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Egg freezing is a new strategy for women who wish to preserve their fertility at an age when their eggs are most viable. We recommend women freeze their eggs in their 20's or by the age of 35. There is, however, no age limit- it all depends on the woman's body and if eggs can still be retrieved from her ovaries. Egg freezing has only been available for roughly three years, and many women in their late 30's and 40's have recently embraced this new method for prolonging their fertility. If you wish to put off childbearing -- while preserving your fertility as it is today -- whatever your age, we invite you to come in and have your fertility health tested.
We also recommend that you have an antral follicle count and hormonal blood tests with your annual pap smear. This will provide you with an important assessment of your fertility status and will allow you to make informed decisions about when to start a family or freeze your eggs. An antral follicle count is a sonogram that shows how many follicles (eggs) you have in reserve. This will tell us how much time you have left on your fertility clock.
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