Cryopreservation

If fertility issues have prevented you from having children, consider UW Health Fertility Care's team of experts. Cryopreservation -- a technique for freezing sperm or embryos for future use -- is just one way that we can help improve your chances of building a family.

Overview

Helping you preserve your future fertility

At UW Health Fertility Care, we use cryopreservation to preserve your chance to have a baby. Cryopreservation refers to the freezing of sperm or embryos and storing them for future use.

About

What is cryopreservation?

Treatment process

How we freeze embryos and sperm

Similar methods are used for embryo and sperm cryopreservation.

Your fertility team stores your frozen embryos or sperm in liquid nitrogen at very low temperatures until you need them.

Meet our team

Caring experts by your side

The team at UW Health Fertility Care includes experts in fertility, reproduction and embryology.

Locations

Cryopreservation locations

We offer specialized fertility treatments at UW Health Fertility Care in Middleton.

Awards

Nursing excellence

When you come to UW Health Fertility Care, you work with highly skilled nurses and nurse practitioners. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) named us a nursing center of excellence. We earned this recognition because:

  • At least half of our nursing team completed ASRM’s intense training course

  • Our nurses have at least 2,000 hours of nursing experience 

  • Our nurses have 1,000 hours in women's health care experience

Only 8 percent of fertility care clinics earn the ASRM nursing excellence designation.