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Podcast: Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Episode: The Fertility Anxiety Panic: Freeze Eggs in 20s?
Description: The first successful births from frozen eggs were twins, born in Australia in 1986. IVF serves a valuable role for those with persistent infertility issues or other conditions where natural conception is hindered. Although oocyte cryopreservation was initially used as a fertility preservation strategy for medical indications, currently, it is increasingly used to circumvent age-related infertility. This process of elective egg retrieval and cryopreservation- targeting women in their 20s- has gotten out of hand! Mainly due to social media, Gen Z women are panicking about their fertility. Should They Be? For decades, the age of 35 has been seen as a “de...