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What the science says<\/strong>: a new study reveals the chances of becoming a mother using previously frozen eggs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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More and more women are considering freezing their eggs. Not because they simply want to “delay” motherhood, but because many reach the age of 35\u2014or are approaching 40\u2014without having found the right time, the right partner, sufficient financial stability or the personal circumstances to have a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, biology follows its own timeline<\/strong>. From the age of 35 onwards, both the number and quality of a woman’s eggs decline progressively, and at an increasingly faster rate. This is why egg vitrification\u2014an ultra-rapid freezing technique\u2014can be a valuable option for increasing the chances of having a biological child later in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But to what extent does this treatment actually “guarantee” success? How many women eventually use the eggs they have frozen? And what are the real chances of becoming a mother in the future using those eggs<\/strong>\u2014particularly if that future is after the age of 40?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are precisely the questions a team of researchers at Dexeus Mujer<\/strong> sought to answer. At the clinic, the demand for elective egg freezing\u2014that is, for non-medical reasons\u2014has increased rapidly in recent years, reflecting a clear social trend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Many women ask us for advice and guidance on this issue,” explains Dr Miquel Sol\u00e9<\/a>, biologist and Head of the Cryopreservation Laboratory at the Reproductive Medicine Department of Dexeus Mujer<\/strong>. “But until recently, we lacked enough information.” “Initially, egg vitrification was mainly offered to women with cancer and patients with medical conditions who wanted to preserve their fertility before treatment. We simply didn’t have enough women who had chosen to freeze their eggs electively, nor had enough time passed to assess how many would eventually return to use them. Once we had a sufficiently large group of patients and enough years of follow-up, we decided to carry out a retrospective study to answer these questions. The results have been very encouraging.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More than half became mothers<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The study, led by biologist and researcher Dr Miquel Sol\u00e9,<\/strong> was presented this month at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong>, one of the world’s leading scientific congresses in reproductive medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study provides several important findings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n