Preserve your fertility on your own timeline. Oocyte cryopreservation with vitrification technology, transparent storage fees and honest age guidance, performed inside Kamiloglu Hospital, Kyrenia, from €3,000.
Treatment Overview
What is Egg Freezing?
Egg freezing, known medically as oocyte cryopreservation, is the process of collecting a group of your eggs, freezing them at their current biological age, and storing them safely until you are ready to use them. A woman is born with all the eggs she will ever have, and both their number and their quality decline steadily with age, slowly through the early 30s and then more sharply after 35. Egg freezing cannot stop that clock, but it can press pause on a snapshot of it: the eggs you freeze at 32 remain, biologically, 32-year-old eggs, even if you come back to use them at 40. That is the entire logic of the treatment in one sentence.
The technology that made this realistic is called vitrification, an ultra-rapid flash-freezing method. An egg is the largest cell in the human body and is mostly water, which is exactly the problem: with the slow-freezing techniques used in earlier decades, that water formed ice crystals that pierced and damaged the egg's delicate internal structures, and very few eggs survived. Vitrification works differently. The egg is bathed in a protective solution (a cryoprotectant) that replaces much of the water, and is then plunged into liquid nitrogen at -196°C so quickly that the water that remains has no time to crystallise; it sets instead into a smooth, glass-like state. No ice crystals means no crystal damage. With modern vitrification, up to 90%+ of mature eggs survive the thawing process, and frozen eggs now produce pregnancy rates approaching those of fresh eggs of the same age.
The first half of an egg freezing cycle is identical to the first half of IVF treatment. Your ovaries are stimulated with hormone injections for around 10 to 12 days so that a whole group of eggs matures at once, instead of the single egg of a natural month. The eggs are then collected in a short procedure under light sedation. The difference is what happens next: instead of being fertilised, your mature eggs are vitrified by our embryologists the same day, labelled with multiple identity checks, and stored in monitored liquid nitrogen tanks. There they wait, unchanged, until you decide what comes next, whether that is one year away or fifteen.
One practical detail sets our programme apart in Cyprus. Your egg retrieval takes place inside Kamiloglu Hospital, Kyrenia Medical Center, a full-service hospital with surgical theatres, an intensive care unit and a 24/7 anaesthesia and emergency team, and your eggs are stored in the embryology laboratory of that same hospital, with alarmed, continuously monitored storage tanks. Complications in egg freezing are rare, but a real hospital around your procedure, and institutional infrastructure around your storage, is a level of security most standalone clinics simply cannot offer.
In simple terms: we help your ovaries mature a group of eggs, collect them in a 15 to 20 minute procedure while you sleep, flash-freeze them the same day so no ice crystals can form, and store them safely at the hospital until you are ready, keeping your options open without forcing any decision today.
Who is This Treatment For?
Women choose egg freezing for very different reasons, and none of them needs justifying. The most common situations we see:
You are not ready yet. The right partner has not arrived, your career or studies are at a critical stage, or you simply do not feel ready for motherhood. Freezing in your late 20s or early 30s preserves today's egg quality for whenever "ready" happens.
Before chemotherapy or other medical treatment. Cancer treatment, pelvic radiotherapy and some autoimmune therapies can permanently damage the ovaries. If time allows, freezing eggs before treatment starts protects your chance of a biological child. We prioritise these cycles and can usually begin within days.
Early signs of low ovarian reserve. A low AMH result, a falling antral follicle count, or a family history of early menopause. If your reserve is declining faster than average, freezing sooner rather than later protects what is still there. Our fertility testing package can establish exactly where you stand.
You prefer freezing eggs over embryos. Some couples going through IVF, and many single women, are not comfortable creating and freezing embryos for ethical, religious or personal reasons. Frozen eggs are unfertilised cells that belong to you alone; no partner consent is ever needed to use, store or discard them.
Before ovarian surgery or with endometriosis. Surgery for ovarian cysts or endometriomas can reduce healthy ovarian tissue, and severe endometriosis itself can erode egg reserve over time. Freezing before surgery, or early in the disease course, keeps options open.
