EGG BANKING

• Freezing eggs & egg banking involves a woman choosing to have eggs retrieved from her ovaries, frozen to preserve their viability, and stored until she is ready to use them in a future in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to achieve pregnancy.

• Egg freezing and egg banking can be used to preserve fertility in patients going through aggressive medical treatments, such as chemotherapy, or in patients who wish to preserve their fertility now to start a family later.

• Freezing eggs and egg banking has good success rates, resulting in pregnancy in an average of about 55 percent of cases, according to the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.