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Tennessee Affiliate

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

EGG FREEZING BREAKTHROUGH

EXPANDS OPTIONS AT IVF CENTERS

Embryologist Susan Walker (at left), from The Fertility Center of Chattanooga, shown with FROZEN EGG BANK staff, Andrologist Christine Stevens (middle) and Senior Embryologist Cris Rodriguez-Karl.(right)

We are pleased to announce The Fertility Center of Chattanooga our Frozen Egg Bank affiliate in Tennessee was featured in the local media as a forward thinking IVF center that offers egg freezing as an option to their patients. This article highlights the significance of having an egg freezing program as a way to expand the role of a modern fertility center. Susan Walker, Senior Embryologist at Chattanooga came to train with our team of scientists. During her visit, Susan learned the art of using the Landa Freezing Technology which has yielded very promising results in the preservation and thawing of human eggs. After completing her training, Susan received her certificate of training then returned to her center to introduce the science of egg freezing to her staff. Since then the Tennessee facility has successfully frozen their patient’s eggs for use in the future.

According to Chattanooga Medical Director, Dr. Barry Donesky, “The Fertility Center is working in conjunction with the Frozen Egg Bank, founded in 2005 in Orange County, California. These pioneers are known for one of the nation's most successful cryopreservation programs, and their patented procedure for egg freezing has led to a 55 percent pregnancy success rate with frozen egg transfers and nearly 30 live births over the past four years. More than 90 percent of frozen eggs have survived the thawing process with 80-plus percent developing into embryos ready for transfer at the Frozen Egg Bank. Women age 37 or younger have been most receptive to frozen egg transfers. Additional information is available at www.eggfreezing.com.” Since then 52 healthy babies have been born from frozen eggs using the Landa freezing Technology. An additional 10 pregnancies are ongoing.

The Frozen Egg Bank is a network of 7 IVF centers located in the U.S. working together to offer egg freezing and thawing services to their patient population. To learn more about fertility preservation with egg freezing please visit our web site.

Tags: Dr. David Diaz, Egg Freezing, Egg Freezing Services, fertility preservation, Freezing Human Eggs, Frozen Egg Bank, Frozen Egg Bank Network, Frozen Oocytes, Landa Freezing Technology, The Freezing of Human Eggs, West Coast Fertility Centers
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Cancer Patient Freezes Eggs

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Hodgkin's Lymphoma Cancer Patient Freezes Eggs

Being told you have cancer can be one of the scariest diagnoses a patient will ever receive. Young patients that haven’t had the opportunity to start a family, may fear losing their ability to one day have children. Although chemotherapy and radiation can be life saving, they may also cause difficulties becoming pregnant when a patient wishes to start their family. We recently had the opportunity to work with a young woman diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma who would like to share her journey with you today.

Twenty-three year old Brie was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma three weeks before her first visit to West Coast Fertility Center. She wished to learn more about our egg freezing process and was interested in preserving her eggs prior to starting chemotherapy. Dr. Diaz shared our egg freezing thaw/survival rates and 52 healthy live births, two very important factors to investigate when you are considering freezing your eggs.

Cancer Patient Freezes Eggs

Since Brie was due to start her chemotherapy later in the month, she decided to proceed with her stimulation protocol immediately. During her frequent visits to our facility, she was truly a delightful patient and our staff developed a great deal of respect for this courageous young patient. She persevered through 14 days of injectable fertility medication with remarkable good humor and close attention to detail. Ultrasounds and blood tests were performed to assess her follicle development. During this period there was ongoing communication to and from her oncologist to coordinate and assure her cancer treatment was not compromised. On the day of her egg harvest, 13 eggs were retrieved and of these eggs 11 were mature enough to freeze. Although Brie has a long road ahead of her, she was able to start chemotherapy knowing her ability to one day have children may have been preserved.

We are pleased to offer our egg freezing services to patients who have unfortunately been diagnosed with cancer. West Coast Fertility Center helps by reducing some of the costs while working closely with Fertile Hope (affiliated with the Lance Armstrong Foundation), a non-profit organization that offers emotional support to cancer patients. Our industry partner, EMD Serono provides free medications to our patients. This helps make egg freezing more affordable to these patients whose medical treatments may pose a risk of infertility. To learn more about egg freezing please contact the West Coast Fertility Center patient care coordinator.

Tags: Affordable Egg Freezing, Chemo-radiation Therapy, Egg Freezing, Egg Freezing Services, egg freezing thaw/survival rates, Fertile Hope, fertility preservation, Freeze Human Eggs, Frozen Oocytes, Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, Lance Armstrong Foundation, The Freezing of Human Eggs, West Coast Fertility Centers
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Press Release

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Press Release: "Frozen Egg Bank Network Expands Coast to Coast to Help Prospective Parents Start a Family"

Orange County, CA (PRWEB) November 12, 2009

Frozen Egg Bank, Inc. (FEB) has launched a new era in reproductive medicine as a group of charter member IVF centers in six states – California, Nevada, Utah, New York, New Jersey and Tennesee – join the national provider of human egg freezing and thawing services. The network is designed to provide fertility preservation by freezing the healthy eggs of young women for medical or elective reasons.

Share Your Story

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Share Your Story with Our Readers

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!

Tags: Egg Freezing Services, Female Egg Freezing, fertility preservation, Freeze Human Eggs, Freezing Human Eggs, Frozen Egg Baby, Frozen Egg Bank, Frozen Egg Birth, Frozen Egg Pregnancy, Frozen Oocytes, The Freezing of Human Eggs, West Coast Fertility Centers
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Letter from Grandma

Monday, October 19th, 2009

To Frozen Egg Bank from one Delighted Grandma

Cryo-canes

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.

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