Vitrification is a technology that is used in the egg & embryo freezing and so that they can be stored for later use. It is a technology that has many uses outside of fertility care with embryo & egg freezing, as it allows something with a crystalline structure to be converted into something very smooth.
Who can opt for Vitrification?
- If first IVF attempt isn’t successful, you want to have other embryos at hand quickly.
- If you are planning another child in a few years and do not want to undergo the sampling of embryonic cells again.
- You plan the child later, but one of the partners is supposed to go for chemotherapy or radiotherapy and there’s a risk of becoming infertile.
What is Vitrifcation?
- Modern technique of cryopreservation.
- Sudden cooling of reproductive cells to the temperature of -196 °C, in seconds.
- A medium containing a high dose of cryoprotectants is used, protecting cells from damage.
- This technique is suitable also for the storage of oocytes.
Feel free to contact Currae IVF Hospital equipped with international standard IVF Lab where trained counselors and experienced Fertility Specialists helps to resolve your doubts in a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere and help you enjoy the bliss of parenthood.
