Egg Freezing

The Generation Fertility team strives to make the egg freezing process clear and comfortable, empowering you with all the information needed every step of the way.

Is Egg Freezing
Right For You?

It means exactly as it sounds – with egg freezing, some of your eggs are removed from your ovaries and frozen in storage, so you can preserve your fertility for if and when you start parenthood.

Egg freezing extends your biological clock – your timeline for deciding if and when you become a parent – by essentially locking in your fertility potential today.

If you are thinking about freezing your eggs, it’s very important to know that the earlier you start the process, the better the result.

In your 20’s and early 30’s you’re likely to have the quantity of healthy eggs needed to conceive without medical assistance. Our fertility experts know that conceiving and/or undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment later in life can be more challenging, so using your previously frozen eggs when you are older will enhance the likelihood of successful IVF treatment.

Preserve your fertility today so you have options tomorrow.

Now may be the best time to
consider egg freezing

Eggs are typically at an ideal level of health up to your early 30’s, but women up to age 38 (and sometimes older) can be successful in preserving healthy fertility with egg freezing.
The best way to decide if egg freezing is right for you, is to complete an assessment of your fertility health and potential with a Generation Fertility physician.

Egg Freezing
for Medical Reasons

You might also consider preserving your fertility for medical reasons. For instance, surgery, radiation or chemotherapy can affect the ovaries, and all these interventions are common reasons why an individual may wish to freeze their eggs. Preserving your fertility for medical reasons is covered in Ontario, learn more today.

Expected Costs

We understand that cost is an important consideration as you determine your course of treatment. Many options are available to help you with this aspect of care.

Talk to Us About Egg Freezing

To help you decide if egg freezing is right for you, we invite you to complete an assessment with us!

The Egg Freezing Process

The Generation Fertility team strives to make the egg freezing process clear and comfortable, empowering you with all the information needed every step of the way.

We’ll do some blood work and a vaginal ultrasound, to help assess your current fertility potential and develop a personalized egg freezing plan.

You’ll need to visit the clinic every few days during this stage over 10-12 days, so we can monitor how you’re responding to the injections and adjust your doses if needed. After your eggs have matured, the doctor will give you a different injectable medication that will release your eggs, starting ovulation.

Eggs are retrieved by inserting an ultrasound probe into the vagina to visualize the follicles, and passing a thin needle through a channel on the probe to gently suction out the eggs. You’ll be given pain medication, as well as local anesthesia.

You may be a little sore afterward, but most women resume normal activities the next day. Your retrieved eggs will be evaluated and we’ll let you know how many eggs were retrieved, before you leave the clinic.

Generation Fertility provides long-term egg storage on-site at our facility in Vaughan. The safety of your stored eggs is of the utmost importance to us.

Your eggs can remain frozen indefinitely until you decide you wish to conceive. At that time, they will be thawed and fertilized, with the goal of developing an embryo for transfer into your uterus in a regular IVF procedure.

Have Questions?

We invite you to contact us.