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Baby photos of donors, as well as their ethnicity, eye color, hair color,weight and height, are provided on http://www.eggfreezing.com. Prospectiveparents can learn more about the egg donors and view their recent photos byrequesting a username and password from the Frozen Egg Bank.
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"This Web site is a comprehensive resource for women who need donor eggsand are looking for a realistic new method to conceive a child of their own,"said David Diaz, M.D., FACOG, a fertility expert who founded Frozen Egg Bank."Not only does Egg Bank offer a listing of healthy egg donors for intendedmothers but it also enables young women to freeze their own healthy eggs inorder to start a family in the future."
Although potential parents have the option of using fresh donor eggs, itis more costly and time consuming compared with using frozen eggs. Bypurchasing frozen eggs, the cost is less and the intended mother's menstrualcycle does not need to be synchronized with the donor's cycle. Costly travelexpenses and compliance problems are also eliminated. It is also possible toreserve additional eggs from the same donor in order to have a second child inlater years.
While embryo freezing has existed since the 1980s, egg freezing technologyhas more recently succeeded in freezing eggs and storing them indefinitely inliquid nitrogen. In 2005, Frozen Egg Bank celebrated its first birth from afrozen egg that was stored for four years. Since then, an additional 27babies have been born, and another seven are due this year.
Frozen Egg Bank has perfected a technique that dehydrates eggs andpermeates them with a cryoprotectant fluid to ensure the eggs are not damaged.This technique has resulted in a 91 percent egg thaw survival and has yieldedhigh pregnancy rates of 52 percent.
"Also, the frozen eggs in our bank have been quarantined, allowingpatients to safely start families of their own," Diaz said.
According to the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM),approximately one woman out of five delays starting a family until after age35. However, the viability of a woman's eggs diminishes after age 32 and theability to conceive decreases dramatically after age 40.
Frozen Egg Bank's egg freezing technology has other important reproductiveapplications. For example, women diagnosed with premature menopause are wellserved with frozen donor eggs. Also, women who are about to undergo cancertreatment or others who wish to electively save their healthy, young eggs forthe future will also benefit from the egg freezing services at the Frozen EggBank. Some patients going through in vitro fertilization treatments willprefer to freeze their surplus eggs instead of freezing surplus embryoswithout compromising pregnancy success rates.
Although egg freezing is successful, it is considered investigational bythe ASRM. All egg freezing activities at Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. are conductedunder the oversight of an Institutional Review Board.
About Frozen Egg Bank, Inc.
Frozen Egg Bank, Inc., located in Orange County, California, usesleading-edge technology to provide a cost-effective alternative to traditionalegg donation for women unable to conceive with their own eggs. For moreinformation, visit http://www.eggfreezing.com or call (877) 978-4747.
SOURCE Frozen Egg Bank, Inc.
