'Facing Fertility' Part 2: Egg freezing

Our "Facing Fertility" series sets out to educate people about reproductive hurdles and give voice to the many women and men who suffer in silence with infertility. We look at a procedure that's growing in popularity: egg freezing. Nikki Battiste reports.

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[mariachristoff]

First time I hear a medical professional state that women should be educated on family planning .

[psychesam]

Would love to hear a story about egg donors, sperm donors and people who chose to be surrogates. Being an egg donor is like going through part of the IVF medical process and is taxing on the body and not without risk. Same with surrogates. I know plenty of people whom have gone through IVF and I feel for people whom are desperate to have kids (but would prefer not to adopt), but I wonder about the ethics of egg donation, sperm donation, surrogacy. I would imagine that most people who donate their eggs, sperm, become surrogates do it bc they need the money, but I could be wrong. Would love to hear the other side of the story.

[Tee-kcpn]

25 is too late to talk to patients about family planning!! The conversation should start at 18!! Young women need to know early rather than late. In know too many women suffering from infertility issues

[soupnfresh]

Famous comedian froze 30 eggs at 38 and only one embryo took. Kourtney Kardashian said freezing eggs caused her to go into early menopause. You need to freeze at least 100 eggs to be on the safe side. And embryos are more viable than just freezing eggs. Also eggs only last 10 years frozen. It's a waste of money.

[myoldvhstapes]

"33"
There's that number again.

[aliciaarroyo]

So I heard that some states are trying to make it illegal to dispose of eggs they don’t use…. So what will they do with your eggs when you pass? This all seems to be a little bit crazy.

[mrwaterschoot]

reproductive freedom is not free. it is complicated and costly and time consuming. to have a child or plan for a child on the female side.

[peni]

Someone should explain to these ppl that pumping your body fulll of hormones to stimulate anything. That can have a very negative impact on your boby down the line b/c they are messing with their bodies natural hormone level.

[helenrodriguez]

And this is why I didn’t do it; unless you have endiometriosis/pros/ adeno or you are less than 30 years old and have lots of money; this is a scam.

[rara]

Wow, so there’s really no point of egg freezing

[tinahuttner]

Always though this whole concept was interesting/bizarre, like there are kids out there that could use homes.

[bigduke]

Any person (Karen) who speaks of "their journey " that does not involve travelling is a narcissist.