If it seems like a ton of people have been freezing their eggs lately, you're on to something. The NYU Langone Fertility Center, where I did my egg freezing, reported more than a 30% increase in the number of egg freezing cycles during the pandemic. It might have something to do with the reported COVID baby bust—people aren't having as many kids due to reasons like reduced incomes, extra stress, childless people witnessing parents on the brink, and people straight up not meeting each other to have sex and get pregnant in the first place—causing some to put parenting plans on hold. Personally, I froze my eggs in 2020 specifically because a) I had more flexibility in my schedule to take all the appointments and b) I found out I have fertility coverage through my company benefits and egg freezing is otherwise super costly. (Some people even go to other countries to freeze their eggs where it is more affordable.)
I'm 35 years old and did two rounds of the procedure in 2020—one in September and one in December—and chronicled much of it on Instagram. Here are my answers to the big questions people always ask me about my egg freezing experience.
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