What is Fertility Preservation?
-
Fertility preservation involves a range of techniques and procedures aimed at safeguarding an individual's potential to have biological children later in life.
-
This typically includes the freezing and storage of eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissues for future use.
​
At Apex Reproductive Healthcare Ltd in London, Dr. Vidya Seshadri, a qualified, experienced fertility expert has years of experience in fertility preservation methods. Book a consultation with her to get started on preserving your future.
The main goal of fertility preservation is to offer choices to individuals confronting potential fertility hurdles due to diverse reasons, including:
-
Cancer treatments: (chemotherapy, radiation) that may harm reproductive organs or gametes
-
Age-related decline: in fertility, particularly among women
-
Genetic conditions or illnesses
-
Gynaecological conditions like endometriosis - view Dr. Vidya's publication on endometriosis here ->
-
Elective motives such as postponing parenthood for personal or career considerations
Some main methods of fertility preservation include:
For Women
-
Embryo cryopreservation:
involves the retrieval of eggs, fertilisation with sperm to form embryos, and subsequent freezing for future utilisation -
Oocyte (egg) cryopreservation:
entails the retrieval and freezing of eggs without fertilisation, reserved for future use in IVF -
Ovarian tissue cryopreservation:
encompasses the surgical extraction and freezing of ovarian tissue, intended for potential future transplantation or in vitro maturation of eggs
For Men
Sperm cryopreservation:
Sperm is collected and frozen for future use in intrauterine insemination (IUI) or IVF
