Egg / Sperm Freezing Procedures
Egg Freezing
Egg freezing can help to preserve fertility for women who choose to postpone motherhood and also for women who have been diagnosed with a disease in which treatment may hinder future fertility. Additionaly IVF patients can opt to freeze eggs as opposed to embryos. If you are interested in learning more, please email us and one of our physicians will get back to you.
Sperm freezing to preserve reproductive potential for the future.
YOUNG MEN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER: Pennsylvania Reproductive Specialists offer a fertility preservation program which includes sperm cryopreservation and storage for males who have been recently diagnosed with an illness where drug and treatment or surgery would result in their being infertile (cancer, chemotherapeutic agents for other conditions, etc.). Our center has an arrangement with CHOP – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia – to expediciously accommodate young men diagnosed with cancer. We are aware of the urgency and importance of this service, and our staff will treat you with compassion and sensitivity. We have recently become a Sharing Hope Center, a program developed by Fertile Hope. This is the first-ever national program to help reduce costs of fertility preservation for cancer patients who are in need of financial assistance.
SPERM FREEZING BEFORE VASECTOMY: Pennsylvania Reproductive Specialists offer sperm cryopreservation before he undergoes a vasectomy procedure by a urologist.
SPERM FREEZING FOR IUI OR IVF CYCLE: If the husband or partner will be out of town when an intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure is scheduled, he can schedule a semen freezing appointment ahead of time. The sample can be thawed and used for future cycles.
SPERM FREEZING AFTER EPIDIDYMAL OR TESTICULAR BIOPSY: If a urologist has recommended a diagnostic epididymal or testicular biopsy to determine if sperm are being produced, the procedure can be performed by the Pennsylvania Reproductive Specialists. If viable sperm are seen, these sperm can be frozen for future IVF cycles.
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