Life does not always follow a predictable schedule, and the right time to start a family might not be today. Gamete preservation—the freezing of eggs or sperm—gives you the power to pause your biological clock. At Ovumia, we provide advanced cryopreservation services that offer you the gift of time, allowing you to focus on your current life goals while maximizing your potential to have biological children when the moment is right.
Whether due to career ambitions, medical treatments, or simply not having found the right partner yet, preserving your gametes is a proactive investment in your future family.
Life plans and biological reality do not always align. Social egg freezing allows you to preserve your fertility before age-related decline begins. While a woman's fertility drops significantly after age 35, we recommend freezing your eggs ideally before age 30 to ensure the highest quality. However, freezing in your early 30s still offers a valuable safety net. While no procedure can guarantee a future pregnancy, storing younger eggs significantly improves your odds compared to trying to conceive naturally at a later age.
The process mirrors the first steps of IVF treatment. It involves hormone injections to stimulate your ovaries, followed by a minor procedure to collect the eggs. Instead of fertilizing them immediately, we use vitrification technology to flash-freeze the mature eggs for long-term storage. Depending on your age and ovarian reserve, we may recommend more than one stimulation cycle to gather a sufficient number of eggs for the family size you desire.
Sperm freezing offers flexibility and security for men facing various life situations. It is an essential step before medical treatments that threaten fertility (such as chemotherapy) or before a vasectomy to ensure you have options if your life circumstances change. It is also a practical solution for couples undergoing fertility treatment where the male partner travels frequently or works offshore, ensuring a sample is available exactly when needed.
You provide a semen sample, preferably at our clinic, though home collection is possible under specific instructions. Our laboratory processes the sample immediately, dividing it into multiple straws. This strategic division ensures that we do not need to thaw the entire collection for a single treatment, maximizing the utility of your sample for multiple future attempts.
We use vitrification, a rapid freezing method that prevents ice crystal formation, protecting the delicate structure of eggs and sperm. Your samples are stored safely in liquid nitrogen tanks for years. When you are ready to start your family, we thaw the samples safely for use in fertility treatments. If your life takes you elsewhere, we can also securely ship your samples to another clinic following strict standard procedures.
To understand the costs associated with collection and annual storage, please view our detailed price list.
The ideal time is before age 30 for the highest egg quality, but freezing in your early 30s still greatly improves future chances compared to trying to conceive later in life.
With vitrification and proper storage in liquid nitrogen, eggs and sperm can be safely stored for many years.
No fertility preservation method can guarantee pregnancy. However, freezing younger eggs or healthy sperm significantly increases your chances compared to relying on natural fertility later.
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