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Learn More About Vitro Fertilisation Treatment
In Vitro Fertilization treatment often produces more eggs than necessary because the ovaries are being stimulated which means that more healthy fertilized eggs are produced than required. As luck would have it, many infertility clinics will offer the opportunity to have the embryos frozen and stored away safely for use at a later time. This can be as part of the In Vitro Fertilisation agreement, or as an extra service for which you may have to pay. Your embryos may also be able to be stored for future use if your planned treatment needs to be postponed after egg collection - for example, if you have over responded to the drugs.
More eggs than normal might be developed during In Vitro Fertilisation treatment which can be helpful as there will in all likelihood be more healthy fertilized eggs than are required. Luckily, many infertility clinics will offer the option to have the embryos frozen and stored away safely for use at a later time. Frequently this option is available as part of the In Vitro Fertilisation treatment package but there could also be an extra charge for this service. Often, In Vitro Impregnation treatment is postponed after the eggs have been collected due to unanticipated circumstances, in which case, storing the embryos would be a valuable thing to do.
There may be a time where you want to try In Vitro Fertilization again and by having your embryos already stored it can save time and any inconvenience of producing the eggs again. So by storing the embryos, you can make the most of the eggs gathered in that treatment and at the same time there won't b any demand to take further infertility drugs which can cause Ovarian Hyper-Stimulation Syndrome. Fertilized eggs can normally be frozen and stored away safely for up to five years, although this can occasionally be prolonged. For instance, if you or your partner have been diagnosed as sterile and are likely to want to use your embryos for future tries at In Vitro Fertilization or if you are at risk of having a baby with a genetically inherited condition.
There are times where possibly a serious illness is concerned where the fertilized eggs can be stored for 10 years. There are occasions where this 10 year period can be prolonged. The decision to freeze and store your fertilized eggs is yours and can be pulled at any time. All the same, while your embryos are stored away safely at the clinic, they have a duty to keep in frequent touch to confirm that you wish to continue storing them at their facility. If you move home, divorce or there are any other change of circumstances, it is always worthwhile letting your fertility clinic know about them. In the case of divorce for instance, just because this has occurred, it does not necessarily mean that either partners approval to use the fertilized eggs has been removed.
Before your embryos are stored they are frozen in a vat of liquid nitrogen, the exact term for this is cryopreservation. Embryo storage is subject to the fertilized eggs themselves as only the healthiest specimens will used for freezing. Even when special care is taken however, some embryos do not survive freezing and thawing. Because of this fact, it is worthwhile having more embryos thawed than can be used during the transfer procedure at the next In Vitro Impregnation treatment.
About the Author
Michael Hehn is a specialist in infertility and pregnancy. If you want more information about infertility and pregnancy, visit infertility and pregnancy.
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