I froze about 40 eggs between the age of 33-35. What are the expected success rates for those eggs? (Ask the Egg Whisperer)

I love sharing questions from Ask the Egg Whisperer with you. Neha sent in a question that I know many people have been asking, and it is this, “I recently read that Khloe Kardashian tried to thaw 12-14 eggs which she had frozen in one egg freezing cycle. She stated that “all of her eggs died” and were “too weak” to make embryos so now they are freezing embryos rather than eggs. What is the success rate with freezing eggs for people under 35? I froze ~40 eggs when I was between 33-35 so I am curious about success rates. Thanks!”

First of all, Neha: 40 eggs between the ages of 33 and 35 is great!. If you put 40 eggs at 33 into an Egg Freezing Success Calculator,  you will have a 75% chance four live births! Over 99% for one and over 91% for two and over 85% to have three!

You all know that I like to say “It's always nice to have eggs on ice,” and it's certainly always nice to have embryos on ice too. To talk a little bit about Khloe Kardashians story: First let me say that I don’t know anything about Khloe Kardashian. I don't know anything about her fertility, and I’m just going off of what she has shared publicly. 

In general, Having eggs just means securing future options for yourself and a chance for a future pregnancy. An embryo is also a chance, but once you've turned that egg into an embryo, you'd learn a lot more about the potential of that egg. And always remember, it's not just about the egg. It's also about the sperm. You’ll want to check the sperm, and learn about the #BALLSMethod to make sure you have the healthiest sperm possible for when you thaw your eggs.

One option is to thaw just a portion of your frozen eggs, and not all of them at once. And, make sure that you've done a formal semen analysis within a few months of the egg thaw, maybe consider more advanced, DNA testing of the sperm, like a sperm DNA fragmentation test. The other thing to make sure that you've done is genetic screening, like a carrier screen and a chromosome analysis as well before you thaw your eggs to make sure that you're not missing anything before you thaw them. 

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