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Frozen Donor Eggs Could Give Women More Pregnancy Options
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Freezing donor eggs -- or your own -- could be a viable option for young women who want to postpone pregnancy. Credit: Getty Images
The findings also suggest freezing donor eggs -- or your own -- could be a viable option for young women hoping to postpone baby-making for the future, according to the news service.
Researchers at a fertility clinic in Cyprus studied 77 women who had received donor eggs from other women that had been frozen, and discovered they were just as likely to have a baby as women given fresh frozen donor eggs, Reuters reports.
The results were almost equal. Forty-seven percent of the women gave birth, versus 41.5 percent of the fresh-egg group -- a difference that could have been due just to chance, the researchers report in the journal Fertility and Sterility.
The findings support growing evidence that egg-freezing, a relatively new technology, can work whether it's a woman's own eggs or a donor's eggs, Dr. Nicole Noyes, who co-directs the egg-cryopreservation program at the New York University Fertility Center, tells Reuters.
"This is more positive reinforcement that egg-freezing is here," Noyes tells the news service.
Another goal is to allow women to freeze their own eggs.
"If you're 36, and you know you won't have a baby before you're 38 because you're in med school, then it might be a good idea," Noyes tells Reuters.
The findings support the growth of "egg banks," akin to sperm banks, where one donor's eggs can be frozen and given to multiple recipients, according to the news service.
Frozen eggs improve the number of options for women, because there are some drawbacks to fresh egg donations, Dr. Xiao Zhang, scientific director of the Cork Fertility Center in Ireland and the senior researcher for the study, tells Reuters.
One is coordination, Zhang tells the news service. That is, the recipient's uterus must be ready to receive the eggs at the same time the donor is ready to have her eggs harvested.
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4-10-2011 @ 8:26PM
maxiesmom067 said...Yah, I'm going to go through a painful, invasive procedure after months of hormone injections so someone I don't even know can have 1/2 of my child out of the goodness of my heart. Sorry, not happening.
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4-11-2011 @ 4:42PM
Alicia said...Donors actually get paid really, really well for donating their eggs. If it weren't for the "no sex for a year" (or six months, I don't remember how long it is) I would donate and use some of the several thousand dollars I could earn to tackle my student loans before I graduate.
4-10-2011 @ 8:39PM
John said...Another option is increasing the vitamin D levels to 60 or higher. This will produce better quality eggs.
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4-10-2011 @ 9:46PM
Kelly said...And sometimes, no matter what you do, your eggs just aren't any good because you have suddenly become "too old". Vitamins don't fix everything.
4-11-2011 @ 9:04AM
Tammy said...Here is a 1990 patent increasing fertility by increasing vitamin D. It's valid for all mammals so it must be very important. www.freepatentsonline.com/4970203.html
4-10-2011 @ 9:52PM
Ann said...In my opinion the reason why so many women are infertile today is because 1 - they wait too long to have their first child. The ideal age for a first child to me is between 25 - 30. 2- they go on the pill for a long period of time - for many years without taking a break and that affects their ability to produce eggs. A lot of women want to focus on a career first but the reality is nature has not caught up with the times.
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4-11-2011 @ 4:46PM
Alicia said...If you do a little research, you'd realize there's no link between being on the pill (for any length of time) and infertility. Besides, if asked, I think most women would still prefer to risk infertility than to have kids too soon. If all else fails, there's always adoption (which I wish was more of a first choice than a last one).
4-10-2011 @ 11:29PM
sally said...What happened to my comment? It was relevant with correct grammer and spelling and no hidden advertisments for sex, etc. Oh, I guess that's what was wrong with it.
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4-11-2011 @ 3:58AM
Richard said...Just what we need another option for these women to make a mistake ( baby )
If they had any common sense they won't have any kids.
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4-11-2011 @ 4:00AM
Richard said...Sally
Thats how PD is. They do not believe in free speech. Must be some bimbo checking these comments.
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