GOIVF Embryo Freezing in India

Embryo freezing, or cryopreservation, adds an important dimension to assisted reproduction by:

• Extending the possibility for pregnancy when fresh cycles fail or when couples want additional children after a successful embryo transfer.

• Avoiding many ethical dilemmas by eliminating the need to dispose of embryos.

• Offering an alternative to couples that might transfer too many embryos and risk a multiple gestation pregnancy.

• Avoiding embryo wastage by freezing embryos individually for efficient use.

• Increasing pregnancies per retrieval cycle with normal outcomes by 10-30% more. Many studies have evaluated the children born from frozen embryos. The result has uniformly been positive with no increase in birth defects or development abnormalities.

We define embryo survival based on the number of viable cells in an embryo after thawing. An embryo has "survived" if>50% of the cells are viable. We consider an embryo to "partially survive" if