Dr. Dimple Doshi (MBBS, MD, DGO)
Lady Gynecologist & Laparoscopic Surgeon
27+ years’ experience
20,000+ surgeries completed
Thinking about egg freezing can feel confusing, especially when you are unsure about age, AMH, ovarian reserve, endometriosis, or future pregnancy planning.
Many women feel pressure to decide quickly, while others delay counselling until ovarian reserve has already reduced.
In my clinical experience, fertility preservation decisions should be made calmly, ethically, and with realistic expectations.
This guide explains egg freezing, who may consider it, what tests may help, limitations, risks, and how Dr. Dimple Doshi can guide you before referral.
Fertility preservation means protecting your chance of future pregnancy before age, illness, surgery, or treatment may reduce fertility.
Fertility preservation is a planned medical approach for women who may not be ready for pregnancy now but want to keep future reproductive options open.
Egg freezing, also called oocyte cryopreservation, is one method of fertility preservation.
In this process, eggs are:
Mature oocyte cryopreservation is considered an established fertility preservation technique for postpubertal females with medical indications, according to ASRM guidance.
Fertility preservation may be discussed for:
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
Egg freezing should never be presented as a guarantee. It is a future fertility option that needs honest counselling about age, egg number, egg quality, cost, and realistic success.
No. Vardaan Hospital does not perform egg freezing, IVF, IUI, embryo freezing, or ART laboratory procedures.
At Vardaan Hospital, Goregaon West, Mumbai, we provide:
This page is created to help you understand your options clearly before you take a major emotional, medical, and financial decision.
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
My role is to help you understand whether you need fertility preservation counselling, whether any gynecological condition should be treated first, and when referral is truly appropriate.
You may consider fertility preservation if your fertility may reduce before you are ready for pregnancy.
Fertility preservation is not only for women delaying motherhood.
It may also be medically important for women facing treatment or disease that can reduce ovarian function.
ESHRE states that female fertility preservation guidance includes best-practice recommendations on care organization, counselling, pre-fertility-preservation assessment, and fertility preservation options.
The best time to discuss egg freezing is before ovarian reserve declines significantly or before fertility-risk treatment begins.
A woman is born with a limited number of eggs.
With age, both egg number and egg quality gradually reduce.
You should not panic.
But you should not delay counselling if:
The value of egg freezing is usually better when done at a younger age because egg quality is strongly age-dependent.
ASRM notes that age and ovarian reserve testing are important factors affecting outcomes after planned oocyte cryopreservation.
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
Do not wait until panic starts. If you are delaying pregnancy or have ovarian conditions, early counselling helps you understand your options calmly.
Basic fertility counselling usually starts with age, cycle history, ultrasound findings, AMH, and relevant hormone tests.
At Vardaan Hospital, we can guide you about appropriate preliminary evaluation before referral.
AMH does not tell everything about natural fertility.
It mainly reflects ovarian reserve quantity, not guaranteed pregnancy potential.
Counselling must include:
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
A low AMH report should not create panic. AMH must be interpreted along with age, ultrasound findings, symptoms, and reproductive goals.
Egg freezing usually involves ovarian stimulation, monitoring, egg retrieval, freezing, storage, and future IVF use.
Egg freezing is not done at Vardaan Hospital.
If you choose to proceed, you will need an ART/fertility centre with appropriate laboratory facilities.
The fertility specialist reviews age, AMH, ovarian reserve, medical history, and expectations.
Hormonal injections are given to stimulate multiple follicles.
Follicle growth is monitored through scans and blood tests.
A final injection helps mature the eggs.
Eggs are collected under ultrasound guidance, usually under sedation or anesthesia.
Mature eggs are frozen rapidly and stored.
When pregnancy is desired, eggs are thawed, fertilized with sperm through IVF/ICSI, and embryos are transferred.
ASRM describes mature oocyte cryopreservation as involving controlled ovarian stimulation, surgical retrieval of oocytes, and cryopreservation.
Fertility preservation may give women more reproductive choice, time, and emotional reassurance when pregnancy is not possible now.
Potential benefits include:
ASRM ethics guidance states that planned oocyte cryopreservation is ethically permissible and may help individuals avoid future infertility, while also emphasizing the need for proper counselling about uncertainties.
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
The emotional benefit of counselling is clarity. Whether you freeze eggs or not, you should understand your fertility risk and options without pressure.
Egg freezing can preserve possibility, but it cannot guarantee pregnancy, baby, or future fertility success.
This is the most important counselling point.
Egg freezing should never be marketed as a guarantee.
Success depends on:
ACOG previously cautioned that data were insufficient to recommend oocyte cryopreservation solely to bypass reproductive aging in healthy women, while newer ASRM and ESHRE guidance recognizes planned oocyte cryopreservation as an option when counselling includes limitations and uncertainties.
