The Reproduction Institute CEFER of Barcelona, directed by Dr Simón Marina, has organized the first Egg Bank in Spain. The first five babies from frozen eggs have been born already.

Egg freezing is essential to preserve young women’s fertility when they need to have medical procedure that will possibly render them sterile. Egg freezing before starting therapy will allow these women to get pregnant in the future with their own eggs.

Also, couples that don’t wish their embryos to be frozen without having to discard part of the eggs obtained after the ovaries stimulation can take advantage of this procedure. Frozen donated eggs also allow a better selection of a donor for a couple, since they can choose from frozen eggs from a larger number of available donors.

Currently there are more than 500 frozen eggs in CEFER Reproduction Institute. This, along with the great availability of egg donors, makes it possible to avoid waiting lists, so that any couple that want to have children can make their dreams reality sooner.

Moreover, the Institute is equipped with a Sperm Bank, a traditional Egg Bank and Embryo Bank, which makes it possible to attend a wide variety of cases: couples that want to have children and can only achieve it using one of the methods provided.