#Oocyte

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Long Life Eggs

Oocytes [egg cells] – with a female mammal from birth – provide cytoplasm for a resulting embryo so must be maintained in good condition over a long time. This study shows how potentially damaging protein aggregates are stored for degradation in 'compartments' (vesicle assemblies) in the oocyte

Read the published research article here

Still from a video from work by Gabriele Zaffagnini and colleagues

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Published in Cell, February 2024

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Egg Freezing in London | Advanced Fertility Treatments | Preserve Your Fertility

Egg freezing enables women to preserve their fertility, allowing them to start a family later in life without the concerns of biological aging.

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Egg Retrieval- Basic Facts.

If you are considering "freezing your eggs (Oocyte cryopreservation) " here is an article for you.

So the process of "harvesting" your eggs prior to either IVF or Freezing, is called: Oocyte Retrieval.

The process of Oocyte Retrieval is rather simple and does not take much time. It requires four months off of testosterone and the time until your procedure (aprox another 14-15 days). Meaning you would be off testosterone for four and a half months total approx (everyone is different, ovulation schedules are different).

They start with timing your ovulation cycle and using that to determine a time that would be best to perform the procedure.

The average time range where you would have a stimulation cycle where you would be taking a "stimulating" medicine of some sort, takes 10-14 days total. This depends on your ovulation cycle, reproductive health, and other bodily factors can vary the days slightly more.

After that 10-14 days (on average) the procedure itself would be performed. The procedure takes approximately half an hour, I've read some doctors using general anesthesia without intubation (you're not 100% out, they may tell you it's like a "twilight state"), or with a strong oral seditative. This varies clinc to clinic.

The procedure itself should not be painful.

Post procedure you may feel abdominal cramping and general discomfort for up to a day or two.

prior to any of these procedures you will need to make an appointment with a gynecologist where they would have to do some minor testing that may take some time. This may include ultrasounds (inside and out), a general care appointment if you are a new client, blood testing, and sometimes they may want other forms of testing done as well depending on you and your reproduction cycle and health.

Any of these following symptoms see a physician right away!

If you have any sign of fever

If you have any signs of infection (such as foul smelling discharge)

Extreme discomfort

Not being able to eat and drink.

I also included a link specifically on the complications of this procedure. Find it here or in the source section.

Also you can re-start your hormone therapy after your procedure is done.

The quality and quantity of the eggs is very similar to a cis female.

Sources:

https://www.pfcla.com/blog/ivf-timeline-how-long-is-the-ivf-process-from-start-to-finish#:~:text=The%20average%20time%20for%20the,for%20the%20egg%20retrieval%20procedure.

https://www.pfcla.com/blog/what-to-expect-for-an-egg-retrieval-cycle

https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/in-vitro-fertilization/multimedia/egg-retrieval-technique/img-20008644

https://www.cofertility.com/freeze-learn/egg-freezing-for-transgender-men#:~:text=More%20than%20half%20of%20the,before%20starting%20their%20treatment%20cycle.

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love reading about female reproductive structures cause it's like lol.....oo

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Getting Repairs Right

Few cells are more precious than eggs, but although women are born with millions their store is vastly reduced by their mid-30s. One reason for this is an accumulation of DNA damage causing the loss of these cells before their time. Researchers investigated how the body’s DNA repair mechanisms act in this setting, and found that DNA damage persisted longer in eggs from older women, and that the repair machinery was organised into distinct, connected compartments (such as the green filaments made of the repair protein Rad51 in this video of a series of mouse egg precursors). They saw that with age, the organisation of this machinery changed and the protein complex that maintains DNA stability – cohesin – deteriorated. Eggs in older women are relying on an ageing team of mechanics, but if we could substitute in a more spritely repair team, perhaps the supply could last a little longer.

Written by Anthony Lewis

Adapted from movie from work by Ninadini Sharma and colleagues

Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany

Video originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Published in Current Biology, November 2024

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[answersfromzestual]

Hey, I saw your post about Oocyte cryopreservation but what if you’re already on testosterone? Would it still be possible? What would happen if you needed to stop T? How long would you need to stop? It’s honestly my biggest concern

I apologize I did not answer that.

The process has really sped up a lot in recent days. You only need to be off T for about four months (before treatment cycle which is 15days on average). You would only need to stop until after you are done your procedure. Once your procedure is done, you can go back to normal as per doctors orders. I found a good article on this exact topic (the source link).

Being on T has been shown in studies to have little effect on egg quantity.

Thank you for your question. I'm sorry I did not include this in my article.

Source

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Oocyte Cryopreservation