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In her recent Slate article, “I Should Have Frozen My Eggs,” Amy Klein, who is currently in her early 40s and undergoing IVF treatments, writes: “Freezing your eggs is worse than PMS but better than a trip to the dentist and can be done in less than a season.”
I beg to differ with Amy’s upbeat assessment. The fact is, with assisted reproductive technologies (ART), women and their partners never know what to expect. When I first signed up for IVF treatments in my forties, I never thought the science would fail, and it never, ever occurred to me that the “reputable” donor egg agency our clinic referred us to would promote egg donors who were infertile. The resulting trauma was far worse than anything I had previously experienced in my life—including my worst trip the dentist.
Amy goes on to describe how simple the egg freezing procedure is: “Before you ovulate, a doctor retrieves your eggs with a syringe from your ovaries via your vagina. Then he puts the good ones in the freezer.” My first question...
I beg to differ with Amy’s upbeat assessment. The fact is, with assisted reproductive technologies (ART), women and their partners never know what to expect. When I first signed up for IVF treatments in my forties, I never thought the science would fail, and it never, ever occurred to me that the “reputable” donor egg agency our clinic referred us to would promote egg donors who were infertile. The resulting trauma was far worse than anything I had previously experienced in my life—including my worst trip the dentist.
Amy goes on to describe how simple the egg freezing procedure is: “Before you ovulate, a doctor retrieves your eggs with a syringe from your ovaries via your vagina. Then he puts the good ones in the freezer.” My first question...
