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Q: Post hysterectomy : can I freeze the eggs to conceive a chil
asked by: DoctorQuestion on June 27th, 2007
I had a hysterectomy 8yrs ago leaving my ovaries in place, is there a way that any eggs i produce be taken and frozen to enable me to have a baby with my new partner


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on August 8th, 2007
Hysterectomy Answer A3046
If your ovaries are still functional, egg cells can be taken, fertilized and frozen if you want. The problem is that you don’t have a uterus so you can't carry the fetus yourself. You will have to find a surrogate mother that will accept the fertilized egg-cell and carry the embryo until delivery.




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