To Freeze or Not to Freeze? That is the question!
I decided to share my experience of egg freezing in Melbourne as I really struggled to find reliable information about it, particularly in relation to the processes in Australia. I am a health professional with training in critical appraisal of research evidence and found that I had to wade through a lot of information and clever marketing by IVF companies to find reliable information. Despite the road to equality women have fought for over the decades, there is unfortunately still very little we can do to stop the biological clock. From my GP telling me I should have kids soon at age 24, relatives nagging, attending friends' endless baby showers, making the decision to complete postgraduate study, my sister having a failed round of IVF, breaking up with a long term boyfriend ... thoughts begin to creep in about how much time I had before the decision was no longer mine. Why did I consider egg freezing? I started to...