Can I freeze my eggs at 38?

Egg freezing typically works best for those in their 20s to early 30s, and is not usually recommended for women over 38 years.

How many eggs can you freeze at 38?

If you are 38 years old, you should aim to freeze 16 eggs to reach the same chance of having a baby.

Is 39 too late to freeze eggs?

Technically, there is no time limit on egg freezing. Most clinics will try to work with the patient. However, some clinics prefer to stop egg freezing at particular ages, especially over 42. There will be too few quality eggs at this point.

Is 40 too late to freeze eggs?

Egg freezing typically works best for women in their 20s to 30s, and is not generally recommended for women older than 38 years. The biological clock cannot be reversed by oocyte cryopreservation in women older than 40.

Is 37 too old to freeze eggs?

Timing matters for egg freezing and a successful future pregnancy. The optimal age range for egg freezing is between ages 30 and 34, according to a 2015 study in the journal Fertility and Sterility®. The study found little added benefit to freezing eggs between ages 25 and 30.

Should You Freeze Your Eggs? A Fertility Doctor Explains Egg Freezing

How many eggs should you freeze at 39?

He explained that women 38 to 40 should bank 30 eggs to have a 75 percent chance of giving birth to one baby. Women 41 to 42 will have about a 50 percent chance with 30 eggs.

How many eggs retrieved 37?

For women who are 34-37 years old with normal ovarian reserve, one would expect on average 13 eggs per retrieval.

What's the oldest you can freeze eggs?

That said, egg freezing is not recommended for people over age 38.

What is the maximum age for getting pregnant?

A woman's peak reproductive years are between the late teens and late 20s. By age 30, fertility (the ability to get pregnant) starts to decline. This decline becomes more rapid once you reach your mid-30s. By 45, fertility has declined so much that getting pregnant naturally is unlikely for most women.

How expensive is it to freeze your eggs?

Think about the money

Without insurance, egg freezing can range from $10,000 to $20,000, which includes medication, doctor visits and the actual surgical procedure to remove the eggs. It doesn't, however, include the yearly storage fee for your frozen eggs, which can be up to $800 a year.

Do you gain weight egg freezing?

The extra hormones can trigger these effects. In rare cases, egg stimulation can lead to a condition known as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (HSS). The effects of HSS can include pain, nausea, and significant weight gain of over 10 pounds (lb) in 3–5 days.

What are the side effects of freezing your eggs?

Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, bloating, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Even rarer is the possibility of developing a more severe form of the syndrome that can be life-threatening. Egg retrieval procedure complications.

How many eggs does a woman have at 40?

The average number of oocytes at the age of 30 would be around 72,000 (12% of maximum pre-birth levels). How many eggs does a woman have at 40? By the time a woman reaches 40, she'll be down to about 18,000 (3% of her pre-birth egg supply).

Is 3 eggs good for IVF?

This is why IVF centers stimulate women in order to get sufficient eggs. Women under 38 in our IVF program have acceptable live birth rates even with only 3 – 6 eggs, do better with more than 6 eggs, and do best with more than 10 eggs. Women 38-40 and 41-42 years old have low live birth rates with low egg numbers.

Can egg freezing cause infertility?

Will it affect my natural fertility? Dr. Maslow answers: Short answer: no, egg freezing won't lower your ovarian reserve and won't decrease your chances of getting pregnancy naturally in the future.

Does freezing eggs stop periods?

Dr. Maslow says: No, egg freezing will not stop your monthly period. The egg freezing process takes about two weeks, beginning on the first day of your period (what we in the field call “Day 1”).

Is 38 too old to have a baby?

Geriatric pregnancy is a rarely used term for having a baby when you're 35 or older. Rest assured, most healthy women who get pregnant after age 35 and even into their 40s have healthy babies.

Is 38 years old too old to get pregnant?

That said, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) shares that any woman of any age can get pregnant — with medical help — provided that she has a “normal uterus” even if she no longer has ovaries or ovarian function.

How hard is it to get pregnant at 38?

Healthy women that age who are trying to conceive have about a 1 in 4 chance of getting pregnant during a single menstrual cycle. In other words, 25 out of 100 women will succeed per month. By age 40, an average healthy woman has only a 5% chance of getting pregnant per cycle.

Is freezing your eggs painful?

The actual procedure itself should be painless. Because it's conducted under sedative, you won't notice a thing. However, when you come around there could be some discomfort and a little bleeding from where the fine retrieval needle passed through your vaginal wall.

Does IVF work 40?

As the bar graph demonstrates, over 75% of CHR's IVF patients are over 40. Nearly 60% are over 42 and nearly half are over 44. In vitro fertilization success rates decline with age, but many women in their early and mid-40s can still conceive with their own eggs, if they are given appropriate fertility treatment.

Can you freeze your eggs at 36?

Eggs are lost throughout the process of egg freezing. For example, a 36-year-old woman could produce 15 eggs following stimulation, but some of these eggs may be immature and therefore unsuitable for freezing.

What is a good number for egg retrieval?

In general, an average of 8 to 14 eggs are typically retrieved from a woman's ovaries with IVF; however, its ultimately not the number of eggs that matter but the quality. 1 high quality egg is better than 20 poor quality eggs when it comes to success rates.

What is a good number of eggs to be retrieved?

For women with 1–4 eggs at retrieval it was 30.8% and for 5–9 eggs it was 36.2%. In women age 35–39 (n=543), optimal pregnancy rates (34.8%) were achieved with 5–9 eggs at retrieval. Less than 5 eggs significantly reduced the pregnancy rate (15.6%) whereas more than 10 eggs yielded pregnancy rates between 28 and 29%.