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The Vitro Fertilization treatment often makes more eggs than needed because the ovaries are being stimulated which means that more healthy fertilized eggs are created than necessary. Most clinics will give you the opportunity to freeze and store desirable ’spare’ fertilized eggs for future use.

Often this opportunity is available as part of the In Vitro Fertilization treatment package but there could also be an additional charge for this service. Often, In Vitro Fertilization treatment is canceled after the eggs have been collected due to unforeseen circumstances, in which case, storing the embryos would be a valuable thing to do.

There may be an occasion where you want to try In Vitro Fertilization again and by having your embryos already stored away safely it can save time and trouble of producing the eggs again. So by storing the fertilized eggs, you can make the most of the eggs collected in that treatment and at the same time there won’t b any requirement to take additional infertility drugs which can cause Ovarian Hyper-Stimulation Syndrome.

Although it can be extended, the normal freezing and accompanying storage period for embryos is 5 years. This means that even if you or you partner are diagnosed at a later stage with an infertility problem for example, it will still be feasible to have In Vitro Impregnation treatment.

Under certain circumstances, a ten year maximum for storage is made - usually if there is an sickness involved. Under very unusual and special conditions even this 10 year limit can be extended. The choice to freeze and store your fertilized eggs is yours and can be removed at any time.

All the same, while you’re fertilized eggs are stored away safely at the clinic they have a duty to keep in regular communication to confirm that you wish to continue storing them at their facility. If you move home, split up or there are any other change of circumstances, it is always worth letting your fertility clinic know about them. Should you get a divorce, this does not as a matter of course mean that either person’s approval is withdrawn.

Before your fertilized eggs are stored away safely they are frozen in a vat of liquid nitrogen, the medical expression for this is cryopreservation. Embryo storage is subject to the fertilized eggs themselves as only the healthiest specimens will used for freezing.

It is large to remember that embryos are delicate and although handled with extreme care, not all of them will withstand the freezing and thawing procedure. To safeguard against this, when it comes to your next treatment cycle, it may be suggested you have more fertilized eggs thawed than can actually be transferred.