Sunday, March 22, 2009

Good News - Woman's cryopreserved egg results in healthy baby

Read the article here on the Proud Parenting Law Blog:

http://www.proudparenting.com/node/2836

Interesting to note, the woman was 27 years old. 17 out of the 18 eggs retrieved were frozen. The eggs were frozen in liquid nitrogen. Two months later, the eggs were thawed and only 4 of the 17 survived. Three eggs were injected with sperm and implanted 2 days later. 39 weeks later, she gave birth to a 7 1/2 pound baby boy. So far, tests have not found any congenital defects.

It's key to remember in this case, the subject was quite young, the eggs were thawed for a short time and only a small percentage survived thawing. This is all worrisome to me but again, this process is experimental.

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