3 SIMPLE STEPS TO FREEZE YOUR FERTILITY

Stimulate, Extract and Freeze with our 3 simple ranges… Just three simple steps within each range. The egg freezing process may not be as easy as you think.

The 9 steps include:

STIMULATE

HORMONE SUPRESS  usually the first step in the stimulation process where drugs are taken to suppress your natural cycle.

FOLLICLE-STIMULATE  daily hormone injections, self-administered into your stomach for 10-14 days, plus multiple visits to the fertility clinic for vaginal ultrasound scans.

TRIGGER-SHOT  a specific injection of human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) hormone to trigger the final stages of egg maturity and ovulation. 

EXTRACT

SEDATE  heavy sedation or general anaesthetic administered in the clinic 34-38 hours after the final injection.

RETRIEVE  extraction of follicular fluid from each ovary with a suction device connected to a hollow needle.

AFTER-CARE  rest and recovery time - at least 1-2 days off work for the procedure and recovery.

FREEZE

PREPARE  analysis and assessment of all of the fluid that has been extracted. Any eggs judged to be mature are washed and prepared for freezing.

VITRIFY  Insertion of the prepared eggs into liquid nitrogen where they will go from room temperature (about 25°C) to -196°C in 2-3 seconds.

SECURE  Frozen eggs are stored in a secure tank containing liquid nitrogen. This keeps them in a state of suspended animation, in which the normal processes of biological degradation are halted

THESE ARE FICTIONAL PRODUCTS BUT THE FACTS DESCRIBED ARE COMPLETELY TRUE