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Unless our patients request otherwise, at New Hope Fertility we promote single-embryo transfers to reduce the risks associated with twins and multiple births. This means often times women have their surplus embryos (those remaining after embryo transfer) frozen using our vitrification freezing method. Other times, couples or single women wishing to plan ahead and preserve their fertility or preserve embryos for the future may also freeze embryos to use when they wish to start a family.
The Frozen Embryo Transfer procedure is simple. It involves thawing and then transferring the embryo into a woman's uterus for hopeful pregnancy. Embryos are transferred to the uterus through a catheter. This procedure is much like a pap smear, does not require any anesthesia, and is usually painless.
The embryos are placed in a small amount of fluid inside the catheter, which is passed through the cervix at the time of a speculum examination. At New Hope Fertility we ordinarily perform single-embryo transfer, implanting only one per cycle (and thereby reducing the health risks associated with multiple births), unless the patient requests otherwise.
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