Egg Freezing Near Toms River, NJ | Damien Fertility Partners

In 2022, 5.6% of all infants born in New Jersey were conceived through assisted reproductive technology, according to CDC data. That was the second-highest state rate in the country, behind Massachusetts.

Ocean County patients have broad access to fertility care, but the practical details of egg freezing vary by clinic. The details that matter most are the drive for monitoring, how your health history shapes the protocol, and realistic expectations about what frozen eggs can and cannot promise.

Damien Fertility Partners has provided fertility care since 1989, when we began as East Coast IVF, the first successful IVF program in Monmouth and Ocean County. Our Shrewsbury office serves patients across both counties and houses our on-site embryology lab. The lab is accredited by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), the FDA, and the NJ State Department of Health, with zero deficiencies.

Request a consultation, or start with a virtual consultation with Dr. Barry Perlman before your first drive north.

Egg Freezing for Ocean County Patients at Our Shrewsbury Office

The Drive From Toms River Takes About 30 to 40 Minutes

Our Shrewsbury office at 655 Shrewsbury Avenue is approximately 29 miles from Toms River, north on the Garden State Parkway. Drive time is roughly 30 to 40 minutes, depending on traffic.

We see patients from Toms River, Brick, Lakewood, Jackson, Berkeley, Lacey, Manchester, and Island Heights, along with the rest of Ocean County.

Early Appointments Keep the Commute Manageable

A cycle typically requires four to six monitoring visits, concentrated in the second week of stimulation. The office opens at 7:00 a.m. on weekdays, so an early start usually keeps the round trip within the morning.

Many patients plan their final monitoring days and retrieval as a block. That way, the most time-sensitive appointments fall in the same few days.

Several Steps Can Be Completed From Home

Your initial consultation can be virtual with Dr. Perlman. Injections are given at home, and our patient education resources include video injection lessons you can review in advance.

One Lab Handles Retrieval and Thaw

Eggs move directly from the procedure room to our embryology lab, with no transport to an outside facility. If you return to use them, the same lab warms and fertilizes them through an IVF cycle.

The resulting embryos develop in time-lapse incubators monitored by CHLOE by Fairtility. CHLOE is an AI system that tracks growth without disturbing the culture environment.

Preparing for Your First Egg Freezing Consultation

The First Visit Covers History and Testing

Your physician reviews your medical history, cycle patterns, and reproductive goals. They then order a fertility evaluation, which typically includes anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) bloodwork and an ultrasound antral follicle count (AFC).

Records to Bring to Your Consultation

Bring any prior bloodwork, ultrasound reports, surgical records, and a list of current medications. New patient paperwork is on our forms page. Our How to Begin page outlines the first steps.

Test Results Shape Your Treatment Plan

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) finds that AMH and AFC are good predictors of egg yield but poor independent predictors of reproductive potential. Your physician uses the results to set your medication dose and to estimate how many cycles your goals may require.

Egg Freezing Preserves an Option Without Guaranteeing a Baby

Freezing your eggs preserves an additional path to a biological child later. It cannot guarantee a future pregnancy or live birth.

Several Steps Follow the Freeze

Each frozen egg must pass several steps before it can become a child:

1. The egg survives warming.
2. It is fertilized.
3. It develops into an embryo.
4. The embryo implants.
5. The pregnancy continues to a live birth.

The number of mature eggs stored determines how many chances you have to clear each step.

Published Live Birth Rates Depend on Age

A 2024 systematic review and meta-regression in Human Reproduction Update pooled 10 studies of planned egg freezing. Among patients who returned to thaw their eggs, the overall live birth rate was 28%.

Results varied sharply by age at freezing:

• 52% for patients who froze at 35 or younger
• 34% for those who froze at 36 to 39
• 19% for those who froze at 40 or older

These rates are calculated per patient who returned to use her eggs, not per patient who froze.

Averages Are Not Personal Predictions

The review’s authors caution that even the strong results under 35 should not be read as a guarantee. They also call for more high-quality data to define outcomes by age.

ASRM’s 2021 practice guideline similarly finds insufficient evidence to precisely predict live birth after planned egg freezing.

Your Own Factors Drive the Conversation

For Toms River and Ocean County patients, the useful discussion goes beyond whether egg freezing works. It centers on how your own age at freezing, ovarian response, number of mature eggs, and future treatment steps shape your chances.

Your physician walks through each factor at consultation, so the decision rests on your circumstances rather than a population average.

Egg Freezing With PCOS

PCOS Changes the Stimulation Protocol

Patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) often have a high AMH and many antral follicles. That usually means more eggs per cycle. It also means a stronger response to stimulation medications, which requires closer dose management.

OHSS Risk Can Be Reduced

A strong response raises the risk of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), in which the ovaries enlarge and fluid shifts into the abdomen. ASRM’s 2023 OHSS prevention guideline identifies a robust response to stimulation as a key risk factor.

