Success rates

Not every frozen egg will result in a baby.

When thinking about egg freezing you may like to consider:

  • How many eggs your fertility specialist expects to collect in a cycle
  • Your ideal number of frozen eggs (possibly over multiple cycles)
  • The number of cycles you can and want to go through
  • Your chances of having a baby from your frozen eggs
  • The number of children you may want to have using frozen eggs

Chances of egg freezing working

Let’s say you freeze 10 eggs.

If the time comes for you to use your eggs (34):

  • About 7-8 will survive thawing;
  • 5-6 thawed eggs will become embryos; and
  • 1-2 of those embryos may result in having a baby
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This is a general example, and outcomes will be different for everyone. A fertility specialist will be able to give you more personalised advice.

Your chances of having a baby from frozen eggs will depend on:

  • Your age when eggs are frozen
  • The number and quality of your frozen eggs
  • Other factors such as the quality of sperm used to fertilise your eggs

If you would like the option of having more than one child, you may need to freeze more eggs.

YourIVFSuccess have an egg freezing calculator which may help estimate your own potential success rates.

The only way to know if your frozen eggs will work is to try and use them. If they do not work and you want to continue trying to have a baby, you may want to consider other options such as IVF.