In Vitro Impregnation treatment often produces more eggs than necessary because the ovaries are being induced which means that more healthy embryos are created than necessary. As luck would have it, many infertility clinics will offer the opportunity to have the embryos frozen and stored for use at a later time. This can be as part of the In Vitro Impregnation agreement, or as an extra service for which you may have to pay. Often, In Vitro Fertilisation treatment is canceled after the eggs have been collected due to unexpected circumstances, in which case, storing the fertilized eggs would be a worthwhile procedure. The SizeGenetics system aims to deliver you the maximum gains possible in the shortest period of time.
Having to produce more eggs can be a difficult and often expensive procedure so by already having them stored, should you decide to use In Vitro Fertilization again, your embryos will be immediately accessible. Another advantage to this approach is that you can improve your prospects of conception from one egg collection and avert the risk of Ovarian Hyper-Stimulation syndrome from further fertility treatments. Although it can be extended, the normal freezing and subsequent storage period for fertilized eggs is five years. This means that even if you or you partner are diagnosed at a later stage with an infertility problem for instance, it will still be possible to have In Vitro Impregnation treatment.
In certain circumstances you may be allowed to store your frozen embryos for up to 10 years. In special circumstances it may be feasible to store them for even longer than 10 years. Remember that if you change your mind about freezing and storing your embryos just let your clinic know. While the fertilized eggs are in storage, the clinic should get hold of you regularly to check that you want them to remain in storage. If you move home, divorce or there are any other change of circumstances, it is always worth letting your infertility clinic know about them. Separation or get a divorce is not in itself an indication that consent to use the embryos has been retracted.
Before your fertilized eggs are stored away safely they are frozen in a vat of liquid nitrogen, the medical expression for this is cryopreservation. Only healthy, embryos that have been developing normally will be chosen for freezing. Even when great care is taken however, some embryos do not live through freezing and thawing. One way to prepare for this eventuality is to thaw more fertilized eggs than are required for transfer when the next treatment cycle is due.