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Would You Freeze Your Eggs?

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Credit: D Sharon Pruitt

Besides monthly visits from Aunt Flo and the pain of labor and delivery, it may be the worst thing about being a woman: The tick-tock of that damn biological clock. While the passing of time does affect male fertility to an extent, a woman’s odds of getting pregnant decreases with each passing year, not to mention that pregnant women are almost automatically categorized as high-risk if they’re 35 or older.

Technology has come a long way when it comes to reproduction, though, and procedures like IVF help women (and couples) struggling with infertility conceive. And now, freezing young eggs for future use is a growing trend. For women who have delayed having kids to focus on their careers or for women who just haven’t met the right match, it’s a way to put nature on hold for a bit.

While freezing your eggs is a pricey endeavor—about $15K, according to this Vogue article—for many women, it’s a price worth paying for a little egg insurance policy, even if there are still unanswered questions about how long the eggs are usable and the long-term effects on the children conceived from a frozen egg. Regardless, it’s an interesting idea, and one that will allow women to conceive who may not have otherwise been able to. Would you ever consider freezing your eggs for future use?

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As always, sound off in the comments. We love to know what you’re thinking! —Erin 

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  1. Kristen says:

    You know, if I felt positive that I would want kids at some point but just not yet, I think it would be totally worth it. I’d find a way to pay for it. But as it is, I’m really not sure I want them, EVER, and that’s a lotta money for something I might, maybe, someday want.

  2. Heather says:

    15 thousand dollars just to freeze eggs! Wow! That is beyond crazy! I mean, that is just crazy, think of all the women that would do it and save future problems if they would drop the price of this procedure, but then again I can understand a little bit why it is so expensive, because the kinks aren’t quite worked out on it, so only the women who can afford it and are willing to take the risk should do it.

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