Egg-freezing, or cyro-preservation, is a recent medical development that was first offered to women prior to cancer treatment. In cases where such treatment required the removal of ovaries or potential damage to eggs, women could remove and freeze their eggs for future use. This service is now being offered to all women. Apple and Facebook are offering this service to single women under the age of 35 who are not yet ready for children but hope to have them in the future.
With thriving careers and high disposable incomes, more women are taking the gamble of egg freezing as they climb the ladder or wait for Mr. Right
One of my patient Juhi Verma (name changed), 33, unmarried a Lawyer based in NCR (gurgaon) doesn’t want to get married anytime soon but definitely wants to settle down in years to come and wants to have baby. After going through various researches she decided to freeze her eggs so her search now begin to find a good centre where she can freeze her eggs and later get it inseminated with her future husband’s sperm.
Now, Juhi, 38 married and has one baby girl.
An increasing number of couples these days are opting for egg freezing; with little time in their hands they couldn't manage to meet. Even Apple and Facebook have announced that they will pay for the Egg freezing process to their female employees so that they can delay childbirth and prolong their careers.
We have many couples working for IT firms, BPO’s and management background they freeze their sperms or even go for egg freezing. They all are very career oriented and doesn’t have time at all to make love; in fact they only meet on weekends. Freezing sperm for such couples is the best way to aid conception in the man’s absence.
Egg freezing is a costly procedure and has been adopted in India in last 2 yrs only. But thanks to the technology we are now able to help such career oriented couples.
It is rumoured that hollywood star Jennifer Aniston have frozen her eggs. The entire world also watched socialite Kim Kardashian getting herself injected with hormones in preparations for the procedure on her reality TV show ' Keeping Up With The Kardashians.' As more women choose to wait it out before having kids, egg freezing is becoming a more popular and relevant medical option to have a successful and healthy pregnancy later in life.
Besides a prosperous career, the uncertainty of marriage and fear of infertility are two major factors contributing to this trend. Also the number and quality of eggs decline with the increase in age, hence the best time to freeze your eggs is in your 20s or early 30s (ideally below 35 years). Younger the eggs, higher the chances of conceiving. But due to less awareness about egg freezing, women usually consider this option at a later stage.
If a woman waits until she is 40 before trying to have children, she may need several rounds of IVF to conceive, which adds up monetarily. Also, at the age of 40 there is no guarantee that she will become pregnant even with IVF as her eggs are of far poorer quality. On the other hand, if she freezes her eggs at the age of 30 and then has them re- inserted ten years later, the chances of a baby are three to five times greater.
So, freeze it..!!
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