More women are freezing their eggs – but only 21% are using them, new report finds
It seems the number of women freezing their eggs has risen over the years.
However, a new report found that only a small fraction of those putting their eggs on ice are actually using them.
More and more women are freezing their eggs – but only 21% are using them
Recent figures by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has found that more and more women are turning to freezing their eggs.
One reason may that more women are starting their families later than previous generations.
Many experts warn that a woman’s fertility begins declining in her mid-30s, so freezing eggs can become a sort of ‘safety net’ for those who aren’t ready to become mums until later on.
36% of the women who had frozen their eggs had done so for ‘social reasons’, such as their reproductive age increasing. 98% of these women were single at the time.
Meanwhile, 64% of women in the report had frozen their eggs for IVF reasons.
1 in 5 of the women who had frozen their eggs had become mothers. 17% for those who had frozen their eggs for ‘social reasons’, with 48% using donor sperm to become a solo parent.
26% of those who had tried but had been unsuccessful had remaining eggs or embryos in storage.
It may be that many of the women who had frozen their eggs had gone on to conceive children in a natural way and didn’t need to return to use their eggs.
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