Hello! Has anyone had any personal experience of egg freezing / knows more about it? Is it worth it financially?
I am 25 (my partner being 1 yr younger than me). And in my IDEAL world I would love to be married and have one baby before I’m 30. However, with how everything is so expensive these days I actually think realistically I’ll be married at 30 and have a baby at 32/33.
I have a stable job that I will hopefully stay at for the next 7 years and my partner had a stable job but he’s finally going to train to be a pilot which could take anything from 2-5 years (commercial one!). I’m so happy for him because he’s taken so long to save!
He’s got a decent amount of hours already but granted it’s expensive so he’ll have to cut back to a part time job which means we won’t have an income like we do now. I’m so happy he’s finally committed to pilot training but I have explained I’m slightly worried about the interim because he’s a man so doesn’t have a fertile body clock! So the next 4/5 years I suppose we can’t even consider a wedding!
part of me thinks it’s a temporary set back (I’ve explained my concerns) because I always dreamt of being married with kids by 30, and owning a house etc.
The latter is less of an issue as I do know that my parents have said when they downsize they will give me some money for a deposit which is so sweet and I’ve got no question that if a pregnancy ever occurred, they would honour that.
anyway - with all plans being pushed back by a couple of years, I don’t want to get to 32 and be in fertile! Is it worth freezing eggs?? Is there any point? Is it a waste of money if it doesn’t work?
i hope I don’t sound selfish! I’m very supportive of my boyfriend, which is why I’m thinking of alternatives to preserve fertility ie egg freezing so the ‘timeline’ is less of an issue and I can fully not worry about timelines.