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Egg Freezing

Preparing you to be a confident self-advocate as you make decisions around fertility preservation.

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Egg Freezing
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Experts you'll learn from

Dr. Chantel Cross

Associate Director
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Eric Forman

Medical Director
Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Nalini Kaul (Mahajan)

Director, Mother & Child Hospital
Scientific Director, Ferticity Fertility Clinics
India

Dr. Eve Feinberg

Medical Director, REI
Northwestern Medicine

Dr. Valerie Baker

Division Chief
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Dr. Caroline McCaffrey

Laboratory Director
NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Samuel dos Santos Ribeiro

Professor Auxiliar da Universidade de Lisboa
Coordenador Científico, IVIRMA Lisboa

Assistant Professor, University of Lisbon
Scientific Coordinator, IVIRMA Lisbon

Dr. Christian M. Becker

Co-Director, Oxford BSGE Endometriosis Centre
Associate Professor, Oxford University
United Kingdom

Dr. Alexander Quaas

Former Director
Reproductive Endocrinologist
University Hospital Basel

Michelle Peate, PhD

Program Leader
Psychosocial Health and Wellbeing Research Unit
University of Melbourne
Australia

Dr. Jamie Grifo

Medical Director
NYU School of Medicine

Dr. Sheeva Talebian

Reproductive Endocrinologist
CCRM New York

Dr. Owen Davis

Former President, ASRM
Associate Director, REI
Weill Cornell Medical Center

Dr. William Schoolcraft

Founder & Medical Director
CCRM Colorado

Dr. Alan Copperman

Vice Chairman, OBGYN
Mount Sinai Medical Center

MUDr. Štěpán Machač

Vedoucí lékař skupiny FutureLife
Předseda výboru sekce asistované reprodukce ČGPS

Dr. Stepan Machac

Chief Medical Officer, FutureLife International
Chairman, Czech IVF Society

Dr. Viji Sundaram

Reproductive Fertility Specialist
Kaiser Permanente Centers for Reproductive Health

Dr. Janelle Luk

Medical Director
Generation Next Fertility

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Course syllabus

  1. 3 min
    Done
    1. Introduction to Egg Freezing
  2. Lesson 2
    The Gist
    3 min
    Done
    1. The Gist
  3. 11 min
    Done
    1. What The Process Entails
    2. Why Do I Need So Many Eggs? The IVF Funnel
    3. Pro Tips
  4. 3 min
    Done
    1. The Premise of Egg Freezing
    2. Reduced Number & Quality of Eggs
    3. This Phenomenon Does Not Extend To The Uterus
    4. Egg Donation Works
    5. Egg Freezing Works
    6. Predicting Success With Egg Freezing
  5. 8 min
    Done
    1. Age & Fertility: More Unknowns Than You’d Think
    2. Fertility Predictor Tests
    3. Other Indicators That You’ll Need IVF
    4. Pro Tips
  6. 36 min
    Done
    1. Ovarian Stimulation
  7. 11 min
    Done
    1. How to Know If Your Lab is Good at Egg Freezing
    2. Good at Egg Freezing
    3. Good at IVF
    4. Moving Your Eggs to Another Clinic
    5. Pro Tips
  8. 16 min
    Done
    1. Overview of Risks
    2. Impact on Offspring
    3. Limitations of Data For Egg Freezers
    4. Role of Hormones in Egg Freezing and IVF
    5. Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
    6. Notes On Analyzing Cancer
    7. Breast Cancer
    8. Ovarian Cancer
    9. Risk of Regret in Doing Egg Freezing
    10. Pro Tips
  9. 9 min
    Done
    1. The Advantages & Disadvantage to Freezing Eggs At Different Ages
    2. Very Young Patients
    3. How Many Eggs Will You Get & Need At Different Ages?
    4. How Often Patients Really Use Their Eggs
    5. Thinking About Your Complete Family Building Goals
    6. Does The Argument That You’re Freezing “Too Late” Make Sense?
    7. Costs Differ With Age
  10. 6 min
    Done
    1. Breaking Down the Likely Costs
    2. Costs Based on What Type of Patient You Are
    3. Treatment and Medication
    4. Total Rent
    5. Possible: Costs To Use Eggs
    6. Additional Thoughts on the Cost of Egg Freezing
  11. 2 min
    Done
    1. Egg Freezing Tax
  12. 9 min
    Done
    1. Overview of Tradeoffs
    2. Visibility: What You Know About Embryos vs. Eggs & Why That Matters
    3. Risk of Freezing & Thawing Eggs vs. Embryos
    4. Comparing Flexibility & Legality
    5. Financial Implications
    6. Dissolution: What Do You Do If You Never Use Them?
    7. The Biggest Question: Why Would a Single Woman Freeze Embryos?
  13. 10 min
    Done
    1. Mental Health Considerations

What you'll learn

While egg freezing is an elective procedure for most patients, it requires tremendous preparation. In this course we train you to discern whether your clinic is one of the few with a credible track record. In addition, we teach you how to predict the odds your egg freezing cycle will work and whether more may be necessary. We also cover the medical risks and the full financial costs (and benefits) associated with the process. Finally, we address the circumstances in which freezing embryos provides a credible alternative.

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