Age considerations: egg freezing works best when done before 35, because younger eggs survive thawing better and are far more likely to become healthy embryos. Freezing between 35 and 38 is still very worthwhile; after 40 we will tell you honestly that the numbers become difficult, and we may discuss whether your money and energy would be better directed at trying to conceive sooner or at alternatives. There is no formal minimum age, and using your eggs later follows the same age rules as IVF under current TRNC regulations, generally up to 45, with treatment up to 55 possible at clinic discretion after fitness-for-pregnancy testing. Single women are welcome at our clinic, with or without any plan to use the eggs at a particular time.
No obligation. Our coordinator responds within 2 hours during working hours.
The Process
Your Egg Freezing Journey, Day by Day
From first consultation to frozen eggs in storage takes around two weeks, and only 5 to 8 days of that in Cyprus. Here is exactly what happens, when, and how it tends to feel.
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Day 1 · Before your cycle starts
Free Online Consultation & AMH Testing
Everything begins with a video call with our fertility specialist, free and without obligation. We discuss your reasons, timeline and any medical history, then arrange two simple tests you can complete near home: an AMH blood test (anti-Müllerian hormone, which estimates your remaining egg reserve) and a pelvic ultrasound with an antral follicle count (the number of small follicles visible at the start of a cycle). Together these predict roughly how many eggs one stimulation cycle is likely to produce, which is the single most useful number in planning.
How it feels: clarifying. Many women tell us this call is the first time anyone has translated AMH numbers into a realistic plan. Duration: 30–45 minute call; tests done locally within a week or two.
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Day 2–3 of your cycle
Personalised Protocol & Baseline Scan
Your doctor designs a stimulation protocol around your age, AMH level and follicle count, including a realistic estimate of how many cycles you may want to reach your target egg number. On day 2 or 3 of your period you have a baseline ultrasound and hormone blood test (at home or in Kyrenia) to confirm your ovaries are ready to start. Your coordinator then walks you through every medication, dose by dose, with video guides you can rewatch at any time.
How it feels: information-heavy but reassuring, you leave with a written plan and a coordinator on WhatsApp for every "is this normal?" moment. Duration: 1 day.
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Day 3–12
Ovarian Stimulation, 10–12 Days of Injections
For around 10 to 12 days you give yourself one or two small injections each day to encourage a group of follicles (the fluid-filled sacs that each contain an egg) to grow together. Progress is checked by ultrasound and blood tests every 2 to 3 days, at a partner clinic near home if you start there, or with us in Kyrenia, and your dose is adjusted in real time based on how your ovaries respond. Most patients fly to Cyprus around day 8 of stimulation, so the trip fits inside a single week of annual leave.
How it feels: the first injection is the hardest; after that it becomes a 30-second evening routine. Expect bloating and a full, heavy feeling in the last few days. Duration: 10–12 days.
4
Day 12–13
Trigger Injection, Precision Timing
When your largest follicles reach about 18–20 mm, you take a single "trigger" injection that tells the eggs to complete their final maturation. The timing matters to the hour: egg retrieval is scheduled exactly 35–36 hours later, just before the eggs would be released naturally. Your coordinator confirms the precise time with you twice, this is the one injection you must not be late for.
How it feels: identical to the other injections, with a slight sense of fullness afterwards, and usually a wave of relief: the waiting phase is nearly over. Duration: 1 injection, then a medication-free day.
5
Day 14
Egg Retrieval at Kamiloglu Hospital
Under light sedation (you sleep, but no breathing tube is needed), your doctor guides a fine needle through the vaginal wall into each follicle using ultrasound, gently drawing out the fluid containing the eggs. The procedure takes 15–20 minutes and is performed in a hospital theatre with a consultant anaesthetist present, one of the practical benefits of being inside Kamiloglu Hospital rather than a standalone clinic. You will know your egg count within the hour.
How it feels: you wake in recovery with mild, period-like cramping. Most patients walk out after 2 hours and rest for the afternoon. Duration: half a day including recovery.
