Why don't more parents pay for / encourage girls to freeze eggs when young?

[alesndra]

I know , I know - money! But there's so many more parents that help out their children by buying them housing or contributing large sums towards the wedding. Why isn't egg freezing a more common "gift"?

For example, I grew up quite comfortable and my parents wanted to help me build up a safety net. When I finished uni they bought me a flat in central London (for which I am immensely grateful) and paid a substantial amount towards my wedding (again, very very thankful for this). So they clearly have money and were willing to use it to help me out in life. Similarly now, I've mentioned we might do IVF and parents have said if they can help out financially they are very willing. So... why is it that so few girls are encouraged by their parents at age 18-25 to freeze eggs by their parents? Why, among all of my friends, even ones who went to private school and come from super rich backgrounds, have none of us been "gifted" an egg freezing round but many got flats etc? Not ungrateful but just wondering why culturally it's not as common when it could save so many tears, stress and even money down the line to be used on unsuccessful IVF rounds as egg quality declines?
I feel like this is 100% something I would "gift" my daughter, ahead of for example cars or flats. Or am I missing something?

I hear what you're saying but I think there's a misconception around egg freezing, just because you freeze your eggs it doesn't mean any of them will actually fertilise, and then become embryos. I think egg freezing is sold to women as a fix and I think clinics should be more honest about the large drop off rates at every stage of embryo development. I think it would be better to make fertility MOTs more accessible and affordable for women so that they don't have to try to conceive for years and then find out after testing that there are issues. I think it's better for women to know earlier on and that more information could hopefully give women more choices. But it should be affordable first and foremost and not just available to those who have the means, because what are we then saying as a society? X

I suppose it's probably because most women will never have IVF/assisted reproduction, and even among the group who will go on to have IVF, it would only really benefit those for whom IVF at the time they are aware of their fertility issues and trying was unsuccessful due to age related egg quality issues, which would be an even smaller proportion of the population. So in the large majority of cases, the risks/medical invasiveness/unpleasantness of the egg harvesting procedure, and the not insignificant cost will have been for nothing. It's not surprising to me that most parents see a house deposit or paying their child through university as a much more obvious use for their resources as the benefit is much more certain and universal.