Fertility Preservation
At American Hospital IVF with Livio, we understand the challenges that can come with building a family. In collaboration with Livio AB, we’ve been helping individuals and couples to have babies on their own timetables, using the newest and most advanced fertility preservation techniques.
Women or couples wanting to decide about achieving pregnancy later can preserve their eggs, sperms or embryos now. Fertility preservation can also be used to overcome the limitations of reproductive aging, or the loss of fertility due to cancer treatments, premature ovarian failure, and other conditions. American Hospital’s expert team of Reproductive Medicine enjoys a unique stature for patient care and outcomes for performing fertility preservation procedures.
Fertility Preservation
There are many ways to help patients preserve their fertility and treat infertility. Discuss with your gynecologist how you wish to achieve your personal goal of motherhood or becoming pregnant again at a certain age or before any cancer treatment.
About Fertility Preservation
Fertility preservation is a term given to the treatment aimed at protecting future reproductive ability for individuals faced with the risk of losing their fertility due to aging, chemotherapy, radiation, other medical treatments, and thus choosing the right time to become pregnant. This conservation is achieved using vitrification technique that allows freezing of oocytes without compromising on their characteristics, hence ensuring a high success rate.
Fertility Preservation Services at American Hospital:
Our unique collaboration with one of the largest network of fertility treatments and services provider in the Nordic companies - Livio AB –allows our Fertility Clinic at American Hospital to provide the following services when it comes to preserving reproductive ability for future use:
Our expert team of fertility specialist attracts patients throughout the Middle East, as well as patients from other countries. At American Hospital’s with Livio IVF Clinic, we provide the latest technological advancements in the field of fertility preservation, and infertility treatments. With an egg freezing technique of vitrification, the properties and quality of gametes remain intact for indefinite period of time.
When is Fertility Preservation Indicated?
This treatment is indicated in the following cases:
Women who wish to postpone their motherhood
Patients diagnosed with health conditions that can affect reproductive organs, preventing them from producing a child in future
Individuals with certain genetic conditions, such as Turner Syndrome
Women with a condition known to be associated with ovarian failure i.e. Turner mosaicism.
Patients diagnosed with cancer, and are going to receive chemotherapy, radiation, or other medications that can damage the eggs, ovaries, and sperm, since each case is different, the patient is provided with various options to choose from that can increase their chances of preserving their ability to reproduce. At our IVF facility, we can identify your potential risks, and determine the best plan of action that will allow you the most plausible way to protect your reproductive ability for future use.
In-Vitro
Fertilization (IVF)
Success Rate
As success rate refers to achieving pregnancy, in-vitro fertilization offers higher pregnancy rates than other infertility treatments, such as intrauterine insemination (IUI). However, several factors determine the chances of becoming pregnant depend in each case; for example, age, medical and reproductive history etc.
What Does Fertility Preservation Include?
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During the initial consultation, your fertility specialist will conduct a thorough gynecological examination (tests), and brief you about the process of fertility preservation. On the second visit, the doctor will analyze the test reports, and schedule the treatment plan.
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The treatment starts off with the ovarian stimulation. As soon as the woman’s menstruation cycle begins, the hormone injections are administered to stimulate the development of multiple oocytes. After 10 or 12 days, the Ultrasound and blood tests are prescribed that enable the doctor to examine the growth of eggs. When eggs have reached to the adequate number and size, a dose of the hormone hCG is administered for the maturation of eggs, and the follicular puncture is scheduled 36 hours later.
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It’s a 15-20 mins long process that is carried out in the operating room while the patient is given sedatives to avoid any discomfort. The doctor will access the ovaries through the vaginal cavity to puncture follicles and collect eggs in tubes. The egg samples are sent to the in-vitro fertilization laboratory for vitrificaion, while the patient gets some time to rest before being discharged from the hospital to get back to daily activities.
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Eggs are preserved with a series of protective means, and kept in small straws at a temperature of -196°C. The straws are then stored in specific tanks at specific temperatures.
Book a Consultation:
Our team of experienced doctors and cutting-edge in-vitro fertilization lab provide couples and individuals looking for ways to preserve fertility in Dubai with the best outcomes. If you’re considering about egg freezing, schedule a consultation with one of our fertility advisors online.
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