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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone who did this in her late 30s, but has not been successful with IVF using the thawed eggs now in her early 40s. [/quote]

Yes this.  Thawing embryos is MUCH more successful, and that is not guaranteed.  Freezing and thawing eggs is incredibly tricky.  I think it works much better with very young eggs, like if you froze your eggs at 19.  But of course no one does that, because at 19 you think you'll definitely meet someone in the next 15 years.

I'm just wary of doctor's who tout that this is a great idea.  It's a bit of insurance, but it is not a guarantee.  I think understanding that going in is important, because it's not cheap.[/quote]

Also, word of caution on clinics that encourage young women to freeze their eggs: the same clinics make LOTS of $$$$ off of marketing and selling the eggs of young, healthy women

A very close friend of mine who, as a 25 year old,  needed IVF for her and her husband to have children was  so " encouraged " by her IVF clinic to " donate"  her unused eggs after successful IVF- basically, my friend : a beautiful 25 year old, athletic,  blonde & blue eyed was offered FREE IVF rounds in return for her excess eggs as a healthy 25 year old. Her clinic probably made $100,000's of dollars off of selling those eggs.

Just sayin' .... there is a reason " freeze your eggs " is marketed and it is NOT to help women have children in their 40's.... that may be a secondary outcome, but the clinics marketing this do it because their BIG cash flow comes from older women who need viable eggs

I think any ethical fertility doctor sitting across a consult desk with a 35 YOA woman should be bound by ethics to tell her that there is less than 50% chance her eggs will be viable if/when she thaws them in a few years AND they may not implant as her Uterine wall ages and her hormones levels start to drop - none of which ANY fertility  doctor can predict [/quote]

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