{"id":19,"date":"2026-09-24T08:58:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/treatments\/fertility-preservation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T08:58:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:58:51","slug":"fertility-preservation","status":"publish","type":"rim_treatment","link":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/treatments\/fertility-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Fertility Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fertility preservation means freezing eggs, sperm, embryos or reproductive tissue so they can be used later. At Ridge IVF it is offered to cancer patients before chemotherapy or radiotherapy, to women who wish to have children later in life, and to couples with surplus embryos after IVF.<\/p>\n<h2>Options for women<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Egg freezing (oocyte cryopreservation)<\/strong> \u2014 the ovaries are stimulated, eggs are collected and frozen by vitrification.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Embryo freezing<\/strong> \u2014 eggs are fertilised with a partner\u2019s sperm and the embryos are frozen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Options for men<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sperm freezing<\/strong> \u2014 a semen sample (or surgically retrieved sperm) is frozen and stored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How freezing works<\/h2>\n<p>Modern vitrification cools cells so quickly that ice crystals do not form, which helps them survive thawing. Frozen samples are stored in liquid nitrogen at \u2212196 \u00b0C and can be kept for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Read more in our article <a href=\"\/cryopreservation\/\">What is cryopreservation (freezing)?<\/a> Your doctor will explain the options, costs and the legal consent required before any freezing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Freezing eggs, sperm or embryos for the future \u2014 before cancer treatment or when you wish to plan parenthood later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":8,"template":"","class_list":["post-19","rim_treatment","type-rim_treatment","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rim_treatment\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rim_treatment"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rim_treatment"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rim_treatment\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pulse360care.com\/RidgeIVF\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}