Would you spend $50,000 to preserve the option of having kids? Sarah Elizabeth Richards, author of "Motherhood, Rescheduled," joined Dena Takruri o...
Isn't it ironic that as we age, for many women, getting pregnant transforms from being our greatest fear into our most burning desire? Having a baby seems like the easiest thing in the world... Until you really, really want it and find that you can't.
WASHINGTON — Freezing human eggs can be successful in treating infertility – but guidelines issued Friday still urge caution for women hop...
Robin: Oh, how well I understand the sentiment driving the middle-aged parents featured in yesterday’s New York Times story: “So Eager for Grandch...
There are a lot of reasons not to freeze your eggs. It involves shooting yourself up with loads of hormones. Your chances of success are greatest if y...
"Would you freeze your ovaries to delay your biological clock? Not your eggs, your ovaries. A procedure that is already available in the United States is poised to become available to British women within the next six months."
Anonymous | The Daily Muse I come home to my apartment after work to an unlikely scene: boxes of fertility drugs strewn everywhere and a biohazard ...
We all know that going through infertility treatments can be incredibly challenging for couples. But single women who yearn to be mothers go through their own heartache.
I'm not saying that we don't -- or shouldn't -- want love and marriage and a baby carriage. But if we don't, the cultural forces at work sure do their best to change our minds.
This process has forced me to confront my lingering self-doubts: 'What's wrong with me? I'm a loser for being 37 and childless and alone.'
I started telling everyone how easy this all was. Even the injections -- not so bad. Just a pinprick. Retrieval, no problem.
I've never tried heroine, so the idea of shooting up makes me nervous.
I've been feeling simultaneously empowered, a bit fearful, and saddened by the egg freezing process. I want to do this because it is one way in which I can take control of a situation that is otherwise in the hands of fate.
This morning, a FedEx box arrived containing $3,300 worth of medications. And so begins the process of freezing (hopefully without scrambling) my eggs.
