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Many women in their 20s and early 30s decide to put off having children and focus on other areas of their lives instead. The problem is that although 40 may be the new 30 in terms of how women look and feel, as far as eggs are concerned, 40 is 40. Your uterus may stay in great shape, but your eggs decline in number and in quality after you turn 35. Freezing eggs might give women the chance to have children after they are 35.

This morning, a FedEx box arrived containing $3,300 worth of medications. And so begins the process of freezing (hopefully without scrambling) my eggs. Its a miracle! says my best friend Jen, the mother of two. Youre so lucky that you have the choice to extend your fertility, remarks a 44 year-old woman who tried IVF the past several years but failed, and is now using an egg donor and surrogate to have a child. OMG, do it! texts a man my age whose 42 year-old fiance has had two miscarriages over the past two years.