For the past 30 years, the fertility clinic Pacific In Vitro Fertilization Institute in Honolulu, HI has been helping people build the families they've always wanted. Egg freezing is a relatively new procedure where women freeze their eggs for future family planning due to career, medical treatment, or other personal reasons.

Family planning is a deeply personal and emotional process, and women choose to freeze their eggs for a wide variety of reasons. Here are three reasons why more and more women are choosing to preserve their fertility by freezing their eggs:

• Freezing your eggs can help alleviate the pressure and stress associated with family planning: Many women who freeze their eggs are not sure if they want to have children, but they want to keep their options open. Pacific In Vitro Fertilization Institute can help you freeze your eggs at a young age and alleviate the pressure that women often feel to choose between building a career and taking advantage of peak fertility years.
• Fertility preservation can give you your best chance at a healthy child: Women who are facing treatments like chemotherapy often opt to freeze their eggs before beginning their medical procedures. While effective at eliminating cancer, chemotherapy can seriously jeopardize a woman’s fertility and impact her future ability to have a child. Freezing eggs is a great option for women in this unique situation.
• Planning for the future is easier when you have a backup plan: Fertility is proven to be age dependent, but just because you’re in your peak childbearing years does not mean that it’s the right time to build a family. Many women who want children in the future, but aren’t quite ready to conceive due to professional or personal reasons, choose to freeze their eggs.

To learn more about how fertility doctors in Hawaii can help you freeze your eggs, or to learn about infertility treatment options, call Pacific In Vitro Fertilization Institute at (808) 946-2226 today.