Freeze fertilized or unfertilized eggs?
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Anonymous
| I am 41 and making the decision to either freeze all fertilized or half unfertilized/half fertilized eggs. Because of age, I'm leaning towards the former given increased viability potential for fertilized. Anyone know of any science or have experience about viability of fertilized vs. unfertilized after 40? Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous
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I believe that the science is better with fertilized eggs. It is getting better with unfertilized eggs. Fertility clinics all have lots more experience with freezing embryos. I would freeze all the embryos you can get.
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Anonymous
| What is your reasoning for wanting to fertilize only half? At 41, I'd be surprised if you have many (viable) eggs in any event. |
Anonymous
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Fertilized eggs/embryos are what you can freeze - there are numbers to support this.
Freezing unfertilized eggs is just experimental --- there is little success with this method. |
Anonymous
Freezing eggs is now quite common place. That said, fertilized eggs (embryos) have better survival rates. Make sure your lab uses the vitrification method to freeze. This method has the highest success rates. |
Anonymous
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Don't even bother if the lab doesn't use vitrification--go somewhere else around here, you'll find a good lab. SG and GW have good labs, I'm sure some of the others do as well.
Good luck! |
Anonymous
not the op, but this is a rude response. |
Anonymous
Have you ever looked at the statistics for women over 40? I'm just trying to help the respondent be realistic. Only about 10% of eggs at that age are normal, and after that you still have a 50% chance of miscarriage. Fun. (And I'm over 40, so I've been living these odds.) |