Welcome to TheEmpoweredEgg.com an informative resource for women interested in or wanting to discuss the process of egg freezing, medically known as oocyte cryopreservation.
We encourage you to ask questions, get involved with the discussions and talk about your concerns with us and with other community members.
This is your chance to explore what it means to be a woman in the twenty-first century and learn more about the options we now have as women when it comes to fertility, planned parenthood and making major life decisions.
Women have more opportunities now than previous generations did. However, our bodies haven't adapted to a societal change in deciding to have children later in life. In a recent Flare Magazine article, Rachel Giese talks about the modern woman’s dilemma -- that is having all these wonderful opportunities to travel, go to school and establish your career but then not finding the time to have children. Read more about what to consider if parenting is in your life plan too.
Excerpt from Flare Magazine: "Welcome to the modern woman’s dilemma. We have opportunities for work, travel and education that our grandmothers never imagined. Those gains in equality coupled with a pharmacy’s worth of birth control choices have granted us unprecedented control over our lives. And given that freedom, women are increasingly deferring domesticity until after other adventures. In the 1960s and ’70s, women married for the first time at 22, on average. Now it’s 29. As for getting pregnant, today the most common age to give birth is 30 to 34. That’s a big shift, reports Statistics Canada: As recently as the late ’90s, women 25 to 29 were the ones having the most babies."
In a recent Quirks and Quarks interview on CBC, Bob McDonald speaks with Alison Motluk about the process of egg freezing and stopping the biological clock. Have a listen.
Television journalist Maria Menounos recently went public with her decision to freeze her eggs. The 33-year old career focused 'Extra' Co-Host says "I don't think right now is the time for me," to have children. "Parenting is the most difficult job in the entire world and when I do it I want to be committed and I wanted to be 100% ready to take it on and to be the best mom I can be."
In a sit down interview with Good Morning America, Menounos revealed that she would still try naturally if and when she decides to have children. "It doesn't mean that in two years or three years I'm not going to try naturally but at least I have this in case there's a problem."
Maria's experience of going through the egg freezing process will be documented for Dr. Drew's Lifechangers.
Do you think Maria's decision to go public with her decision to freeze her eggs will motivate other celebrities to open up about their own experiences?
Oocyte Cryopreservation: The fancy medical term for egg freezing is good to know because doctors and medical bloggers will often refer to the process by its medical name. Another good term for egg freezing is fertility preservation. Often fertility preservation is talked about by doctors who specialize in the area of oncofertility, the study of cancer and reproductive health.
Cryoprotectants - The fluid used to freeze eggs which is comprised of organic chemical liquids and sugar.
Egg retrieval - The process of removing eggs from the ovary. This is usually done vaginally under ultrasound guidance.
Ovarian stimulation - The administration of hormones or fertility medications to mature several eggs in the ovaries.
Slow freezing - A technique used to freeze eggs. This method attempts to control the cooling and warming rates to reduce the risk of ice crystal formation.
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