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Day 14 · Same day
Maturity Check & Same-Day Vitrification
Within hours of retrieval, our embryologists examine each egg under the microscope. Only mature eggs (called MII eggs, typically 75–85% of those collected) are suitable for freezing, and you receive that exact breakdown the same day, never a vague "all went well". Each mature egg is then bathed in cryoprotectant solution and vitrified, plunged into liquid nitrogen at -196°C in seconds so that no ice crystals can form. Every egg is labelled with double-witnessed identity checks before it enters storage.
How it feels: this is the day you get your number, the moment most patients describe as the real result of the cycle. Duration: same day as retrieval; you can fly home the following day.
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Ongoing
Secure Storage at the Hospital Laboratory
Your eggs are stored in monitored liquid nitrogen tanks inside the embryology laboratory at Kamiloglu Hospital, with continuous temperature monitoring, alarm systems and backup nitrogen supply. Storage of your eggs is included in your package. Under current TRNC regulations there is no fixed maximum storage period, so your eggs can remain stored for as long as you choose to keep them.
How it feels: most patients describe it as quiet relief, the pressure of the biological clock eases. You receive a storage certificate listing exactly how many eggs are held. Duration: as long as you wish.
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Whenever you are ready, months or years later
Using Your Eggs: Thaw, Fertilise & Embryo Transfer
When you decide the time is right, your eggs are warmed in the laboratory and the surviving mature eggs are fertilised by ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection, where a single sperm is injected directly into each egg), using your partner's sperm or donor sperm. ICSI is essential for frozen eggs because vitrification slightly hardens the egg's outer shell. The resulting embryos are cultured for up to 5 days, and the strongest is transferred to your uterus after a short course of lining preparation medication. No stimulation, no retrieval: this future cycle needs only 2 to 5 days in Cyprus.
How it feels: like the second half of an IVF cycle, with the hardest part already done years earlier by your younger self. Duration: 2–3 weeks including lining preparation, with 2–5 days in Cyprus.
Want this plan mapped onto your own dates and AMH result?
An egg freezing cycle uses the same well-established medications as the first half of IVF. Here is what each one actually does, and why the list is shorter than you might fear.
Stimulation injections, FSH
Brands you may see: Gonal-F, Menopur, Puregon. These contain FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone), the same hormone your body already uses to mature one egg a month, given at a higher dose so a whole group of follicles grows together. Taken once daily as a small injection under the skin of the belly, usually in the evening, for 10–12 days. Importantly, this rescues eggs that would have dissolved unused that month anyway; it does not spend eggs from future months.
The "brake", antagonist
Brands: Cetrotide, Orgalutran. From around day 5 or 6 of stimulation, a second daily injection stops your body from releasing the eggs too early (premature ovulation), which would mean losing them before retrieval. Think of FSH as the accelerator and the antagonist as the brake, together they keep every egg exactly where we need it until collection day.
The trigger shot
Brand: Ovitrelle (or an agonist trigger such as Decapeptyl for women at higher OHSS risk, which is common in egg freezing because no fresh transfer is planned). One single injection, timed to the hour, that tells the eggs to complete their final maturation so they can be collected 35–36 hours later. Your coordinator confirms the exact time with you personally.
What you will NOT need
Because nothing is transferred to your uterus in a freezing cycle, you skip the entire second half of IVF medication: no progesterone pessaries, no weeks of luteal support, no two-week wait. Once your eggs are frozen, your next period arrives within about two weeks and your hormone levels return to normal on their own. The medication phase of egg freezing is shorter and lighter than most patients expect.
"I could never inject myself", yes, you can
Almost every patient says this at the start, and almost every patient is surprised by how manageable it is. The needles are very short and fine, similar to those used by people with diabetes, and most medications come in pre-filled pens where you simply dial the dose. The injection goes into the soft skin of the lower belly and takes a few seconds; most people describe a brief sting, nothing more.
Before you start, your coordinator walks you through your first injection live on a video call, and you get short video guides for every drug in your protocol. If anything ever feels wrong, a missed dose, a bent needle, a bubble in the syringe, we are one WhatsApp message away, every day of your cycle. You can read more about remote cycle support on our How It Works page.
