What you need to know about embryo freezing?

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• The procedure involves removing eggs from the ovaries, fertilizing them to create embryos, letting them grow for several days and then freezing them.

 

• When thawed, the fertilized eggs — embryos — can be implanted either in the patient or in another person.

 

• Embryo transfer with thawed frozen embryos is widely used today, and pregnancy rates are similar, and sometimes even higher, than with embryos that have not been frozen.