Fertility testing, once confined to doctor’s offices and reserved for people struggling to conceive, is becoming more accessible, thanks to startups that aim to educate young women about their bodies before they possibly face infertility.
Statistics show that more women are having babies later in life. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report found that birth rates in 2016 rose for women ages 30 to 44 and decreased for those 30 and under.
Women who choose to have their eggs frozen aren't necessarily putting off having children because they're laser-focused on their careers, new research suggests.
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We live in a very different world to the one that existed 100 years ago. Women are no longer expected to have found and married the love of their life at 18, only to pop out their first child the following spring.
In the last few decades, fertility trends in the U.S. have undergone a massive shift. The average U.S. woman has her first child at age 28 (a five-year increase from the 1980s)
If you’re of a certain age (read: over 30) and are not yet in the relationship, odds are good that more than one person has advised you to “just freeze your eggs.”
More and more companies are wooing employees with the promise of contributions toward in-vitro fertilization sessions, egg freezing, and other fertility treatments.
After struggling with endometriosis for years, singer Halsey revealed that she's planning to freeze her eggs to be prepared if she wants children later in life.
IN THE WEEKS AFTERstorage tanks in two separate fertility clinics in different parts of the country failed, destroying hundreds and perhaps thousands of frozen eggs and embryos