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Mr Efstathios Theodorou
Independent Doctor's Federation
Why do women freeze their eggs?
Mr Efstathios Theodorou lists some of the reasons why women freeze their eggs to prolong their fertility, including family history, genetic aberrations or treatment that will cause premature menopause, operation for endometriosis, severe endometriosis, cancer, and other rheumatoid diseases. Some women might freeze eggs to prevent the age decline in fertility.
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So women may freeze eggs either because of medical reasons, meaning they are probably going to have pretty much no menopause because of history, family history, genetic aberrations or treatment that will cause premature menopause, operation for endometriosis, severe endometriosis, for cancer or for other rheumatoid diseases. Or women may freeze eggs, some for social reasons, what we call social reasons. And that is in order to prevent the age decline in fertility. So young women below the age of 35 may choose to freeze their eggs in order to use them at a much later time when they are over 40, because they wouldn't want to become pregnant now for various reasons. Financial stability, to promote their career or to pursue further education.