What to Expect
Honest Expectations: Body, Mind and Logistics
Knowing what is normal removes half the anxiety. Here is what egg freezing feels like, physically and emotionally, and how to plan around it.
Physically
During stimulation, expect mild bloating, breast tenderness, occasional headaches and a heavy, full feeling in the lower belly towards the end, your ovaries are temporarily two to three times their usual size. After egg retrieval, period-like cramps and light spotting for a day or two are normal; most patients need nothing stronger than paracetamol.
Because there is no embryo transfer and no progesterone phase, recovery is quicker than after IVF: your next period usually arrives within two weeks and most women feel completely themselves within days of retrieval.
Emotionally
Egg freezing carries a different emotional weight from IVF: there is no pregnancy test at the end, so the "result" is your egg count, and it helps enormously to set expectations for that number in advance. Some women feel disappointed if the count is lower than hoped; others describe a profound sense of relief and regained control whatever the number.
What helps: a realistic estimate before you start (we give one in writing, based on your AMH and follicle count), daily updates during monitoring, and an honest conversation about whether one cycle is enough or whether banking across two cycles makes more sense for your goals.
Practically
Plan for 5–8 days in Cyprus if you start injections at home, or 12–14 days for a fully monitored cycle in Kyrenia. You can fly home the day after egg retrieval, there is no transfer to wait for. Most patients work normally through stimulation and take just 1–2 days off around retrieval; desk work is fine the day after.
Your coordinator arranges airport pick-up, hotel options for every budget and all appointment scheduling. Many women pair the trip with a few days' holiday on the Kyrenia coast. See our Travel Guide for flights, airports and what to pack.
Honest Guidance
When Should You Freeze? The Conversation About Age
This is the section where we could flatter you and take a booking. We would rather tell you what the evidence says, even when it is uncomfortable.
The best time to freeze is before 35
Egg freezing delivers the most value when it is done in your late 20s or early 30s, and the reason is biology, not marketing. Eggs frozen before 35 survive thawing better, fertilise better and produce chromosomally normal embryos at a much higher rate. The paradox of egg freezing is that the women most likely to consider it, those approaching 40 and feeling time pressure, are the ones it helps least, while the women it helps most rarely feel any urgency. If you are reading this at 30 and unsure, the honest answer is that your future self gains the most from a decision made now.
Quality matters more than quantity
Two numbers decline with age, and they are not the same thing. Egg quantity (your ovarian reserve, estimated by AMH) determines how many eggs a cycle can collect. Egg quality, the proportion of eggs that are chromosomally normal and capable of becoming a healthy baby, declines with age regardless of how high your AMH is. A 39-year-old with an excellent AMH may freeze 15 eggs easily, but each of those eggs carries a 39-year-old's chance of becoming a baby. This is why your age at freezing, not your egg count alone, is the strongest predictor of whether your frozen eggs will one day work.
How many eggs do you actually need?
Published modelling and our clinical experience point to roughly these targets for a reasonable chance of one live birth: around 10–15 mature eggs if you freeze under 35, around 15–20 if you freeze at 35–37, and 15–20 or more if you freeze over 38, because a smaller proportion of older eggs completes the journey from thaw to healthy embryo. Some women reach these numbers in a single cycle; others plan two or three cycles to build a meaningful bank.
At your consultation we use your AMH and antral follicle count to estimate your likely yield per cycle, so you can decide on the number of cycles, and the total budget, with realistic numbers in front of you rather than averages from the internet.
Freezing is insurance, not a guarantee
We want to say this plainly, because much of the industry will not: egg freezing is an insurance policy, not a promise of a baby. Not every frozen egg survives thawing. Not every survivor fertilises. Not every embryo implants. A bank of frozen eggs meaningfully improves your future options, especially if you froze young, but it should never be the reason you delay trying to conceive if you are ready and able to try now. Natural conception today beats frozen eggs tomorrow, every time.
What we promise instead is honesty at every step: a written, individualised estimate of your chances before you commit, your exact mature egg count on freezing day, and a clear explanation of what those eggs realistically offer at the age you are likely to use them. If we believe egg freezing is not a good use of your money, we will tell you that too.
Not Sure if Egg Freezing is Right for You?
