Most Fertility Physicians will suggest you IVF / ICSI treatment procedure. This is a traditional proven technique where eggs are fertilized with sperms on egg retrieval day and quality embryos are transferred three or five days after the egg retrieval procedure inside the endometrial cavity.

What is NEW?

The first successful IVF/ICSI procedure and embryo freezing took place in the 1980s. Many people have frozen embryos, only to be able to transfer them at a later time into their uterus. After egg retrieval, no embryos are transferred into the uterus but all embryos are frozen. This is referred to as a “freeze all” in IVF/ICSI treatment.

Advantages

* Research proves that you have a better chance of getting pregnant primarily by eliminating the high hormone levels associated with ovarian stimulation, which impacts the lining of the uterus.

* It prevents the risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in patients who have developed many follicles and have a high estrogen level. In other words, in Freeze All cycles, we can aim to get more eggs, thereby embryos, without worrying about OHSS.

Disadvantages

* The first most and primary concern of doing IVF/ICSI treatment procedure and freezing embryos is that the embryo transfer is not done in the same month. This means the patient needs another month to undergo Embryo Transfer. This extends the program into two months instead of a month and may not be ideal for patients traveling from other countries.

* The Cost of the IVF/ICSI treatment program in Mumbai will marginally increase, especially when the embryos are frozen and needed to be thawed again.

* Psychologically this type of freeze-all IVF/ICSI treatment procedure can cause daunt on patients who are eager to get pregnant and have to keep extending it over months.

Success Rate

For the past 5 years, techniques for freezing the embryos have improved, thereby giving a slightly better chance of implanting than fresh embryos. The success rates at Zoi Fertility IVF Centre with the freeze-all technique are around 55-65% per cycle.

Reasons for freeze all IVF/ICSI treatment procedures

• Planned freezing and storing of embryos prior to receiving chemotherapy for cancer that has direct possibility damage the eggs in the ovaries.
• To prevent the risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome in patients that have developed many follicles and have a high estradiol level. Ovarian stimulation syndrome is a potentially dangerous condition that is increased and worsened when a patient becomes pregnant.  By freezing the embryos and transferring them after the ovaries are no longer stimulated reduces the chances of this condition