The full article, Oocyte freezing: timely reproductive insurance? is here but requires a subscription:
http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/190_05_020309/mol10900_fm.html
A synopsis of the article, including information about the 40 year-old woman who just had twins from frozen eggs, after originally freezing her eggs at 37 is included here:
http://babyfertile.blogspot.com/2009/03/single-career-woman-has-twins-using.html
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.
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.
Lindsay Nohr Beck - Oocyte Cryopreservation - The Patient's Perspective
Ms. Beck founded Fertile Hope (Fertility and Cancer)and just made a presentation regarding her experience as a mom, cancer survivor but most importantly, a egg freezer (8 years ago). It was interesting and definitely worth a listen to:
http://www.ivfpodcasts.com/IVF_Podcasts/Podcasts.php?Oocyte-Cryopreservation-The-Patient-s-Perspective-16
http://www.ivfpodcasts.com/IVF_Podcasts/Podcasts.php?Oocyte-Cryopreservation-The-Patient-s-Perspective-16
The World's First Frozen Egg Bank - Not too sure about this....
You can read about it here:
http://infertility.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_worlds_first_frozen_egg_bank
The company was originally founded 12 years ago to help women find donor eggs. However, the company now merged with another company to create a Frozen Egg Bank eliminating the need to have your cycle sync with the donor's cycle.
I don't know if I am too happy with this idea since egg freezing is still in the experimental stage but, I guess if you want to try, it's not my place to say no.
http://infertility.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_worlds_first_frozen_egg_bank
The company was originally founded 12 years ago to help women find donor eggs. However, the company now merged with another company to create a Frozen Egg Bank eliminating the need to have your cycle sync with the donor's cycle.
I don't know if I am too happy with this idea since egg freezing is still in the experimental stage but, I guess if you want to try, it's not my place to say no.
New Stats came out about Fertility and Fertility Centers....
....unfortunately, none list the stats for egg-freezing.
It is worth a look though.
http://cancerfertility.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-fertility-clinic-success-rates.html
Individual clinic statistics are here:
http://www.sart.org/find_frm.html
It is worth a look though.
http://cancerfertility.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-fertility-clinic-success-rates.html
Individual clinic statistics are here:
http://www.sart.org/find_frm.html
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