‘Why have women not returned to use their frozen oocytes?’: a 5-year follow-up of women after planned oocyte cryopreservation
| Autor: | Hananel Holzer, A. Weintruab, Michael Gal, Oshrat Schonberger, Talya Miron-Shatz, Avi Tsafrir, Naama Srebnik, D. Goldberg, J. Hyman, I. Ben Ami, Talia Eldar-Geva, N. Dekel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty 5 year follow up medicine.medical_treatment Oocyte Retrieval Cryopreservation Pregnancy Humans Medicine Fertility preservation Assisted reproductive technology business.industry Obstetrics Single parent Fertility Preservation Obstetrics and Gynecology Oocyte cryopreservation medicine.disease Reproductive Medicine Oocytes Female business Live birth Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Reproductive BioMedicine Online. 43:1137-1145 |
| ISSN: | 1472-6483 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.rbmo.2021.08.026 |
| Popis: | Research question What are the reproductive choices and retrospective reflections of women at least 4 years after planned oocyte cryopreservation (POC)? Design This was an internet survey, using the REDCap application, of women who underwent POC, at a single-centre university-affiliated IVF unit, 4–8 years before the survey. The questionnaire addressed reproductive choices and outcomes following POC. Results Seventy-nine women who underwent POC during 2011–2014 were invited to participate, and 70 (89%) responded. Mean age at cryopreservation was 37.1 ± 2.4 (range 30–41) years, mean age at study participation 42.6 ± 2.6 (range 35–48) years, and mean time from first cryopreservation cycle to study participation 5.5 ± 1.3 (range 4–8) years. The main retrospectively reported reason for POC was not wanting to become pregnant without a partner (59, 84%). During the follow-up period, 44 women (63%) attempted to conceive either naturally or by assisted reproductive technology using fresh or cryopreserved oocytes. Of those, 28 women achieved a live birth (64% of those who tried to conceive). Fourteen respondents (20% of all respondents) reported using their cryopreserved oocytes, and three (21%) achieved a birth using those oocytes. Fifteen women (34%) of those who tried to conceive used donor spermatozoa. Conclusions The most common reasons for not using frozen oocytes were achieving pregnancy without frozen oocytes or preferring not to have a child without a partner. A considerable proportion of women who had POC and were not interested in being a single parent by choice eventually try to conceive using donor spermatozoa several years later. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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