Top Egg Freezing Tips From a Fertility Doctor

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Fertility doctor Natalie Crawford, MD talks about egg freezing and gives top tips for things you should consider if you are thinking about freezing you eggs.
Questions answered:
1. What is egg freezing
2. When should I freeze my eggs? What is the best age to freeze your eggs?
3. How many eggs do I need to freeze? What is the goal number of eggs?
4. What is ovarian reserve? Does age really impact your fertility?
5. How many eggs survive the freeze/thaw process?
6. What is egg freezing? How long does egg freezing take?
7. How many cycles or rounds of egg freezing do I need?
8. What is the egg retrieval procedure like?
9. Does egg freezing cause me to run out of eggs?
Study discussed:
Mesen TB, Mersereau JE, Kane JB, Steiner AZ. Optimal timing for elective egg freezing. Fertil Steril. 2015 Jun;103(6):1551-6.e1-4.
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@elizabethrincon1908 3 жыл бұрын

I never realized how much "loss" was involved in the IVF process until I went through it myself -- only about 30% of my mature eggs (and later embryos) made it to Day 6 blastocysts, and there's always the chance to lose others during freeze/thaw and the transfer process (not to mention miscarriage)... it's crazy! So what started as 10 good-looking eggs has now turned into 2 frozen embryos, and one hopefully sticky transfer (currently at 5 weeks, 3 days pregnant).

@Maiju86 3 жыл бұрын

Keeping fingers crossed for you! 💕🤞

@NatalieCrawfordMD 3 жыл бұрын

sending you love! it is a lot of loss along the way that nobody thinks about or realizes!

@sarasam6392 Жыл бұрын

Hi 👋🏼 hope everything went well for you ❤❤

@mirkahernandez6763 2 жыл бұрын

This video was very helpful. Thank you!

@NatalieCrawfordMD 2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

@MakedaPhillips Жыл бұрын

I know it must vary a lot but can you talk about the cost? How much does it cost to keep the eggs frozen? That will determine when I want to do it.

@jd-hs5lj Жыл бұрын

I am concerned i might have a high estrogen level based on symptoms i’ve had for a while (not tested yet, saving money for egg freezing - hoping they will check as part of the process?) is it ok/safe to do egg freezing if your estrogen is high? Or do you need to fix that first? Could it hinder (or help) or effect egg collection success? Thank you so much again for the amazing content ❤

@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 2 жыл бұрын

I am doing egg freezing 2 years later than I was advised. I regret but I'm still hopeful

@ririr.9633 Жыл бұрын

Me too. I wish i was not so sensitive about motherhood. It depresses me...

@jeanne8264 19 күн бұрын

my question is How minimum number of eggs need I freeze ? I have a very modest overian reserve (aged 36).

@niquetabouri7945 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 40. Do I have a chance to freeze eggs??? And where can I do this??

@afsutton89 Жыл бұрын

What if someone has a condition like PCOS? Would that mean you would need to get an IUD out in order to do the pretesting before Egg freezing happens?

@toniivanova4706 3 жыл бұрын

I’m 19 y.o .My AMH is 0,83 is it normal can I get pregnant naturally? Is it good idea to freeze eggs ?

@scottishgirl1100 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video!! About to start IUI whenever my period starts should be in the next 4 day i took my last progesterone dose yesterday. Also got my first dose of Pfizer yesterday my MIL went crazy when I decided to take my first dose she doesn’t agree with the vaccine...

@NatalieCrawfordMD 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, sending love. The vaccine has people all in their feelings but so proud of you for protecting yourself and those around you! #babydust

@scottishgirl1100 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatalieCrawfordMD Thank you

@katielund5138 3 жыл бұрын

Does freezing your eggs or donating eggs affect your future fertility? I assume negative impacts on fertility would be due to age since the cells are going to be depleted anyway.

@politereminder6284 Жыл бұрын

It doesn't affect the future if done properly.

@hchan6253 3 жыл бұрын

Is age the number one factor that determines the quality of eggs? Or does lifestyle and genetics play a role too?

@NatalieCrawfordMD 3 жыл бұрын

Age is the number one factor (but there is a lifestyle component - meaning the same young person who smokes will have poorer quality than someone who does not).

@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 2 жыл бұрын

@@NatalieCrawfordMD why my periods started to diminish at 33 with amh of 1.2 - when I have no addiction

@gailainsley6939 Жыл бұрын

A channel called ‘Adam ruins everything’ spoke about the truth in regards to age and egg quality. He said those are based on old studies and they tell you to freeze them younger because you pay storage yearly to keep them frozen. He reckons it’s all about getting money. Another doctor advised to consider it closer to the 34 age range. Simply because you may be able to do it naturally anyway. It gives you time and less money being wasted on keeping it frozen or discarding it once you are ready or have found someone. So far, it seems like everyone has different takes on it but I’m more inclined to believe these versions that I’ve come across because most things are about money.

