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The Frozen Egg Bank is interested in hearing about the changed lives of our former patients. With the upcoming birth of our highly anticipated 50th frozen egg baby we would like to reach out to all our patients who we’ve had the pleasure of helping. We invite you to share your story and possibly inspire someone that may be in a similar situation that you have overcome. We look forward to hearing from you!
To Frozen Egg Bank from one Delighted Grandma
West Coast Fertility Centers (associated with the Frozen Egg Bank, Inc.) recently received an email from the grandmother (and also former patient) of newborn twins from the Frozen Egg Bank. The proud grandmother had this to say:
"Dear Wonderful Office Staff of Dr. Diaz. My stepdaughter has given birth to healthy twin boys. After much family encouragement and family support, she chose to participate in your frozen donor egg program. We all know that these births occurred as a direct result of the incredible teamwork of your staff, our family and the pioneer of this specialized frozen egg donor program by Dr. Diaz. We now have a beautiful addition to our family.
You may remember that I came to West Coast Fertility Centers in the winter of 1993 to achieve a pregnancy of my own. There I was with one failed IVF attempt trying to use my own eggs at 40 years old. After much trepidation, we went forward with Dr. Diaz’ fresh donor program. Who ever heard of frozen eggs back then? They didn’t exist! After the first attempt, I was pregnant. Our daughter came into our lives, and is now a freshman in high school."
It’s amazing how far our technology has come in order to have a Frozen Egg Bank. We were able to offer exciting new technology to this patient, something that was unheard of when her stepmother was seeking fertility help just 16 years ago. Since then, our scientists have perfected the art of egg freezing and are happy to offer this very new service. Through the use of the Frozen Egg Bank we were able to help this family in the addition of two healthy baby boys. Congratulations to the family and their newfound happiness.
47 Births: Three Sets of Frozen Egg Twins
The Frozen Egg Bank, associated with West Coast Fertility Centers, is proud to announce the birth of our 47th baby. The most recent additions are from the births of three sets of healthy twins delivered over the past month. One set of boys; one set of girls and a boy/girl set of twins were born to three sets of happy parents. All three parents came to the Frozen Egg Bank with high hopes of fulfilling their dreams of starting a family. Unable to use their own eggs, the couples began to look into using donor eggs.
There are many benefits to choosing frozen donor eggs versus using a fresh donor cycle. It can be very difficult to coordinate the donor's and the recipient's cycles due to donor non-compliance with FDA regulations; donor medications errors; problems with donor's travel arrangements; donor demands for excessive payment or unexpected cancellation of the cycle by the donor. The entire cost of this process is relayed to the recipient of the donated eggs. This innovation in egg freezing technology, dramatically improves the efficiency of the egg donation process thus minimizing the cost for the intended parents.
With the convenience of using a Frozen Egg Bank, the couples were able to use our online database to select an egg donor that met their criteria. You have the ability to search for a donor based on hair and eye color, race/ethnic background as well as view the detailed profile of each donor. The Frozen Egg Bank database offers a wide selection of donors and you can rest assured we have one just for you. Our frozen eggs are harvested at anyone of our affiliated centers based in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Tennessee, New Jersey and New York. By using this website, our newest parents selected an egg donor and are now on the greatest journey of their lives.
The moms are doing beautifully and are so thankful for their little sets of miracles. Congratulations to the new Moms and Dads, we wish you the best of luck!
Another Happy Frozen Egg Mom-to-be Tours The Embryology Lab
After their first OB-Ultrasound; Stephanie, her husband, and her parents proudly hold pictures of the newest member of their family.
Stephanie, her husband, and her parents are seen here touring the egg freezing laboratory with Dr. Diaz and Embryologist Antoine La. Antoine is showing the family where her frozen eggs were kept for 6 months.
The Frozen Egg Bank would like to celebrate our newest frozen egg pregnancy. Stephanie and her husband came to us in 2008 with high hopes of finally starting their family. In planning Stephanie’s IVF treatment, she expressed concern regarding surplus embryos from her cycle. Traditionally, extra embryos created from a fresh IVF cycle are frozen and kept for future frozen embryo transfers. This is one of the main reasons couples find egg freezing to be very beneficial. For personal and ethical reasons she requested to freeze her extra oocytes instead of freezing any embryos from her IVF cycle. From Stephanie’s fresh cycle, 28 eggs were retrieved and 15 of her eggs were mature enough to utilize in her IVF treatment. Stephanie and her husband decided to inseminate 3 of her eggs, and freeze the remaining 12 eggs to use in the future. Out of the 3 eggs that were inseminated with her husband’s sperm, 2 fertilized and were used in her embryo transfer.
Two weeks after her fresh embryo transfer, they received news that they weren’t pregnant but were determined to try again. Three months later Stephanie and her husband were prepared to proceed with another cycle, this time with her frozen eggs. They decided to thaw half of their frozen eggs, inseminate them and transfer the healthiest looking embryos. Unfortunately, they received the same news and although they were heartbroken they knew they had one more chance. Another three months passed when they were ready to proceed and decided to thaw her remaining 6 oocytes to try one last time. Her eggs were thawed, inseminated and all 6 fertilized. This time they decided to culture their embryos for 5 days instead of the normal 3 days to allow the embryo to further develop. A 5 day embryo culture is referred to as a blastocyst culture which allows for the selection of the best quality embryos. After waiting eagerly for two weeks, Stephanie and her husband were overjoyed to find out they were finally pregnant. This marks our 62nd pregnancy from the Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. Congratulations to Stephanie and her family, we are excited that your dreams are finally coming true.
"We cannot begin to express the gratitude we feel for helping make our dream come true to having a family. Your dedication speaks volumes in your work!"