Origins Hospital Fertility Preservation Program

Origins Hospital FERTILITY PRESERVATION PROGRAM is designed to serve the reproductive needs of individuals who intend to store their oocytes/eggs, embryos, or sperm for later use.

For individuals undergoing cancer treatment

The diagnosis of cancer and the treatment process can be overwhelming. Preserving your eggs or sperm samples prior to cancer treatment makes you feel comfortable and better prepared for the future. Information about fertility preservation before you begin cancer treatment can help you make an informed decision.

FERTILITY PRESERVATION FOR WOMEN

Embryo cryopreservation: This procedure involves harvesting eggs, fertilizing them, and freezing them so that they can be transferred into the uterus at a later date for implantation. Research shows that embryos can survive the freezing and thawing process up to 90%.

Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation): In this procedure, you’ll have your unfertilized eggs harvested and frozen. Human eggs don’t survive freezing so well as human embryos.

At what age should you freeze your eggs? Fertility starts to decline from the age of thirty and is greatly reduced after forty years of age. Therefore it the optimum age to freeze your eggs in your late twenties. However, freezing eggs at thirty to thirty-five is also possible.

FERTILITY PRESERVATION FOR MEN

Sperm cryopreservation: This procedure involves freezing and storing sperm. Samples are frozen and can be stored for years.

FERTILITY PRESERVATION PROGRAM TEAM

The Fertility Preservation Program team will consider your age, your treatment plan, and the amount of time you have before treatment begins to help determine the best approach for you. They will be involved in evaluation, treatment, and preservation.

• Coordinator: Provides information and coordinates the treatment plan
• Gynecologist / Fertility specialist: Discusses fertility preservation options and recommends the best course of treatment, provides appropriate planning and timing of storing sperm or eggs or embryos as indicated, retrieves oocytes
• Embryologist/in vitro fertilization (IVF) lab specialist: Stores the embryos, eggs, sperm, or tissue
• Urologist / Andrologist (for men): Discusses fertility preservation options and recommends the best course of treatment, provides appropriate planning and timing of storing of tissue and sperm as indicated

Origins Hospital Fertility & IVF Centre meets strict standards and guidelines for monitoring lab conditions, follows protocols to ensure the retrieval of a good number of eggs, and has expertise in selection and freezing of viable samples. Origins Hospital has a state-of-the-art IVF facility catering to all Assisted Reproductive services and a meticulously developed cryopreservation unit maintained at international standards by experienced professionals.