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“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.” — Frida Kahlo October is here which means not only great fall weather, the Chicago Marathon, and my industry fertility ASRM meeting, but it is also breast cancer awareness month. Pink ribbons have taken over football, the airport, and…
Fertility Friday — Egg Freezing and Cryopreservation Fertility Preservation — Lisa Hendrickson-Jack Valerie has been working in women’s health field for the last decade. Her medical career experiences and passion for helping women merged when she founded her educational website eggsperience.com. She focuses on guiding women of any reproductive age through the complex and challenging paths…
After working in the field of fertility for over a decade and freezing my own eggs twice, I’m often asked about the hormones and shots involved with fertility treatments. There are a lot of medications your doctor can prescribe. Fertility drugs work by causing your body to release hormones that trigger or regulate ovulation —…
American Sociological Review — Time, Anticipation, and the Life Course: Egg Freezing as Temporarily Disentangling Romance and Reproduction Corresponding Author: Eliza Brown, New York University, 295 Lafayette Street, Fourth Floor, New York, NY 10012 Email: eb2949@nyu.edu 796807ASRXXX10.1177 / 0003122418796807 American Sociological Review. Brown and Patrick. 2018. New York University. Co-authors have equal authorship and…
PodcastDx: On this week’s episode we speak with Valerie Landis. Valerie is the host of the Eggology Club Podcast, writer of the Blog eggsperience and nominee for a WEGO Health Award. Valerie discusses her decision to undergo cryopreservation of own eggs and why she believes it is a good option for many women. …
New York Times: Putting Their Eggs and Hopes on Ice — These Companies Really, Really, Really Want to Freeze Your Eggs. Egg-freezing clinics are aggressively courting a new generation. Younger millennials are heeding the call. Jennifer Lannon lay, her feet propped in stirrups, on an examining table at Extend Fertility, an egg-freezing clinic in Midtown Manhattan….
Why You Need to Prepare for Anxiety and Disappointment When You Freeze Your Eggs. It’s not just the potential financial hit and physical side effects that can make the procedure trying. How we see the world shapes who we choose to be — and sharing compelling experiences can frame the way we treat each…
Many say or think that egg freezing is too expensive or seems impossible to afford. What most may not know is that actually the costs for freezing have come down significantly and if you are your own egg donor the lifetime value could be more beneficial than you can ever place value on. Check out…