Fertility Preservation

Fertility Preservation services offered in Hasbrouck Heights, Hoboken, Wayne, Millburn and Denville, NJ and Goshen, NY

For many patients, procedures such as egg or embryo freezing offer a practical way to preserve fertility. University Reproductive Associates provides fertility preservation for patients in Hasbrouck Heights, Hoboken, Wayne, Millburn, and Denville, New Jersey, and Goshen, New York. The team helps patients protect their future family-building choices before medical treatment, surgery, age-related changes, or personal life plans affect fertility. Call the nearest University Reproductive Associates office or request an appointment online today to learn more about fertility preservation.

Fertility Preservation Q & A

What is fertility preservation?

Fertility preservation helps protect eggs, sperm, embryos, or reproductive tissue so patients have more family-building choices in the future.

University Reproductive Associates offers fertility preservation counseling and treatment for patients with different goals and medical needs. The team explains each option clearly, answers questions, and helps patients decide what’s best for them before they move forward.

Who should consider fertility preservation?

Patients may consider fertility preservation when they want to delay pregnancy while protecting their fertility because they aren’t ready to start a family yet.

Fertility preservation can also help patients with conditions that could reduce egg supply or affect reproductive health, including:

Cancer
Endometriosis
Uterine fibroids
Autoimmune disorders
Genetic problems

The University Reproductive Associates team also sees patients before chemotherapy, radiation therapy, pelvic surgery, or other treatments that could affect the ovaries, eggs, or reproductive organs.

Fertility preservation before cancer treatment often needs fast planning. The University Reproductive Associates team works within each patient’s medical schedule to ensure fertility care doesn’t create unnecessary delays in cancer treatment.

What fertility preservation options are available?

Fertility preservation options depend on your age, diagnosis, treatment timeline, relationship status, and personal goals. The team may recommend one or more of the following based on your needs.

Egg freezing

Egg freezing stores unfertilized eggs for possible future use.

Embryo freezing

Embryo freezing involves fertilizing eggs with sperm first, then freezing the resulting embryos.

Ovarian tissue freezing

This procedure removes and freezes small pieces of ovarian tissue containing immature eggs for possible reimplantation later.

In vitro maturation

In vitro maturation involves collecting immature eggs from the ovaries and maturing them in a lab before freezing or fertilizing them.

During a consultation, the University Reproductive Associates team explains what each option involves, how long it takes, and what patients can expect from testing, medications, monitoring, and retrieval.

What happens during fertility preservation treatment?

If egg or embryo freezing is the best fit, patients take hormone medications for about 10-14 days to help the ovaries mature multiple eggs.

The team monitors progress closely with ultrasounds and blood tests. When the eggs are ready, a fertility specialist retrieves them during a short procedure using light sedation. The lab then either freezes the mature eggs or fertilizes them to create embryos, which are then frozen until you’re ready to try to conceive.

To learn more about fertility preservation, call University Reproductive Associates or schedule an appointment online today.