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4B - Social Egg Freezing Should Be Available Up To the Age of 40 Years

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from Section I - Limits for IVF

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 November 2021

By
Kylie Baldwin
Edited by
Roy Homburg ,
Adam H. Balen  and
Robert F. Casper
Roy Homburg
Affiliation:
Homerton University Hospital, London
Adam H. Balen
Affiliation:
Leeds Centre for Reproductive Medicine
Robert F. Casper
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
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Summary

The last decade has seen a significant increase in the number of egg freezing cycles performed across the world. Often described as a fertility preservation or fertility extension technology, social egg freezing (henceforth SEF) has the potential to allow women to defer childbearing to later in their reproductive lives which can benefit users in a multitude of different ways (Baldwin, 2019). However, there are several reasons we should think twice before recommending such an elective procedure to otherwise healthy women.

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50 Big Debates in Reproductive Medicine , pp. 22 - 23
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Baldwin, K. Egg Freezing, Fertility and Reproductive Choice: Negotiating Hope, Responsibility and Modern Motherhood. Emerald: Bingley, 2019.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
HFEA. Egg Freezing in Fertility Treatment: Trends and Figures 2010–2016. HFEA, 2018.Google Scholar
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Baldwin, K, Culley, L. Women’s experience of social egg freezing: Perceptions of success, risks, and ‘going it alone’. Hum Fertil. 2018;1:1–7.Google Scholar

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