Journal
HUMAN FERTILITY
Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 266-272Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2018.1464215
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Oocyte cryopreservation; social infertility; vitrification; in vitro fertilization; oocyte aging
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- Urayasu City
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One factor explaining the declining birth rate in Japan is the social advancement of women. Women are delaying marriage and childbirth, with many then facing so-called ?social infertility?. Advanced infertility treatment options, such as in vitro fertilization, are available, but the costs are high. Further, the success rates for ?older? women are only around 10%. We report the preliminary results of an oocyte cryopreservation programme promoted and subsidized by our city government. Citywide seminars were conducted to generate awareness of issues surrounding fertility. Among the total 81 attendees were women considering oocyte retrieval and the current practice of oocyte retrieval and cryopreservation and its associated risks were explained. Fifty-seven attendees, women under 34 years of age, were considered potential candidates for the procedure. These women wished to delay pregnancy for specific reasons, such as occupational demands. Twenty-six of these women expressed a definite desire for oocyte cryopreservation, and 19 have thus far completed the oocyte retrieval and cryopreservation procedure. Frozen MII oocytes have ranged in number from 3 to 22 per patient (mean???SD, 8.3???5.2). Outcomes thus far indicate that women whose fertility is at risk can be assisted by this fertility preservation method and that it will help address the problem of the declining birth rate in Japan.
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