What Happens During Egg Freezing & Who Should Choose It?

So, every woman is born with a fixed number of eggs, and this number keeps declining from puberty until menopause. In every menstrual cycle, one egg is released, and with age, the overall egg reserve naturally decreases.

The highest egg reserve is during early teenage years, and by the time a woman approaches menopause, the egg count becomes almost zero this is exactly why periods stop.

After the age of 35, the egg reserve starts decreasing rapidly. So, women who want to delay pregnancy, whether due to late marriage, career goals, or medical reasons, can choose to freeze their eggs to preserve fertility. Egg freezing allows you to store your eggs at the age they were retrieved, even if your biological age continues to increase.

The procedure is quite simple. Normally, one egg matures in a cycle, but with medications, we can stimulate the ovaries to release around 10–12 eggs at once. These eggs are then safely retrieved from the body and frozen in an IVF lab.

Later, when you’re ready to plan a pregnancy, these frozen eggs can be fertilized to create an embryo, and the embryo can then be implanted in the uterus. So, in simple terms, egg freezing means creating multiple eggs, storing them outside the body, and using them in the future when you decide to become a mother.