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By Natalie Gil With the average age of first-time motherhood on the rise in many countries (in the UK it’s currently 28.7 years old), companies are dreaming up increasingly inventive ways to entice women into freezing their eggs to postpone motherhood and gain some control over their so-called “biological clock”. Along with apps, pop-up shops and Instagrammable mobile vans, stories…
In 2014, I had 8 urinary tract infections. I’ve always been susceptible to UTIs, but I had averaged 2 per year up until this point. This was a new record. My physicians couldn’t explain the sudden onslaught of UTIs, nor could they craft a better preventive regime than daily antibiotics. Although antibiotics did work for…
“Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.” —Taylor Hanson Below my office is a daycare center and early educational school for kids. Each day as I come into work, I see and watch parents of all kinds dropping off their little…
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down and it has made all the difference…
“One day someone will walk into your life and make you see why it never worked with anyone else.” –Author Unknown I am not sure what I thought would happen after I completed egg freezing, but I was almost certain that the experience of dating would change for me. I’m not particularly good at…
“Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.” –Socrates By this time in my life, I had done far more adventurous or dangerous activities than anyone would ever say egg freezing actually is. I take to heart and live out the notoriously…
“Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations.” –Author unknown There is a timeline of events that will happen when you sign up for egg freezing. During the consultation with your fertility doctor, you will be asked about your medical history. Then an ultrasound and blood work will be done to measure your ovarian reserve….
My Egg Freezing Quest After a decade working in healthcare and women’s health, I have decided to freeze my eggs. The decision to take advantage of the technology that I have both been selling and suggesting to my girlfriends is one that I felt very compelled to do myself. The decision came easy for…