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Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle

The clinics providing Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle are listed below. Contact them today to get a quote, make an appointment or have an online consultation.

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The Columbia Fertility Associates - Dr. Rani Abbasi

Our practice is committed to personalized and compassionate patient care. Our staff strives to develop close, personal relationships with every patient. Dr Abbasi offers comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of infertility and reproductive endocrinology disorders with her years of experience in the field.

  • Languages: English, French, Urdu

Mexican Institute of Infertility

The Mexican Institute of Infertility is a multi-disciplinary establishment for men and women experiencing difficulties with reproduction.

  • Languages: Spanish, English
  • Additional Services: Airport pick-up, hotel pick-up, nutrition counseling

InMater Fertility Clinic Mexico City / Mexico
InMater Fertility Clinic

InMater IVF Clinic is dedicated to help couples building their families.

  • Languages: Spanish, English
  • Additional Services: Airport pick-up, hotel pick-up, city tours

Panama IVF Panama City / Panama
Panama IVF

Our doors are open to provide an excellent service to our IVF patients in conjunction with the highest standards of international quality with Panama IVF.

  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Additional Services: Airport pickup, accommodation assistance

The Colombian Center for Fertility and Sterility

The globally recognized Colombian Center for Fertility and Sterility (CECOLFES) offers couples the opportunity to identify and solve the problems encountered in having children.

  • Testimonial: " The doctors were caring and very personable " Sarah
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Additional Services: Accommodation Arrangements

UKCFA London / United Kingdom
UKCFA

This clinic is for UK women who want to begin receiving treatment in their home country.In addition to Egg Donation, UKCFA also offers a range of other treatments.

  • Testimonial: " Thanks on behalf of all 3 of us for the joy that you and the Team here in Britain and in Cyprus have given us " E.G
  • Languages: English

Barcelona IVF Barcelona / Spain
Barcelona IVF

A professional and experienced team in Assisted Reproduction whose aim is to provide you the maximum quality with regard to diagnostic and fertility treatment.

  • Languages: Spanish, Catalan, English, French, Italian, Czech, German
  • Additional Services: Accommodation Assistance

ProCrea SA Lugano / Switzerland
ProCrea SA

ProCrea is the only center in Switzerland with its own in-house accredited molecular genetics laboratory. ProCreaLab can quickly carry out genetic tests to study infertility using state-of-the-art techniques.

  • Languages: Italian, French, English, Russian, German

Fertility Argentina Buenos Aires / Argentina
Fertility Argentina

Fertility Argentina combines fertility treatments with a sincere, caring environment to provide you with personal and professional care. Its goal is to make you feel confident and comfortable with undergoing fertility treatments abroad.

  • Testimonial: " I can't say enough about the care and compassion we were given at Fertility Argentina " Julia and Edward
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Additional Services: Hotel accommodation

Nova IVF Center Moscow / Russia
Nova IVF Center

Nova IVF Center has been the leader in the practice of reproductive medicine in Russia for 12 years, helping hundreds of couples fulfill their dream of having a family.

  • Languages: English, Russian, Italian
  • Additional Services: 24-hour Medical Assistance, Airport Transfers and Clinic Transfers included

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What is Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle?

Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle refers to the process of cryopreserving embryos and transferring them into a woman’s uterus that has been prepared for IVF.

 

What is Embryo Freezing?

The conventional IVF procedure, which utilizes fertility medications to stimulate ovulation often results in excess embryos. Since the risk of multiple pregnancies increases with the number of embryos transferred, many couples are left with more embryos than necessary or more embryos than can be transferred by law in some countries. In some countries, like the UK, the maximum number of embryos that can be transferred is three. These spare embryos can be discarded, used for research, or they can be frozen and cryopreserved for later use by the same couple or another couple wishing to use a donated embryo.

 

Advantages of Natural Cycle IVF

No fertility drugs are used for ovarian stimulation, reducing the risk of side effects such as OHSS.
Natural Cycle IVF treatment can be repeated in consecutive months. Women who have an unsuccessful traditional IVF treatment must wait three months before attempting a second cycle. Natural cycle IVF is less expensive as couples do not pay for fertility drugs.

 

Disadvantages of Natural Cycle IVF

Only one egg is fertilized reducing the chance of successful fertilization. Success rates are lower than fertility drug stimulated IVF treatment.

 

 

A Good Candidate for Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle

Woman who are at risk of developing ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, following ovarian stimulation for IVF treatment are advised to freeze their embryos for consecutive transfers. In some cases, fresh embryo transfer fails, and “spare” embryos can be cryopreserved for a second or third trial. Cryopreserved embryos are available for donation to unfertile couples. In fact, some countries mandate that all embryos resulting from donated eggs be cryopreserved and quarantined for a period of six months until all donor screening tests are complete.

 

Frozen embryos are as respectable as fresh embryos, meaning that pregnancy rates are at an equally high level. There is no higher risk of abnormalities with frozen embryos than fresh; therefore patients are often encouraged to choose the more cost-effective route of freezing their embryos rather than discarding them. This also guarantees that in the event that the first embryo transfer fails, or pregnancy is not carried out to term. Using frozen embryos, which can be stored for up to several years, is a much less expensive alternative to starting a new cycle.

 

Frozen Embryo Transfer Cycle Procedure

Embryos can be stored in groups of one or more. With any living tissue, the cells of embryos contain water, which must be removed prior to freezing to prevent ice crystals from forming and causing the embryos to burst. The embryos are gradually mixed with a cryoprotectant fluid that does not form ice crystals, and located in a plastic straw or a glass vial. The mixture is stored in liquid nitrogen at a very low temperature using a specialized programmable machine. Temperature is crucial since embryos are subject to metabolic change.

 

How are Embryos Thawed?

During the thawing process, the frozen embryos are removed from the vial and thawed to room temperature. The cryoprotectant fluid is gradually removed and diluted with water. This process must be done very diligently as the embryo can burst if the water is rushed into the cells. After the embryos are brought to room temperature, they can be transferred to the recipient mother.

 

Last updated on December 12th, 2011