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    Cryopreserving Ovaries

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    147 days ago in Next Nine Months - Main page - Your ultimate guide to pregnancy and childbirth - childbirth pregnancy having+a+baby pregnant prenatal maternity baby parenting · Authority: 57

    In a breakthrough medical case, German scientists report of having successfully re-transplanting ovarian tissues in a patient following a period of cryopreservation. In this particular case, the ovarian tissues were removed prior to cancer therapy to prevent them from getting damaged, which may possibly result to infertility. After the re-transplantation, she reported having meses back, and in theory should be able to get pregnant. In this particular case, harvesting and re-transplanting the ovaries hay a valid and legitimate medical grounds. But I wonder... could this technique then be used (or misused?) to postpone pregnancy? Are we soon going to see women in their 30s perhaps, having their ovaries preserved this way, to be used at a later time, when they're "more ready" to face motherhood? Or could this perhaps be a possible route to treat infertility- women who can't bear children because of ovarian issues getting cryopreserved ovaries from other women? Sounds surreal. But perhaps not for long anymore. See full article. Related Entries: Ice Cream for Fertility? - 28 February 2007 Fertility Diet to Get Pregnant - 23 December 2007 Pregnacy After 40 Blogs - 22 January 2008 Retransplantation of Cryopreserved Ovarian Tissue Following Cancer Therapy - 13 May 2008 Contents of this feed are a property of Creative Weblogging Limited and are protected by copyright laws. Violations will be prosecuted. Please email us if you'd like to use this feed for non-commercial activities at feeds - at - creative-weblogging.com.