by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 5, 2023 | Age and Fertility, Blastocysts, DOR, Egg Banking, Egg Freezing, Egg Quality, Embryo Freezing, Fertility Preservation, IVF for older women, PGS
It’s crucial for women to make informed decisions about fertility preservation. Delaying trying to conceive, relying on egg freezing, or assuming the biological clock can be paused are misconceptions. As women age, egg quality declines, affecting the chance of a...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Oct 3, 2023 | Cost, Cost of IVF Treatment, Egg Banking, egg competency, Egg Donation, Egg Freezing, Embryo Transfer, Fertility Preservation, Financial, In Vitro Fertilization, IVF
For more than 50 years, scientists have been working to perfect the art of freezing and storing a woman’s eggs, also known as “egg banking”. Although there have been challenges, the progress has been both amazing and promising. Since the birth of the first...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Feb 24, 2022 | Egg Freezing, Fertility Preservation
Hi Dr Sher,I am considering pursuing egg freezing in a few months. I had an initial consult with and RE in which my numbers were as follows:Age: 34 years, 8 monthsDay 3 FSH: 8.1MIU/mlDay 3 AMH: 1.57ng/mlAntral Follicle Count (AFC) = 13 (6 on one side, 7 on the...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Dec 12, 2015 | Fertility Preservation
For more than a thirty years, attempts by medical scientists to freeze and bank (cryobank) a woman’s eggs have yielded limited success. In fact, to date, since the birth of the 1st “frozen egg baby” in the mid 1980’s, fewer than 2,000 births resulting from the...
by Dr. Geoffrey Sher | Nov 28, 2015 | Failed IVF, Fertility Preservation, IVF
The bottom line is that because of the traumatic effect of freezing on egg viability and “competency” the statistical chance of each frozen/ thawed egg ultimately resulting in a baby is only at best 6-8%. So, while success rates following the transfer of embryos...
