"Toronto lawyer Salima Fakirani was 31 when she decided to freeze her eggs. She had been considering it for a couple of years, and had even gone for a consult at a fertility clinic. But when her employer introduced egg-freezing benefits, she decided to go for it. She did two rounds of egg freezing and got a "good number" of her eggs into storage."
"Egg cells are hard to freeze and thaw without causing damage. It wasn't until the early 2000s that a technique known as "vitrification" came onto the scene. In 2012, egg freezing was deemed no longer "experimental" and it took off. Fertility clinics wanted every young woman to know about it. They hosted "egg freezing parties" where young women could sip cocktails and learn about their dwindling egg supplies. They offered free fertility testing. They had catchy ads."
Salima Fakirani froze her eggs at 31 after her employer added egg-freezing benefits, completing two rounds and storing a "good number" of eggs. Many women see egg freezing as a way to extend reproductive options and relieve the urgency of family planning. The introduction of vitrification in the early 2000s improved egg survival, and by 2012 egg freezing was no longer considered experimental, driving wider uptake. Fertility clinics promoted the procedure through parties, free testing and advertising. Critics warn that aggressive marketing may exploit tensions between career building and family building and benefit the industry financially.
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