It’s the end of the decade ... What better time to reflect on how egg freezing turned out. (O you millennials ... You have so much to teach us!) Enjoyed the chance to opine for @nytopinion. Thanks to @eleanorbarkhorn for sharp edits
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@nytopinion @eleanorbarkhorn “All the talk in the beginning was about how egg freezing would be as big as the birth control pill and liberate women,” Janet Takefman, a reproductive health psychologist @cusm_muhc who has counseled more than 200 women considering egg freezing.
@nytopinion @eleanorbarkhorn @cusm_muhc On why fewer women returned to thaw them than expected ... “Maybe the others decided they weren’t going to use them," says Dr. James Grifo @nyulangone. "I know that some had babies naturally. It’s hard to keep track because patients don’t tell us.”
@nytopinion @eleanorbarkhorn @cusm_muhc @nyulangone On a new generation of freezers ... “The biggest change I’m seeing is that egg freezing is no longer done in secrecy,” @AlanCopperman @RMAofNY “There’s less stigma. Now patients come in with friends and post pictures on social media.” On Instagram, #eggfreezing has 21,000 posts.
