ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Frozen Egg Bank, one of
only three repositories of frozen human eggs from donors, announced the
launch of their new Web site, http://www.eggfreezing.com. The Web site
provides a registry of young, healthy donors whose frozen eggs can help
start families for women unable to conceive with their own eggs.
Baby photos of donors, as well as their ethnicity, eye color, hair
color, weight and height, are provided on http://www.eggfreezing.com.
Prospective parents can learn more about the egg donors and view their
recent photos by requesting a username and password from the Frozen Egg
Bank.
"This Web site is a comprehensive resource for women who need donor
eggs and 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 intended mothers but it also enables young women to freeze their
own healthy eggs in order to start a family in the future."
Although potential parents have the option of using fresh donor eggs,
it is more costly and time consuming compared with using frozen eggs. By
purchasing frozen eggs, the cost is less and the intended mother's
menstrual cycle does not need to be synchronized with the donor's cycle.
Costly travel expenses and compliance problems are also eliminated. It is
also possible to reserve additional eggs from the same donor in order to
have a second child in later years.
While embryo freezing has existed since the 1980s, egg freezing
technology has more recently succeeded in freezing eggs and storing them
indefinitely in liquid nitrogen. In 2005, Frozen Egg Bank celebrated its
first birth from a frozen egg that was stored for four years. Since then,
an additional 27 babies have been born, and another seven are due this
year.
Frozen Egg Bank has perfected a technique that dehydrates eggs and
permeates 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 yielded high pregnancy rates of 52 percent.
"Also, the frozen eggs in our bank have been quarantined, allowing
patients 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
age 35. However, the viability of a woman's eggs diminishes after age 32
and the ability to conceive decreases dramatically after age 40.
Frozen Egg Bank's egg freezing technology has other important
reproductive applications. For example, women diagnosed with premature
menopause are well served with frozen donor eggs. Also, women who are about
to undergo cancer treatment or others who wish to electively save their
healthy, young eggs for the future will also benefit from the egg freezing
services at the Frozen Egg Bank. Some patients going through in vitro
fertilization treatments will prefer to freeze their surplus eggs instead
of freezing surplus embryos without compromising pregnancy success rates.
Although egg freezing is successful, it is considered investigational
by the ASRM. All egg freezing activities at Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. are
conducted under the oversight of an Institutional Review Board.
About Frozen Egg Bank, Inc.
Frozen Egg Bank, Inc., located in Orange County, California, uses
leading-edge technology to provide a cost-effective alternative to
traditional egg donation for women unable to conceive with their own eggs.
For more information, visit http://www.eggfreezing.com or call (877)
978-4747.
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