What you need to consider before freezing your eggs
Are you concerned about your aging fertility and future ability to conceive and are thinking about freezing your eggs? Before you make the decision, make sure you’ve considered all the factors.
In this episode we’ll learn about:
What the process of egg freezing entails
What are the potential risks of egg freezing
What are your chances at a live birth if freezing your eggs (based on your age)
The types of lifestyle practices that are worsening your egg health
The impact of making diet and lifestyle changes before harvesting your eggs
Statistics on live birth from frozen eggs referenced in the episode are based on this graph/research paper below
Live birth predictions by age and number of mature oocytes retrieved. Each curve shows the percent likelihood that a patient of a given age will have at least one live birth according to Equation 2, based on the number of mature oocytes retrieved and frozen.
Image source: R.H. Goldman and others, Predicting the likelihood of live birth for elective oocyte cryopreservation: a counseling tool for physicians and patients, Human Reproduction, Volume 32, Issue 4, April 2017, Pages 853–859, https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex008
