Egg Freezing
At Hannam Fertility, we can help you preserve your fertility until you’re ready to have a baby, by combining advanced egg-freezing techniques with our world-leading IVF treatments.
Why Egg Freezing is Important
With egg freezing, you can support your future self by being your own egg donor.
While most reproductive aged people can anticipate a natural conception, a second (or third) pregnancy may be more difficult to achieve.
You can be aided in this decision by getting an AMH test. This simple blood test can be done at home or onsite at our clinic. The test sets expectations for how many eggs you are likely to be able to freeze from a single stimulation. We hope to see 10 or more. Freezing is usually most effective from ages 28 to 34, but we suggest you speak with your clinical team to personalize your decision.
The most important part of the egg freezing experience will happen in the lab. Our CCRM team works within a centralized framework that can implement vast resources and data. CCRM laboratories lead the field in 16 major North American cities, implementing cutting edge technology and unmatched quality control. We are proud to bring one of the most respected IVF labs in the world to join us in our mission to care for women in Toronto.
How Egg Freezing Works
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You’ll meet with one of our fertility experts to discuss your needs, your medical history, your options and give you a sense of what you can expect from the process. After testing, we will assess your current fertility potential and develop your fertility treatment plan.
Fertility Assessment
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Pre-treatment in the month before hormone injections helps grow your follicles (small fluid-filled sacs in the ovaries that contain developing eggs) in a coordinated way. The hormone injections then stimulate your ovaries to produce as many eggs as possible. You’ll need to come to our office every few days during the injection stage so we can keep an eye on how you’re responding to the injections and adjust your doses as needed. Before egg retrieval, you will use different injectable medications that will release your eggs, starting ovulation.
Pre-Treatment &
Ovarian Stimulation
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After you’ve taken the injections to trigger ovulation, you will come in for a minor surgical procedure to collect your eggs. You will be comfortable and sedated with intravenous medications for the procedure. We use an ultrasound to place a needle through the wall of your vagina into the follicles. Due to the sedation, you will need someone to drive you home, and stay with you until the anesthesia wears off. You’ll be able to go back to work within 24 to 48 hours.
Egg Retrieval
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After we have retrieved your eggs, all mature eggs will be vitrified (rapidly frozen) and stored securely until you’re ready to use them. Our team will let you know how many mature eggs were frozen successfully. The entire process, from the initial fertility assessment to the freezing of mature eggs, usually takes between 6-8 weeks for most patients but may vary depending on your situation.