Recently, I had lunch with a young female lawyer and we began to talk about her strong desire to have a child. In her mid-thirties and not in a relationship, she expressed fear that she might not meet a partner until it was too late. It did not take long for me to realize that the thought of freezing her eggs had not crossed my lunch companion’s mind. It occurred to me that if a woman like her (living in a major metropolitan city, professional, unmarried, in her mid-thirties, and certain that she wanted children), wasn’t thinking about taking steps to preserve her fertility, egg freezing still does not have the full attention of women who might want to consider it. Read More