The same guideline finds strong evidence that triggering final egg maturation with a GnRH agonist, rather than hCG, reduces OHSS risk. Egg freezing involves no fresh embryo transfer, so this approach is usually available to patients with PCOS.

Dr. Perlman Focuses on PCOS Care

Dr. Perlman’s clinical focus includes PCOS, ovarian aging, and elective egg freezing. Patients with PCOS are monitored by the same physician throughout stimulation, which matters when doses are adjusted day by day.

Egg Freezing After Age 38

Cycle Outcomes Shift With Age

Egg freezing remains available after 38, though results change with age. According to SART’s 2023 national outcome tables, member clinics started 6,413 egg freezing cycles in patients aged 38 to 40.

The share of cycles cancelled before retrieval rose from 3.1% in patients under 35 to 6.5% at 38 to 40, and to 12.3% over 42.

Additional Cycles Can Build a Larger Reserve

Live birth rates fall with age, as shown above, so many patients over 38 plan two or more cycles to bank more eggs. Your physician uses your AMH and first-cycle response to judge whether another cycle is worthwhile.

Other Options Remain Available

Patients with a partner or chosen donor sperm may freeze embryos instead of eggs. Embryo freezing shows fertilization results in advance and allows genetic testing; our physicians explain who may benefit from PGT-A.

Donor egg IVF is a further option if frozen eggs do not result in a pregnancy.

Medications and Cost Savings

The Medication Course Lasts About Two Weeks

Stimulation involves approximately 8 to 14 days of injectable medications, followed by a trigger injection and retrieval about 36 hours later. Medication is often the most variable part of the cost, because doses depend on your age and response.

Financing Covers Cycles and Medications

CapexMD financing offers pre-approval within 24 hours. Loans range from $3,000 to $50,000 with terms from 6 to 60 months, and they can include medications. 

Insurance Coverage for Egg Freezing in New Jersey

Coverage Applies to Medically Necessary Preservation

New Jersey requires coverage for fertility preservation when a medically necessary treatment, such as chemotherapy or surgery, may cause infertility. Egg storage is excluded even then, according to ASRM’s summary of New Jersey law.

Planned Egg Freezing Is Usually Self-Pay

Planned egg freezing is generally not covered, and self-funded employer plans are usually exempt. Some employers offer egg freezing as a separate benefit.

Our bilingual Insurance Verification Specialist confirms your coverage before treatment; see our insurance and financial resources page.

Physicians Who Manage Your Cycle

Board-Certified Reproductive Endocrinologists

Both of our reproductive endocrinologists hold ABOG board certification in reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Dr. Miguel Damien has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor six times (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2018) and is fluent in Spanish.

Dr. Barry Perlman completed his REI fellowship at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.

For patients with endometriosis or ovarian cysts, Dr. Nina Seigelstein performs minimally invasive gynecologic surgery within our practice.

One Physician From Consultation to Retrieval

The same physician manages your consultation, monitoring, and retrieval. We support single patients and LGBTQ+ families, and we place no BMI-based limitations on care.

In 2023, we reported an 81.8% live-birth rate per new IVF patient under 35, according to SART data. That is an IVF figure, not a frozen-egg outcome. Clinic comparisons should be made with caution; see our success rates.

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is the nearest egg freezing clinic from Toms River, NJ?

Our Shrewsbury office is approximately 29 miles from Toms River, roughly 30 to 40 minutes via the Garden State Parkway. Retrieval and freezing both take place on-site.

Does egg freezing guarantee a future pregnancy?

No. Egg freezing preserves an option, but each egg must survive warming, fertilize, and develop before a pregnancy is possible. A 2024 review found a 28% live birth rate among patients who returned to use their eggs.

Can I freeze my eggs if I have PCOS?

Yes. Patients with PCOS often produce more eggs per cycle but have a higher OHSS risk. ASRM finds strong evidence that a GnRH agonist trigger reduces that risk.

Is it too late to freeze my eggs at 40?

Egg freezing remains available at 40. The live birth rate was approximately 19% per returning patient in a 2024 review, and many patients plan more than one cycle.

How can I lower the cost of egg freezing medications?

Eligible self-pay patients may save 25% to 75% through EMD Serono’s Compassionate Care Program. CapexMD loans can also cover medications.

Does New Jersey insurance cover egg freezing?

Coverage applies only when a medically necessary treatment may cause infertility, and storage is excluded. See our insurance and financial resources page.

Egg Freezing Consultations for Toms River and Ocean County

We provide egg freezing at three offices: Shrewsbury (Monmouth County), Newark (Essex County), and Jersey City (Hudson County). For Toms River and Ocean County patients, our Shrewsbury office handles monitoring, retrieval, and freezing in one location.

Dr. Damien and Dr. Perlman manage each cycle personally, and virtual consultations are available with Dr. Perlman. Spanish-language information is on our fertility preservation page in Spanish.

Request a consultation with Dr. Damien or Dr. Perlman to plan the next step in your fertility journey.