Fertility Preservation for People Who Produce Eggs FOR FINAL REVIEW

If you are on hormones and are ready to conceive or preserve your fertility, you can talk to your health care provider about your options; most family doctors will refer you to a fertility specialist for these discussions. [...] This chart shows a few of the decisions you will need to make: Do you have ovaries? no yes Consider: Adoption, donor Talk to your care provider eggs or eggs from about stopping or pausing yes Are you taking hormones? a partner or co- your regimen parent no Are you age 30 or older? Talk to your care provider about your current options yes no Do you want to conceive with your eggs? yes no Do you wan. [...] If you decide to preserve your fertility prior to having surgery to remove your ovaries, the only option currently available is to freeze your eggs or embryos. [...] Steps in Fertility Preservation Your health care Next Step: The clinic will Referral provider can refer you Decide which contact you to to a fertility clinic; clinic you wouldbook an initial some clinics also allow like to be consultation for self-referral referred to You will meet You will make a with a fertility testing plan with Consultation specialist for your fertility an assessment specialis. [...] A catheter is gently inserted through the cervix into the uterus of the person who will carry the pregnancy, and the sperm is placed in the uterus to help it get closer to the egg.