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
A good egg freezing discussion should include both hope and limitations. You deserve honest information before making a financial and emotional decision.
Egg freezing cost varies widely because it includes stimulation, scans, retrieval, lab freezing, medication, and storage.
Egg freezing is not performed at Vardaan Hospital, so we do not provide egg freezing package pricing.
However, patients should ask the fertility centre for a full written estimate including:
Mayo Clinic notes that fertility preservation options may include embryo cryopreservation and egg-related procedures depending on the patient’s situation and treatment goals.
Dr. Dimple Doshi helps you understand your fertility risk, evaluate gynecological problems, and decide whether referral is needed.
Many women reach a fertility centre late because they ignore warning signs such as:
At Vardaan Hospital, Dr. Dimple Doshi can help with:
Confused about egg freezing, low AMH, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or delayed pregnancy planning?
Meet Dr. Dimple Doshi at Vardaan Hospital, Goregaon West, Mumbai for clear, ethical, and practical fertility preservation counselling before you take the next step.
Vardaan Hospital offers ethical gynecological evaluation before fertility decisions, especially when women feel confused or pressured.
Choosing egg freezing is not just a medical decision.
It is emotional, financial, social, and deeply personal.
At Vardaan Hospital, Goregaon West, Mumbai, you receive:
Dr. Dimple Doshi is a gynecologist, obstetrician, and lady laparoscopic surgeon with 25+ years of experience and extensive surgical experience in gynecological conditions that may affect fertility.
Her role is to help you understand:
Vardaan Hospital is easily accessible for women from Goregaon West, Malad, Kandivali, Jogeshwari, Andheri, and nearby Mumbai suburbs.
Egg freezing is an option for future fertility planning, but it needs realistic counselling and does not guarantee pregnancy.
The most important points are:
Dr. Dimple Doshi’s Tip:
Take the decision after understanding your health, fertility risk, ovarian reserve, timeline, and emotional readiness — not because of fear or pressure.
Ans. No. Egg freezing, IVF, IUI, embryo freezing, and ART laboratory procedures are not done at Vardaan Hospital.
We provide fertility preservation counselling, gynecological evaluation, ovarian reserve guidance, and referral support when needed.
Ans. Yes. You can consult Dr. Dimple Doshi to understand your fertility risk before visiting an ART centre.
This is helpful if you have irregular periods, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, fibroids, low AMH, or delayed pregnancy planning.
Ans. Not always. Low AMH needs proper interpretation with age, ultrasound findings, cycle history, and pregnancy goals.
A low AMH report should not create panic. It should lead to structured counselling.
Ans. No. Egg freezing improves future reproductive options but does not guarantee pregnancy or childbirth.
Success depends mainly on age at freezing, number of mature eggs, egg quality, sperm quality, embryo development, and lab outcomes.
Ans. Women commonly start discussing egg freezing in their early 30s, but timing should be individualized.
Earlier counselling may be needed in women with endometriosis, ovarian surgery, low AMH, cancer treatment, or family history of early menopause.
Ans. Some women with severe endometriosis or chocolate cysts may need fertility preservation counselling before ovarian surgery.
This is especially important when both ovaries are affected, AMH is low, or repeat ovarian surgery is expected.
Ans. Some ovarian surgeries can reduce ovarian reserve, especially repeated surgery or surgery for endometriomas.
Careful surgical planning, ovarian tissue preservation, and preoperative fertility counselling are important.
Ans. Embryo freezing is another fertility preservation option, but it requires sperm and IVF laboratory support.
Embryo freezing is not performed at Vardaan Hospital. If needed, referral to an ART centre is advised.
Fertility preservation and egg freezing can be useful for selected women, especially those delaying pregnancy, facing low ovarian reserve, planning ovarian surgery, or undergoing fertility-risk medical treatment.
However, egg freezing should be discussed with realistic expectations because it preserves a future possibility, not a guaranteed pregnancy.
At Vardaan Hospital, Goregaon West, Mumbai, egg freezing, IVF, IUI, embryo freezing, and ART lab procedures are not performed. Dr. Dimple Doshi provides ethical counselling, gynecological evaluation, ovarian reserve guidance, AMH interpretation, fertility-risk assessment, and referral support when needed.
In my clinical experience, women feel more confident when they understand both the benefits and limitations before making a fertility preservation decision.
Confused about egg freezing, low AMH, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, or delayed pregnancy planning?
Meet Dr. Dimple Doshi at Vardaan Hospital, Goregaon West, Mumbai for clear, ethical, and practical fertility preservation counselling before you take the next step.
