The sooner a woman decides to freeze her eggs to preserve her fertility options and does it, the better.

Your time is valuable, and an appointment at a fertility specialist isn’t cheap (the average clinic charges over $300). Here’s a checklist for before, during, and after your egg freezing consultation, including 11 questions you should ask the doctor.

Aside from one day off of work at the end of your egg freezing cycle, your work shouldn’t be too impacted by the process of freezing your eggs.

Egg freezing doesn’t impact your chance of getting pregnant naturally, because egg freezing makes use of eggs that would otherwise have been lost.