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The process of freezing embryos is called cryopreservation. These embryos can be used in future IVF treatment. Book an appointment online today.
The process of freezing is called cryopreservation.
We do our utmost to ensure the safe storage of your embryo(s), but there is a small risk of process or equipment failure during the freezing, thawing and storing processes.
Consent to storage is initially up to ten years. This can be extended in blocks of up to 10 years to a maximum of 55 years providing you complete new consent forms to extend your consent before your consent expires. These will be sent to you just prior to 12 months before the expiry date of your consent. When considering how long to consent for, please be aware that if you wish to store your embryos for a period less than 10 years, we will contact you to ask if you wish to consent to store for an additional period before the 10 year ‘renewal period’ commences. If you do not extend your consent within the limits of your consent period, your embryos will be removed from storage and be allowed to perish when your consent to storage expires. Consent periods are independent of payments or storage fees charged to continue to store embryos.
The most recent data verified by the HFEA show the following:
After your death or if you become mentally incapacitated treatment would involve a surrogate, then additional consent forms must be completed to allow treatment to take place, you must also be screened in line with requirements for gamete donors.