We often see women who are now 40 and want to do IVF to get
pregnant. They postponed having a baby because they were busy pursuing their
career, and are dismayed to find out that the chances of having a baby with IVF
at their ager are low, because their egg quality has dropped dramatically as
they have aged.
They wish they had got pregnant when they were younger, but
the tragedy is that we can't reverse the
clock.
When I tell them that they could have frozen their eggs when
they were 30, they are very upset that their gynecologist did not discuss this
option with them at that time. They missed the chance to have their cake and
eat it too, because egg freezing would
have allowed them to continue pursuing their career safely, and use their 30
year young eggs when they became 40, and were ready to have a baby.
Many of these older women why their younger colleagues , who
in their 30s, aren't aware of this
option that they should be freezing their eggs if they want to protect their
reproductive potential.
This is partly because there are still lots of
misconceptions about egg freezing and IVF success rates, and need to be dispelled,
so women don't kick themselves later when they get older and find that they are
now infertile because their eggs have aged.
Read more about this option at https://www.drmalpani.com/knowledge-center/articles/about-social-egg-freezing
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