Send us your age and AMH result (if you have one). Our specialist will tell you honestly how many eggs one cycle is likely to bank, what they would realistically offer later, and whether freezing makes sense in your situation, free, within 2 hours during working hours.
One of the most common questions, and one where Cyprus offers a different answer from the UK.
No fixed storage limit under current regulations
Under current TRNC regulations there is no fixed maximum storage period for frozen eggs. In practice, your eggs can remain in storage for as long as you keep the annual storage fee active and remain eligible for treatment when you return. This contrasts with the UK, where statutory storage limits have historically applied and required periodic renewal consents. As with any legal framework, regulations can change over time, so we confirm the current position in writing as part of your consent paperwork, and we will contact you if anything relevant to your stored eggs ever changes.
Scientifically, time in the tank is not the issue: eggs held in liquid nitrogen at -196°C are in complete biological stasis, and healthy babies have been born from eggs stored for well over a decade. What matters is your age when the eggs were frozen, not how long they have waited.
How your eggs are protected
Your eggs are stored in the embryology laboratory within Kamiloglu Hospital, in liquid nitrogen tanks with continuous temperature monitoring, audible and remote alarms, backup nitrogen supply and restricted access. Every straw is labelled with your details and double-witnessed at every handling step, the same identity-check discipline applied to embryos in our IVF laboratory.
You remain in control throughout. Your eggs are only ever thawed, moved, donated or discarded on your written instruction. If you later want your eggs transported to a clinic in another country, we coordinate accredited cryo-courier transfer.
You can review our full consent and storage policies at any time, and our Why Cyprus? page explains the wider TRNC legal framework in plain language.
Success Rates
Egg Freezing Outcomes, and How We Measure Them
Egg freezing "success" is often advertised with a single flattering number. The honest picture has three stages: survival, fertilisation and pregnancy, and you deserve all three.
90%+Up to · Egg survival after thaw
75%Up to · Laboratory fertilisation
55%Up to · Pregnancy per transfer, eggs frozen under 35
35%Up to · Pregnancy per transfer, eggs frozen 38+
How we measure success
The figures above describe each stage of the journey separately. Survival is the percentage of vitrified mature eggs that are intact after warming. Fertilisation is the percentage of surviving eggs that fertilise normally. Pregnancy per transfer is a clinical pregnancy rate, meaning a heartbeat seen on ultrasound at around 6–7 weeks, which is stricter than a positive blood test alone but still higher than the live birth rate, because sadly some clinical pregnancies miscarry. When you compare clinics, always ask which stage and which definition a quoted number refers to; a "90% success rate" that turns out to mean egg survival is not a 90% chance of a baby.
Your personal outcome depends overwhelmingly on your age at freezing and the number of mature eggs banked. Full methodology and our age-banded data are on our Success Rates page.
What affects your chances most
Three factors dominate: age at freezing (the younger the eggs, the higher the proportion that are chromosomally normal), number of mature eggs banked (more attempts at every stage of attrition), and laboratory quality (vitrification is a skill-dependent technique, and survival rates vary between laboratories far more than most patients realise). The first two are about timing and planning; the third is why we publish our survival rates and invite you to ask any clinic for theirs.
For context, recent HFEA data from the UK show that thawed-egg cycles produce live birth rates broadly comparable to fresh IVF when the eggs were frozen young, and substantially lower when they were frozen after 38, which matches the honest message of this page: freeze early, bank enough, and treat the numbers as odds rather than promises.
Disclaimer: Success rates vary based on individual circumstances including age at freezing, ovarian reserve, the number of mature eggs stored and sperm quality at the time of use. The figures above represent clinic averages based on our clinical data and are not a guarantee of outcome for any individual patient. We will always give you a personalised estimate before you commit to treatment.
Transparency
Risks and Side Effects, The Section Most Clinics Skip
Egg freezing is very safe, but "very safe" is not "risk-free". You deserve the full picture before you decide.
