Everything You Need To Know About Social Egg Freezing

Social Egg freezing is the need of the hour. It is a method of preserving a woman’s fertility for a non-medical indication for example pursuing a career or waiting to find the right partner or waiting to be economically stable before starting a family.  When Facebook and Apple announced this benefit for their female employees in 2014 it was a path breaking headline making news. This benefit to level the playing field between male and female employees gave women the freedom to pursue their career and yet keep the biological clock at a standstill. After this many companies have started supporting this benefit for their women employees. Any woman who is thinking about postponing pregnancy can visit an IVF Clinic in Delhi to find out of you are eligible for this procedure.  Pre investigations include blood tests and ultrasound scans and Counselling. The procedure starts on the second day of the period when hormonal injections called gonadotrophins are started to stimulate the ovaries for approximately 12 days and once the follicles are mature then we collect eggs by doing a small procedure under anaesthesia. The woman is discharged from the hospital within few hours of the procedure. The eggs are frozen using a technique known as vitrification or flash freezing. Success rates are directly proportional to the woman’s age.  Ideal age for egg freezing is late twenties.  With age above 35 years the viability of the eggs and success rates are proportionally reduced. Success also depends on the laboratory; you should check the experience and success rates survival rates with oocyte vitrification as some labs only vitrify embryos and have little experience with egg freezing. Side effects of the procedure usually include nausea bloating mood changes are usually temporary only. Major side effect like ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome or OHSS is now rare due to modern medication and techniques, to reduce any side effects make sure you drink at least 3 litres of water a day and eat a high protein diet and avoid gym while taking the hormonal medication and for 2 weeks after the procedure. 3 Myth about Egg freezing  1. I can do it any age success rate will be equal 2. Lack of awareness about biological clock/ feeling that if I eat healthy and stay fit and look younger then my fertility will be good same in forties as in thirties You need to be married or have a partner to freeze eggs. 3. Egg quality gets affected in freezing / Eggs get damaged during freezing Babies born after egg freezing are unhealthy.        Address: S-21, Greater Kailash Part 1, New Delhi - 110048 Call us: +91-9267937367 Mail us at: sciivfhospitals@gmail.com Website: www.sciivf.com       Disclaimer: This is a company press release, and it does not have journalistic/editorial involvement of Hindustan Times.