FERTILITY PRESERVATION
Whatever your reason -- finding the right partner -- pursuing higher education -- focusing on your career. Now you have options. Egg freezing let's you decide when parenthood is right for you.
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We also provide fertility preservation to patients diagnosed with cancer where the treatments may affect your fertility.
EGG FREEZING
The number one infertility challenge is the age of your eggs, but now you're able to take control of your future with egg freezing in New Orleans. We're proud to offer cryopreservation to people who want or need to delay parenthood.
Our goal is for you to be informed about your fertility. The more information you have, the better you can make informed decisions for your future.
Over the past five years, we've made incredible advances in the area of cryopreservation (egg freezing). Vitrification is our method of choice for cryopreservation, which utilizes flash freeze technology significantly increasing the viability of your eggs.
Is Egg Freezing
Right for you?
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Give yourself the time needed to achieve other important life goals, such as education, career or relationship
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Your egg count begins to slowly decline at the age of 27 and is followed by a rapid decline after the age of 35
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Egg transfer success rates are similar, if not better than fresh eggs
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The physical risks for you and your future baby are low
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Get informed and get empowered--choices for your life are yours to make
BY THE TIME A WOMAN IS 30
SHE HAS LOST 88% OF HER EGGS
AND BY THE TIME SHE IS 40
SHE HAS LOST 97% OF HER EGGS
How egg freezing works
01
FERTILITY ASSESSMENT
+CONSULT
02
OVARY
STIMULATION
03
EGG
RETRIEVAL
04
EGG FREEZING
(CRYOPRESERVATION)
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05
COME BACK
WHEN YOU'RE
READY
The Process
#1 - Fertility Assessment + Consult
You'll get a chance to sit down with Dr. Wells or Dr. Ulrich to have an in-depth discussion of your needs, expectations, and the process involved. When you're ready we'll perform a fertility analysis to get an idea of your current egg fitness and discuss the cost of egg freezing.
Fertility testing can include hormonal lab tests (AMH, FSH, LH), a preconception screening, and ovarian/uterine evaluation.
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#2 - Ovary Stimulation
When your cycle starts we'll stimulate egg production with individualized fertility medications. Periodic lab work and ultrasounds are done to monitor egg growth over the next 10 days. Then, a medication will be given to prepare your eggs for retrieval.
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#3 - Egg Retrieval
During this 15 minute procedure, Dr. Wells or Dr. Ulrich will retrieve several eggs from your ovaries via the insertion of a needle through your vaginal wall. You’ll be under sedation and won’t feel a thing.
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#4 - Egg Freezing (Cryopreservation)
Immediately after retrieval, your eggs will be frozen in our state-of-the-art laboratory, just steps from the procedure room by our embryologists, who are the best in the field. Your eggs will be frozen using vitrification, a flash-freezing technique that increases egg survival rates to nearly 100%.
#5 - Come Back When You're Ready
Whenever you're ready to start your family, our embryologists will fertilize your eggs and create embryos with your sperm of choice. Then we'll simply transfer a single, healthy embryo into your uterus during ovulation.
And voilà--your family on your timeline!
We are proud to be the only Freeze-Verified fertility clinic in New Orleans! You can click here to see our Freeze Verified profile for straightforward pricing, research, and patient reviews about egg freezing clinics nationwide.
You can click here to see our financing options. Feel free to call us with questions!