Common and mild: bloating, cramps, mood swings
Hormonal stimulation commonly causes bloating, breast tenderness, headaches, irritability and tiredness. After egg retrieval, expect cramping and light spotting for 24–48 hours. These effects are temporary and resolve once the cycle ends, usually faster than after IVF because there is no progesterone phase. Around one in ten patients feels rough enough to want a quiet day on the sofa; that is within normal limits, and your coordinator checks in daily.
OHSS, rare, and how we minimise it
OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) is an over-response to stimulation in which the ovaries swell and fluid shifts into the abdomen. Mild OHSS affects a minority of patients and passes on its own; moderate to severe OHSS, needing medical care, occurs in roughly 1–2% of cycles. Egg freezing cycles actually carry a structural advantage here: because no embryo transfer follows retrieval, we can freely use an agonist trigger for high responders, which reduces severe OHSS risk dramatically.
How we reduce the risk further: individualised (often lower) dosing based on your AMH and follicle count, and close monitoring throughout stimulation. And because we operate within Kamiloglu Hospital, in the unlikely event you needed observation or IV fluids, the ward, laboratory and ICU are in the same building, no transfer, no delay.
Procedure risks at retrieval
Egg retrieval carries small risks of bleeding, infection or (very rarely) injury to nearby organs, quoted at well under 1% in large studies. Performing the procedure in a hospital theatre with a consultant anaesthetist present, rather than in a clinic treatment room, is our answer to that residual risk. There is also a small chance a cycle is cancelled before retrieval if the ovaries under-respond, or that fewer mature eggs are collected than scans suggested; if that happens we discuss honestly whether to adjust the protocol and try again rather than leave you with a bank too small to be useful.
The honest one: no guarantee of a future pregnancy
The most important "risk" of egg freezing is not medical but statistical: frozen eggs may not result in a baby when you return for them. Attrition happens at every stage, thaw, fertilisation, embryo development, implantation, and the steepness of that attrition depends on the age your eggs were frozen. We address this risk the only honest way possible: by telling you your realistic numbers before you freeze, recommending a target egg count for your age, and never marketing egg freezing as a guarantee. It is a genuine, valuable insurance policy. It is not a certainty, and we will never sell it as one.
Pricing
Egg Freezing Cyprus Cost: One Package, No Surprises
Many clinics advertise a headline price and add sedation, freezing fees and the first storage year on top. Ours includes them. We even tell you what is not included.
Egg Freezing Package
Starting from
€3,000
Included:
All consultations & personalised protocol planning
Ultrasound monitoring scans in Cyprus
Egg retrieval under sedation, with anaesthetist (others charge ~€250 for sedation)
Egg maturity assessment with same-day report
Vitrification of all mature eggs (no per-egg freezing fees)
Storage of your eggs with written certificate
Personal coordinator, airport transfers & post-retrieval follow-up
Not included:
Stimulation medications (≈€800–€1,500 depending on dose; can be bought at home or in Cyprus, we quote before you start)
Flights and accommodation (hotels from ≈€40/night; we recommend options)
Pre-cycle diagnostic tests done in your home country
The future thaw-and-transfer cycle when you decide to use your eggs
Final price confirmed after medical assessment. No payment until your protocol is agreed.
How does this compare with the UK?
A single egg freezing cycle at a private UK clinic typically costs £3,500–£5,000, plus £800–£1,500 for medication, with annual storage commonly billed at £300–£400 on top. Sedation and the freezing procedure itself are frequently itemised as extras, so the final invoice often lands well above the advertised price.
Our package price of €3,000 already includes retrieval under sedation, vitrification of every mature egg and the first storage year. Even after adding medication, flights and a week's accommodation, most UK patients complete a full freezing cycle in Cyprus for less than half the cost at home, and women planning two banking cycles save proportionally more. The saving comes from lower operating costs in Cyprus, staff, premises, regulation overhead, not from cutting corners: your procedure takes place in a licensed hospital with a consultant anaesthetist present.
For the full breakdown of every package, payment timing, see our transparent pricing page, including a list of everything other clinics commonly charge as extras.
