Putting motherhood on hold
An increasing number of women choose to postpone childbearing, prioritising a career.
Those women request egg freezing to preserve their fertility. Experts say that the demand for egg freezing in a country like the UK has soared by 400 percent in the last year alone.
The woman have her own eggs frozen and stored.
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The eggs are re-installed in the body when the woman is ready for childbearing.
Many international firms now pay for egg freezing of their employees.
On Inside Story, a discussion on the risks associated with egg freezing.
Presenter: Richelle Carey
Guests:
Dominic Stoop – Medical Director at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at UZ Brussel, a university in the Belgian capital.
Josephine Quintavalle – Director of Corethics, an organisation which focuses on ethical dilemma of human reproduction issues.