https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68505321
'The Fertility Network was reacting to BBC analysis that found 41% of clinics offering the service privately could be breaching advertising guidance.
The watchdog which sets guidance says clinics "must not give false or misleading information".
It comes as a record number of people are freezing their eggs.
The UK fertility regulator, the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA), also said it was concerned about the information given to those considering egg freezing.'
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'Few patients in the UK have come back to use their frozen eggs, but for those who do, the success rates are slightly lower than IVF using fresh eggs - which is about 20-30% per round depending on age. It could be as low as 5% for people in their 40s, according to HFEA.'
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'Egg freezing for non-medical reasons, also known as social egg freezing, is an increasingly popular method for women to preserve their fertility in order to have children at a later date.
The procedure is not normally available on the NHS unless you are having medical treatment which could affect your fertility, such as chemotherapy or gender-reassignment.'
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Egg freezing clinics give 'misleading' information
ArabellaScott · 13/03/2024 09:12
Egg freezing patients ‘misled’ by clinics
Some clinics don't make clear the chances of successfully having a baby, the BBC has found.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68505321
BlessedKali · 27/03/2024 21:36
I don't get it though, if your fertility window shuts, surely it's not just a matter of producing/having eggs, but the whole complex biological system itself. Can a female body that no longer has any eggs and is entering/in menopause successfully support a pregnancy? What are the outcomes for any children involved?
BlessedKali · 27/03/2024 21:36
I don't get it though, if your fertility window shuts, surely it's not just a matter of producing/having eggs, but the whole complex biological system itself. Can a female body that no longer has any eggs and is entering/in menopause successfully support a pregnancy? What are the outcomes for any children involved?
Jjm1 · 07/04/2024 13:36
From a male perspective: egg freezing, if enough are harvested and say 4 or 5 embryos are created, means the ivf odds of the age frozen, which is MUCH better then trying to retrieve eggs at say 41. Men also want hope - we are wired to want to help make babies: it will be expected by men that women have banked heir mid thirties eggs - in short its a huge advantage for any woman of 36 plus in the dating game if she can say she has, vigorously frozen her eggs. I don't say this blithely, but it's also important this point is made. Think about being say 39-42 trying for a natural baby and having that comfort of knowing that you can still do ivf on some embroys from when you were, say 33-37. Takes some of the pressure off... Then if all else fails and the transfers don't take at least there are no regrets. You can then move into donor eggs as a final plan...
Jjm1 · 07/04/2024 13:36
From a male perspective: egg freezing, if enough are harvested and say 4 or 5 embryos are created, means the ivf odds of the age frozen, which is MUCH better then trying to retrieve eggs at say 41. Men also want hope - we are wired to want to help make babies: it will be expected by men that women have banked heir mid thirties eggs - in short its a huge advantage for any woman of 36 plus in the dating game if she can say she has, vigorously frozen her eggs. I don't say this blithely, but it's also important this point is made. Think about being say 39-42 trying for a natural baby and having that comfort of knowing that you can still do ivf on some embroys from when you were, say 33-37. Takes some of the pressure off... Then if all else fails and the transfers don't take at least there are no regrets. You can then move into donor eggs as a final plan...
Jjm1 · 07/04/2024 13:36
From a male perspective: egg freezing, if enough are harvested and say 4 or 5 embryos are created, means the ivf odds of the age frozen, which is MUCH better then trying to retrieve eggs at say 41. Men also want hope - we are wired to want to help make babies: it will be expected by men that women have banked heir mid thirties eggs - in short its a huge advantage for any woman of 36 plus in the dating game if she can say she has, vigorously frozen her eggs. I don't say this blithely, but it's also important this point is made. Think about being say 39-42 trying for a natural baby and having that comfort of knowing that you can still do ivf on some embroys from when you were, say 33-37. Takes some of the pressure off... Then if all else fails and the transfers don't take at least there are no regrets. You can then move into donor eggs as a final plan...
Jjm1 · 07/04/2024 15:15
I find your reactions over the top - if women who did it say it lessens the pressure on their potential future relationships then it stands to reason that part of the benefit is that men also will feel less pressure ( yes, it's a win-win). I'm perfectly entitled to give a view, just as you are entitled to attack me, if you wish, for having one.
Catabogus · 07/04/2024 13:49
it will be expected by men that women have banked their mid thirties eggs
Hang on… you are saying that men will EXPECT over-mid-30s women to have frozen their eggs, before they will date them ?? Why on earth should they expect that?
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