Haha, no it's fine @WarriorSmith!! Appreciate the interest.
They'll do ICSI (i think that's what it's called), after thawing my eggs. Some of the eggs won't survive the thaw / fertilise, so I'd like to get at least 30 ideally.
I found this calculator which tells you how many you need to freeze for your age - useful for anyone else doing this process!
www.mdcalc.com/bwh-egg-freezing-counseling-tool-efct
As I'm 35, freezing 30 means I have a 97% chance of one baby, an 86% chance of 2 and a 66% chance of 3. Of course there are never any guarantees, and i'm by nature a planner / super anxious person, so in the event I don't get 30 I might consider doing more than 3 rounds. Hope not though - it's bloody expensive!
The way I see it though - I'm basically being my own egg donor for later on, if I had issues conceiving. I'm also saving money because later, my eggs would be older and worse quality. So I might have to do many more rounds of IVF to get a baby. Whereas now, I'm doing most of IVF - apart from the fertilisation and transfer part, which I'm saving till later. Spreading the cost if you like!
I think it's a really empowering thing to do, and I hope more women consider it! There's a surprisngly small amount of info out there that isn't scare mongering about it, but it's a relatively new thing to do 'social freezing' (ie when you don't need to do it to preserve fertility in the case of having cancer treatment, for instance). I think the stigma will disappear quite soon, as more people learn about it and take advantage.