Is frozen egg a fertility drug for the elderly?
With the development of society and the improvement of women's independent consciousness, more and more women choose to postpone childbearing in order to pursue career and self-development. However, with the growth of age, women's fertility has gradually declined. In this case, frozen egg technology has become a choice for pregnancy preparation, but the question arises, is frozen egg a fertility drug for the elderly? Next, we will elaborate from several aspects.
One aspect: principle of frozen eggs
Frozen egg technology is a method of collecting female eggs and temporarily preserving them by specific freezing methods. When women reach the age when they want to be pregnant, but the quality of eggs has declined, they can choose to thaw and fertilize these preserved eggs, and then conduct IVF treatment. Therefore, technically speaking, frozen eggs are not a drug, but an assisted reproductive technology.
The success of frozen egg technology mainly depends on the amount of ovarian storage and egg quality of women. Since the number of eggs has been determined when women are born, the number and quality of eggs will gradually decrease with age. Therefore, the success rate of frozen eggs may be relatively low for older women.
Aspect 2: Applicable population of frozen eggs
Frozen egg technology is mainly applicable to two groups of people: first, those patients whose fertility is impaired due to the need for radiotherapy, chemotherapy, surgery and other treatments; The second is those older women who have not yet found a suitable partner or are preparing for late childbirth.
For women suffering from certain diseases that need treatment, frozen egg technology can preserve their fertility. In recent years, some well-known hospitals, such as Peking Union Medical College Hospital and Fudan University Affiliated Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, have opened frozen egg centers to provide professional services for these women.
However, for women who are already at a higher age, the effect of frozen egg technology is not ideal. As women grow older, their egg quality will gradually decline, and their success rate will also decrease. Therefore, if women want to have late childbearing through frozen eggs technology, they need to freeze eggs at an appropriate time as soon as possible.
Aspect 3: Precautions for frozen eggs
Frozen eggs, as an assisted reproductive technology, although it has solved the problem of female reproductive age to a certain extent, there are also some precautions.
First of all, frozen eggs do not guarantee successful pregnancy. Frozen egg technology only reserves eggs for women, but whether it can successfully conceive depends on many factors, such as the strength of the hospital receiving treatment, the quality of eggs, and the quality of sperm of male patients.
Secondly, frozen egg technology can not solve all the problems of female fertility decline. With the growth of age, women's uterine function will decline, and there may be some uterine problems. Therefore, when considering frozen egg technology, women also need to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of uterine function to determine whether it is suitable for IVF treatment.
Aspect 4: Conclusion
To sum up, frozen eggs are not a kind of medicine for elderly childbearing, but a kind of assisted reproductive technology. Frozen egg technology is applicable to those patients whose fertility is impaired due to the need for treatment of diseases, as well as those older women who have not yet found a suitable partner or are preparing for late childbirth. However, frozen egg technology cannot guarantee successful pregnancy, and other factors need to be considered. Therefore, when deciding whether to choose frozen egg technology, women should comprehensively consider their own fertility wishes, physical conditions and other treatment options, and make decisions under the guidance of professional doctors.
