Sperm banking involves collecting, freezing, and storing sperm for future use in procedures like intrauterine insemination (IUI) or in vitro fertilization (IVF), allowing for later fertility treatment.
Egg freezing involves hormonal stimulation of the ovaries, transvaginal retrieval, and freezing of viable eggs, allowing women to store them for future use when they choose to have children.
A frozen embryo transfer (FET) involves thawing and transferring a cryopreserved embryo from a prior IVF cycle, often used to reduce OHSS risk or for preimplantation genetic testing (PGT).
ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection) is a type of IVF where a single sperm is directly injected into an egg, promoting fertilization, unlike traditional IVF, which relies on chance for fertilization.
Embryo freezing (cryopreservation) preserves fertilized eggs for future use, helping with family planning after IVF, genetic testing, medical treatments, or to mitigate risks like ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome.