@carlairving 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks a lot, super useful and instructive as usual. I'm about to start my first IVF protocol with sperm donor. Is there a significant difference between egg freezing and embryo freezing in terms of life birth rates at the end? I am at the stage of figuring out what would qualify as a number of eggs/embryos I would feel good about. My understanding is that embryo freezing would probably be better, as I would know how many would make it through the fertilization and blastocysts stage. I don't mind buying more sperm vials, as their cost is minimal in the whole IVF process (I'm a queer to-be single mom by choice so no reasons for me to keep eggs in case I ever met a partner so we could use their sperm for fertilization, that's out of the table). That being said, I worry that the thaw process could be more complicated or risky with blastocysts than eggs. Is this so?

@NatalieCrawfordMD 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! you get more data with embryo freezing (number normal) and you don't lose the 10-20% in the egg freeze/thaw process - but the live birth rate of a genetically normal embryo is the same (regardless of if it was frozen as an egg or not). Thaw process is easier with blasts (98% survival) because they are 200-300 cells and more stable. Good luck!!

@carlairving 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatalieCrawfordMD thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

@koboldienchen 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks so much for the video! Could egg freezing mess with your hormones with certain diseases? eg. i have graves disease and am concerned that the hormones I would take for the egg freezing process could irritate my thyroid or worsen my disease... should this be a concern? (of course I will talk to my doctor about it, but I just thought that might be interesting for more people here :-) )

@thoughtfulpro371 Жыл бұрын

Same! No one wants to answer this apparently ❤

@tiklemeangi Жыл бұрын

@@thoughtfulpro371 I think it’s because people don’t really know I was so for egg freezing but my friend said that all those extra hormones can lead to like breast cancer and stuff so now I’m paranoid

@wendyxcmeng Жыл бұрын

Yes I’m also very nervous for this 😬 please can you give us your opinion on this Dr. Crawford ❤🙏🏻

@jd-hs5lj Жыл бұрын

I worry about this too! Also MCAS!

@SmultronsyltNatha 3 жыл бұрын

Is the live birth percentage based on PGD-tested normal embryos or blastocysts in general? My clinic told me that my chances were 40-50% for each embryo transfer (I’m 30, non-smoker, don’t drink, normal weight), but I’m not sure if they’re basing that estimate on embryo transfers in general or PGD-tested embryo transfers (we’re doing PGD). I’m getting a bit concerned about the quality of the clinic if the same procedure has a dramatically higher success rate in other clinics.

@NatalieCrawfordMD 3 жыл бұрын

This is the genetically normal rate. Age related rate at 30 without genetics is 40-50%

@SmultronsyltNatha 3 жыл бұрын

@@NatalieCrawfordMD Thank you!

@lezmacon5095 Жыл бұрын

I’m 22 looking to freeze my eggs as an option

@zofiakowalik9686 Жыл бұрын

Hey! Did u do it? I’m doing it in one month, I’m also 22 and I’m so exited!

@iknowyouwanttofly 3 жыл бұрын

What. I am freezing my eggs in sweden I dlnt have a supression face at all.

@femijohn5832 2 жыл бұрын

✝️2348083867538⏭⏭

@SiberianGoneInternational Жыл бұрын

Neither did I in Spain. How did it go?

@Savannah-qj2mc 2 жыл бұрын

I really don’t want to do this:(

@charlie42786 2 жыл бұрын

If a virgin does the egg freezing process, will her hymen break?

@drsareekakatkuriphysiother5376 2 жыл бұрын

Haha

@politereminder6284 Жыл бұрын

Likely yes, but hymen ≠ virginity

@jd-hs5lj Жыл бұрын

I think they could collect them through your stomach instead?

@bobbg9041 Жыл бұрын

Don't put off having kids, do it at a young age. 18 to 34. After that its harder to manage. No 62 year old wants to deal with a teenager, there tough enough at age 30 to manage, at age 62 your older looking at retirement at 30 your in the prime of your life. Wating is selfishness.

@gailainsley6939 Жыл бұрын

Well considering that women aren’t married on average in the west until 28-35+. Il say that After 28 is the best time because Women do not make sound or logical decisions in a mate when they are younger. Especially before 25. In fact. Studies also show that women are less likely to escape poverty the younger they have them and that it’s usually the less educated and lower classes women that settle down younger. Not to mention the vast majority that settle down in their early 20’s would most likely end up back on the market by their mid - early 30’s anyway. So it’s not recommended. Almost every woman that did any of this stuff young says she regretted it.