Embryo Freezing with Apricity

We leverage medical excellence with personalised human care and the latest technology, to bring you the best experience possible and maximise your chances of success.

Who is Embryo Freezing for?

Our Embryo Freezing Package is suitable for women or couples who are going through IVF but wish to preserve the resulting embryos for implantation at a later date. This may be because our specialists have advised against a fresh transfer, or for those who are simply not ready to have a baby but wish to preserve their fertility.

What Does Embryo Freezing Involve?

The embryo freezing process is the same, regardless of whether your embryos are being frozen with the aim of preserving fertility, or as part of an IVF cycle. After we have completed our initial consultations and tests, the process can be broken down into 5 steps:

1.       The ovaries are stimulated with a course of fertility medication, in order to produce multiple eggs.

2.       After careful consideration, the eggs are retrieved from the ovaries at an optimal time.

3.       Once collected, they are fertilised with sperm from either a male partner or a donor in our laboratory, to create resulting embryos.

4.       These embryos are assessed by consultants, with high-quality ones placed in individual ‘straws’ and covered in a vitrification solution, before being frozen in liquid nitrogen.

5.       One of the embryos is then inserted into the uterus of the egg recipient, in order for pregnancy to begin.

This package includes all medication and treatment required to create and store embryos for one year. Once you are ready for pregnancy, we will remove one of your frozen embryos from storage, before thawing and preparing for implantation, with our Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) treatment package.