Ice Fertility welcomes the news that eggs may now be frozen for up to 12 years after the Department of Health and Social Care announced that the limit on storage is to be extended by 2 years in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This news comes shortly after the end of the government consultation on possible extension of the time for which eggs maybe frozen. The consultation closed on 5 May and the government. is considering the responses. Ice Fertility very much hopes that the legal storage period can be extended as this will encourage women to freeze their eggs at a younger age, when they have a better chance of a successful pregnancy should they need to use them. Many experts believe that it would be sensible for the period to be increased to55 years which is allowed if you can prove that you have become prematurely infertile, a rather wooly definition.