Typical total for a UK patient: package €3,000 + medications ≈€1,000 + flights ≈€250 + 6 nights' hotel ≈€400 = ≈€4,650 all-in, versus £4,500–£6,500 for the cycle alone at home before storage.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions About Egg Freezing in Cyprus
It depends mainly on your age when you freeze. As a general guide, women under 35 are often advised to bank around 10 to 15 mature eggs for a reasonable chance of one future baby, while women over 38 are usually advised to aim for 15 to 20 or more, because a smaller proportion of older eggs survives thawing, fertilises and develops into a healthy embryo. Some women reach their target in one cycle; others choose two or three cycles. At your consultation we use your AMH result and follicle count to estimate how many eggs one cycle is likely to produce, so you can plan realistically before committing.
Under current TRNC regulations there is no fixed maximum storage period for frozen eggs, unlike the UK where statutory limits have applied. In practice your eggs can remain stored for as long as you keep the annual storage fee active and remain eligible for treatment. Eggs vitrified and held in liquid nitrogen do not deteriorate with time in any clinically meaningful way; healthy babies have been born from eggs stored for well over a decade. Regulations can change, so we confirm the current position in writing before you freeze.
No, and any clinic that implies otherwise is not being honest with you. Egg freezing is insurance, not a guarantee: it preserves the possibility of pregnancy with your own younger eggs, but not every egg survives thawing, not every survivor fertilises, and not every embryo implants. Your realistic chances depend mostly on your age at freezing and the number of mature eggs banked. We will give you an individualised estimate, in writing, before you decide.
Most patients spend 5 to 8 days in Cyprus. You can start your stimulation injections at home under our remote guidance, with scans at a local clinic, and fly to Kyrenia around day 8 of stimulation for final monitoring, the trigger injection and egg retrieval. There is no embryo transfer in an egg freezing cycle, so you can fly home the day after retrieval. If you prefer the whole cycle monitored with us, plan for 12 to 14 days, our Travel Guide covers flights and hotels.
No. In a natural month, one egg matures and is released while a group of others that had started developing alongside it simply dissolves. Stimulation medication rescues that month's group so they all mature instead of being lost; it does not draw down eggs from future months. Egg freezing therefore does not deplete your ovarian reserve or bring forward menopause.
Most of the process is uncomfortable rather than painful. The daily injections use very fine needles and feel like a brief sting, and most women describe bloating and heaviness rather than pain in the final days of stimulation. Egg retrieval is performed under light sedation at Kamiloglu Hospital, so you sleep through the 15 to 20 minute procedure and wake with at most period-like cramping for a day or two.
When you are ready, your eggs are warmed in the laboratory and the surviving mature eggs are fertilised in the laboratory, where a single sperm is injected directly into each egg, using your partner's or donor sperm. The resulting embryos are cultured for up to five days, and the strongest is transferred to your uterus after a short course of lining preparation medication, the same gentle procedure used in IVF treatment. The future cycle requires no stimulation or retrieval, so it is shorter and less expensive than a full IVF cycle, typically needing 2 to 5 days in Cyprus.
Our egg freezing package starts from €3,000 and includes consultations, monitoring scans in Cyprus, egg retrieval under sedation with an anaesthetist, egg maturity assessment, vitrification of all mature eggs and storage of your eggs. Stimulation medication is the main extra, typically €800 to €1,500 depending on your dose and where you buy it. Even with medication, flights and a week's accommodation, most UK patients complete a cycle for less than half the £3,500 to £5,000 commonly quoted at home.
There is no formal minimum age, and freezing is medically possible for most women up to the mid-40s, although we are honest that freezing after 40 banks eggs with much lower potential and may not be worthwhile. Using your eggs later follows the same rules as IVF: treatment is generally available up to age 45 under current TRNC regulations, and up to 55 may be possible at clinic discretion after fitness-for-pregnancy testing. Eligibility is confirmed individually at your free consultation.
If you have a partner or are willing to use donor sperm now, frozen embryos have a slightly more predictable path to pregnancy, because fertilisation has already happened and the embryos have proven they can develop. Frozen eggs, however, keep every future option open: they belong to you alone, no consent from a partner is ever needed to use them, and many women prefer this for ethical or personal reasons. Both are stored the same way at our laboratory, and we will talk through both routes at your consultation without pushing either.
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