A quarter of women return for frozen eggs

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Of all women who have their eggs frozen, more than a quarter return to the hospital to use them. This is evident from research by the academic hospital in Maastricht. The women who returned (25.5 percent) had an average of two replacements. This resulted in a positive pregnancy test for almost half of them and a baby was actually born in 34.6 percent of them. The eggs were in the freezer for an average of 3.5 years. According to researcher Elena…

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Adriana and Paula, 28 and 37, respectively, have frozen their eggs. Several of their friends have done so too. They want to be mothers, they don’t want to miss this opportunity, but later. In the case of Adriana, who is considering having her first child at 34, a medical question led her to make the decision to preserve her fertility. Both are patients at the Dexeus Female Clinic in Barcelona.