In today’s world, many women are choosing to focus on their careers, education, or personal goals before starting a family. Social Egg Freezing allows you to “pause” your biological clock by preserving your younger, healthier eggs for use in the future.

Understanding the Biological Realities

A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have. The decline in both quantity and quality is a natural process:

• At Birth: Approx. 1 million eggs.
• At Puberty: Approx. 200,000 eggs remaining.
• Every Cycle: One egg matures, while hundreds of others degenerate.

By freezing your eggs in your prime reproductive years (20s to early 30s), you secure a much higher chance of a successful pregnancy later in life.

The Science: How Eggs are Frozen

The human egg is the largest cell in the body and contains significant water. To prevent ice crystals from damaging the cell during freezing, we use a process called Vitrification. This involves dehydrating the egg and replacing the water with cryoprotectants, then cooling it instantly to -196°C.

The 2-Week Process:

Success Rates & Planning

Success depends largely on the age at which the eggs were frozen, not the age at which they are thawed. Key considerations include:

• Quantity: We recommend storing at least 10 eggs per pregnancy attempt.
• Implantation: Younger eggs have a much higher chance of successful implantation and live birth (estimated 15-30% per cycle).
• Safety: Over 5,000 babies have been born globally from frozen eggs with no increase in birth defects compared to natural conception.

Financial Considerations

In India, a typical egg freezing cycle costs approximately 1.8 Lakh INR. This includes testing, medications, monitoring, and the retrieval procedure. Annual storage fees usually apply after the first year.