatment, etc. suffer from ovarian failure, reduce ovarian reserve,... but still want to get pregnant.
In addition, other indications of egg freezing today include: oocyte donation, egg storage for ICSI, egg freezing according to social needs...

3. Egg freezing process at Vinmec

The method used by Vinmec International General Hospital to freeze eggs as well as embryos and sperm is currently the vitrification method. The advantage of this method compared to classical methods is that the freezing time is fast, there is no formation of ice crystals inside the cells, which helps the oocytes to be protected more safely, and has a high survival rate after being frozen. defrost.
Egg freezing at Vinmec is carried out with the following steps:
Patients are clinically examined and necessary tests are done first to assess their disease status and choose appropriate treatment methods; The patient may have to use ovarian stimulation drugs to increase the number of eggs (this indication varies from person to person), or just need to monitor the natural cycle; Egg aspiration; Eggs after poking out will be preliminary evaluated for morphological quality. Only mature eggs are eligible for refrigeration; Mature eggs are frozen by vitrification and stored for a long time in liquid nitrogen.

4. Why should eggs be frozen at Vinmec?

Customers wishing to perform egg freezing can choose the Fertility Support Center - Vinmec International General Hospital with the following outstanding advantages:
As the leading fertility center in Vietnam, built and fully equipped with the most modern facilities for egg freezing; Gathering a team of leading national and international experts in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, regularly training to update knowledge in the US, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Korea,... ; Customers are fully advised on the steps to go through when performing egg freezing, provided with all necessary information about the status of eggs being preserved; Stimulation protocols are always individualized for each patient to optimize treatment effectiveness; The fertilization rate of frozen eggs is not different from that of fresh eggs; The procedure of egg aspiration is quick and painless; Customers are always accompanied by doctors and specialists in making treatment plans.

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