7Reasons to consider frozen embryo transfer A procedure followed after an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment, Embryo freezing (fertilized egg freezing) is done when there are additional embryos that you want to preserve.
However, even if you aren’t ready for IVF, you may choose to freeze embryos rather than eggs for future IVF treatments.
Now that we have got that out of our way, let’s move on to why embryo freezing is preferred today by couples who intend to start a family.
Less Medication– As the embryos are already frozen, the patient needs to undergo less medication when compared to going in for a fresh embryo transfer.
Instead of stimulation medication, patients use estrogen and progesterone to thicken the lining of their uterus in preparation for the embryo transfer to allow implantation.
Since the stimulation phase was done in a prior cycle, there is also no egg retrieval requiring anesthesia.