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[quote=Anonymous]Hi OP - It's good that you are being thoughtful about this.

I froze my eggs at 36 and 37 and had a baby at 41, so the good news is that it's certainly possible. I froze the eggs at Shady Grove because the technology was still pretty new and they had a lot of experience with it. That's the good news.

Here are the tougher parts: IVF process itself, including just the egg freezing, can be pretty rough. First of all, there are all of the injections, the wild hormone swings and the fact that you have to be put under for the egg retrieval surgery. You also have near daily appointments and will have to find the time away from work for them and the surgery. It is also pretty emotionally intense. You get good news one day, devastating news the next, then more hopeful news... all of this combined with the hormones you are injecting.

Then there is the number of eggs you are going to want to have. Most REs suggest 20 per child you aim to have. Some people in their mid-30s get very lucky and get 20 on the first try, but most don't and need a second cycle. And then there are the constant tough decisions to make: eggs or embryos? If no normal embryos, try again? How many children do we want to have - and then how many eggs/embryos needed? How many tries are we willing to do and how many to bank?

And then cost wise, as PPs noted, it will likely be well over $20k for embryos, eggs might hit closer to your budget. But here's the thing, if money isn't an obstacle for you, this is not the place to be thrifty. Think about it: if you spend $10k on egg freezing at an ok clinic, will you spend the next 2 or 3 years wondering if those eggs are any good? Ideally, you want to go to a clinic with a great lab and freeze embryos that are PGS tested and have some degree of confidence that they could lead to a baby.

Which brings me to the fact that you are only 1-2 years away from having kids and already have a partner. I did all of this because I hadn't met someone yet, but if I had a partner, there is no way in hell I'd put myself through all of the above. There is a reason why healthy, partnered people don't do IVF.

My suggestion to you: Go get the testing done. Find out how healthy your ovarian reserve and your partner's sperm is. And assuming all looks good, take the date you would be ready to have kids and cut it in half. If it's two years from now, try the old fashioned way in 1 year. You probably won't get pregnant immediately and you'll be pregnant for nine months - and there you are 2 years out. [/quote]

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