Fertility Preservation & Advanced Lab
Embryo & egg freezing, blastocyst culture, laser-assisted hatching and PICSI.
- Vitrification (egg/embryo/sperm)
- Blastocyst culture
- Assisted Laser Hatching & PICSI
About this treatment
Fertility preservation means safely storing eggs, sperm or embryos now so they can be used to try for a pregnancy later. It offers real peace of mind — whether you're planning ahead, banking surplus embryos from an IVF cycle, or protecting your fertility before medical treatment such as chemotherapy.
Freezing uses vitrification, an ultra-rapid cooling method that prevents the ice-crystal damage of older techniques and gives excellent survival rates on thawing. Eggs and embryos can be stored safely for years, and frozen embryos are later thawed for a simpler frozen embryo transfer rather than a full fresh cycle.
Our embryology laboratory also offers the advanced techniques that improve outcomes: extended blastocyst culture for stronger embryo selection, Assisted Laser Hatching (LAH) to help implantation, and PICSI for refined sperm selection.
Who it's for
- Couples banking surplus embryos from IVF
- Women planning a pregnancy for the future
- Before chemotherapy, radiotherapy or certain surgeries
- Improving implantation with laser-assisted hatching
Key benefits
- Keeps your options open on your own timeline
- High survival rates on thawing with vitrification
- Protects fertility before medical treatment
- One egg collection can offer more than one future attempt
Every treatment plan at Shobha IVF is personalised. The details here are a guide — your specialist will tailor each step to your unique situation.
What to expect, step by step
Consultation & testing
We assess your goals and ovarian reserve and plan the right approach.
Stimulation & retrieval
For eggs/embryos, a short stimulation and egg collection, as in IVF (sperm freezing is far simpler).
Vitrification
Eggs, embryos or sperm are flash-frozen and securely stored.
Future use
When you're ready, frozen embryos are thawed and transferred in a frozen embryo transfer cycle.
Fertility Preservation — your questions
Common questions about this treatment. Anything else? Our team is happy to talk it through.
They can be safely stored for many years without deterioration thanks to vitrification, and used when you're ready.
No — it improves your options but isn't a guarantee. Success later depends largely on the age at which eggs or embryos were frozen and how many were stored, which is why earlier preservation generally gives better odds.
The first part is the same — stimulation and egg retrieval. The difference is the eggs (or embryos created from them) are vitrified and stored instead of being transferred straight away.
Related treatments
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The information on this page is general and educational, and is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Fertility outcomes vary from person to person and depend on age, diagnosis and other individual factors; no result is guaranteed. Any success figure shown is a beta-hCG positive (pregnancy-test) rate per embryo transfer at our Solapur centre, which is not a live-birth rate. Please consult our specialists for advice specific to you.