Social freezing in Berlin - preserving fertility

Many women feel restricted by the social pressure to have children early and experience the biological clock as a burden. Social freezing (preventive egg freezing) can offer relief here by extending the time window for potential motherhood and reducing the pressure to have a child at a certain time.

What is social freezing? (Preventive Egg Freezing)?

Social freezing (preventive egg freezing) describes the precautionary preservation of unfertilised eggs in order to ensure a woman's fertility at a later point in her life. This method is becoming increasingly important as the life plans of many women have changed. Career ambitions, long periods of education, the desire for financial stability or the lack of a suitable partner are just some of the reasons why the desire to have children is being postponed further and further. However, as a woman's fertility naturally declines with age and the likelihood of pregnancy decreases, social freezing (preventive egg freezing) offers the opportunity to outsmart this biological process.

Freezing eggs at a younger and therefore more fertile age can significantly increase the chances of pregnancy at a later stage. Important to know: From the age of 30 onwards, the number and quality of egg cells decreases continuously, and even significantly faster from the mid-30s onwards. This means that the probability of becoming pregnant decreases with every year. At the same time, the risk of genetic changes in the egg cells increases, which can favour miscarriages or chromosomal abnormalities. Social freezing (preventive egg freezing) addresses precisely this issue and makes it possible to freeze egg cells at a biologically more favourable age so that they can be used for artificial insemination at a later date. The procedure is not only an option for social reasons, but can also be medically indicated, for example in the case of cancer that requires chemotherapy or radiotherapy and could therefore damage fertility.

The fertility doctors in Berlin have been successfully implementing social freezing (preventive egg freezing) in their practice for years. The decision in favour of egg freezing should be both medically sound and emotionally well thought out. Please contact us for further information and advice.