Everything You've Ever Wondered About Egg Freezing, Answered

Everything You've Ever Wondered About Egg Freezing, Answered
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Katie Becker
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The egg freezing process involves multiple steps like hormone injections, financial planning, an egg extraction procedure. One woman shares her experience.
If it seems like a ton of people have been freezing their eggs lately, you’re on to something. The NYU Langone Fertility Center, where I did my egg freezing, reported more than a 30% increase in the number of egg freezing cycles during the pandemic. It might have something to do with the reported COVID baby bust—people aren't having as many kids due to reasons like reduced incomes, extra stress, childless people witnessing parents on the brink, and people straight up not meeting each other to have sex and get pregnant in the first place—causing some to put their parenting plans on hold. Personally, I chose to freeze my eggs in 2020 specifically because a) I had more flexibility in my schedule to take all the appointments and b) I found out I have fertility coverage through my company benefits and egg freezing is otherwise super costly. (Some people even go to other countries to freeze their eggs where it is more affordable.)

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