Fertility Preservation

Fertility preservation is an ideal option for people who are concerned about their future fertility and for whom timing may be important. For example: 

• If you have cancer, it’s important to move forward with fertility preservation before you start treatment. And in cases where you need to start treatment immediately, you may have fewer options. Although we can quickly perform sperm freezing, the process of creating and freezing embryos can take a couple of weeks. 
• If you’re transitioning from one gender to another, we prefer to collect and freeze your eggs or sperm before you begin hormone therapy.  However, it can be done afterwards, as well. 
• If you want to proactively freeze your eggs or embryos for personal reasons (elective fertility preservation), timing isn’t as critical. But ideally, you’ll move forward before your fertility begins to decline—usually after age 35 for women.

Health insurance coverage for fertility preservation varies from plan to plan. 

For example, some insurance plans won’t cover embryo freezing for any reason. Others will cover it as part of an approved in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure. 

And while some plans will cover fertility preservation services for people with cancer, they may not cover elective fertility preservation. 

For these reasons, please check with your health insurance provider about coverage before making any decisions. Our team can also help you figure out how much you’ll need to pay for any service. 

We’ll make it easy for you to expand your family when the timing is right.  

Whenever possible, we encourage our patients to try getting pregnant on their own. You aren’t required to use any frozen eggs, embryos, or sperm we’ve stored for you. 

However, if you need (or prefer) our assistance, simply give us a call. Depending on which fertility preservation option you choose, we’ll discuss any steps you’ll need to take before trying to conceive.