The more you talk about egg freezing, the more questions it raises. Liz and Michelle are joined by author, speaker and midwife Marley Hall in this episode to talk about egg freezing, IVF, why fertility shouldn't be just a woman's problem and how to approach the thought-provoking topic of fertility with your grown-up children.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Jennifer Aniston recently opened up about her own struggles with fertility and how much she wishes she had been told about egg freezing.
• Over time, egg freezing and fertility planning in your 20s will become ‘the norm’.
• There is a fine line between supporting your child and meddling, especially regarding a topic like fertility, yet there are many stories of the ‘grandparents’ paying for their daughter's eggs to be frozen.
• There is always the risk of mistakes being made, there are multiple stories of the wrong eggs being fertilised which is devastating for the families involved.
• There are a lot of emotional implications to egg freezing as well as societal and moral ones too, particularly if you are religious.
• It’s frightening that many of the regulations surrounding egg freezing and associated fertility treatments are not keeping up with the speed the services are being used.
• Even the best planning and large financial outlay don’t guarantee a baby.
• Fertility tests should be used with caution, they can only paint some of the picture and the accuracy is questionable.
• Women who may struggle to conceive usually have signs, such as irregular periods.

 BEST MOMENTS 

“Egg freezing has gone up 64% in two years” (HFEA)

“How involved should we be with our kid's fertility journey?”

“If grandparents are paying, do they own the eggs?”

“There’s no guarantee it’s going to work”

“She had gone all those years believing the fertility issues were her but actually it was more likely it was her husband”

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EPISODE RESOURCES 

https://www.twowomenchatting.com/resource-activities/first-steps-in-fertility-treatment%3A-ivf-%26-egg-freezing

Midwife Marley’s Book

Midwife Marley on Instagram

Gaia Family - financial planning for IVF

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