Front page of the WaPo today today

[Anonymous]

I did Ivf 6 years ago for my first child and really dont remember the technology being available back then (or at least available to the masses). How many people were actually able to freeze their eggs even as far back as 2013?

[Anonymous]

Arsm declared it not to be experimental in 2012. It was available before that. I remember in an ivf class that I took around then, the embryologist was excited about it.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oocyte_cryopreservation

[Anonymous]

I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

I’m the PP who froze as well and am about to thaw. Just curious why you haven’t used them - did you get pregnant naturally, decide not to have kids, or are still figuring it out? Also, how old were you when you froze for them to give you that statistic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

I froze in 2014 and was quoted the same statistic for my 20+ eggs, although I think they said "at least one baby, if not two."

Miscarried with the first transfer, currently 5 weeks with the second, so we'll see...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

I’m the PP who froze as well and am about to thaw. Just curious why you haven’t used them - did you get pregnant naturally, decide not to have kids, or are still figuring it out? Also, how old were you when you froze for them to give you that statistic?

I froze at 35 when it wasn't clear whether I would get married soon. Ended up getting married at 36 and had trouble conceiving. I decided to try ivf first and save the frozen eggs if ivf didn't work (my insurance fully paid for ivf) . I ended up doing one cycle and had two kids. I'm now in my early 40s and not ready to dispose of the eggs yet. The storage isn't that much. Overall it wasn't a good investment given that I haven't used them, but psychologically it was worth it at the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

I froze in 2014 and was quoted the same statistic for my 20+ eggs, although I think they said "at least one baby, if not two."

Miscarried with the first transfer, currently 5 weeks with the second, so we'll see...

Good luck! Please keep us posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I froze my eggs in 2013 at shady Grove and I thought they did a good job of explaining the chances based on my age. I had 21 eggs and the doctor said I had an 80% chance of one live birth. They used vitrification. I have never used the eggs, but certainly people paying that kind of money should do their research. If they don't, it's on them.

I’m the PP who froze as well and am about to thaw. Just curious why you haven’t used them - did you get pregnant naturally, decide not to have kids, or are still figuring it out? Also, how old were you when you froze for them to give you that statistic?

I froze at 35 when it wasn't clear whether I would get married soon. Ended up getting married at 36 and had trouble conceiving. I decided to try ivf first and save the frozen eggs if ivf didn't work (my insurance fully paid for ivf) . I ended up doing one cycle and had two kids. I'm now in my early 40s and not ready to dispose of the eggs yet. The storage isn't that much. Overall it wasn't a good investment given that I haven't used them, but psychologically it was worth it at the time.

Thank you! I froze at exactly your age and got almost the same number of eggs, so I’m just trying to gauge my odds of a successful pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, fine. She was just oblivious and had no idea how fertility works. But her RE should have informed her of her chances. It's not rocket science, it's stats. Statistically, in her late 30's, she would need more than 11 frozen eggs to take home a baby. She was relaxed and happy all these years, because her RE did not inform her about the process and she was too busy with her career to do the research on her own (it is not that hard this days, really).

You realize she froze six years ago, right? long before we have the kind of data we do now on egg freezing and the likelihood of a live birth from a given number of eggs. It was an emerging form of technology and she can hardly be blamed for not knowing she needed multiple rounds.

I went through IVF 6 years ago. I knew the odds of egg freezing were low. It's not something I considered...but it wasn't a mystery back then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok, fine. She was just oblivious and had no idea how fertility works. But her RE should have informed her of her chances. It's not rocket science, it's stats. Statistically, in her late 30's, she would need more than 11 frozen eggs to take home a baby. She was relaxed and happy all these years, because her RE did not inform her about the process and she was too busy with her career to do the research on her own (it is not that hard this days, really).

You realize she froze six years ago, right? long before we have the kind of data we do now on egg freezing and the likelihood of a live birth from a given number of eggs. It was an emerging form of technology and she can hardly be blamed for not knowing she needed multiple rounds.

I went through IVF 6 years ago. I knew the odds of egg freezing were low. It's not something I considered...but it wasn't a mystery back then.

“Wasn’t a mystery” is a far cry from people knowing much more about it the way they do now.