Medical experts from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have issued a warning to women who are choosing to freeze their eggs for later fertilization.
Medical experts from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists have issued a warning to women who are choosing to freeze their eggs for later fertilization.
Doctor Samantha Butts, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is quoted as saying “We don’t want to give patients the impression that this technology can guarantee a successful pregnancy. We still need to study it more to determine its safety, ethics and cost-effectiveness.”
Although the experimental label has been removed from the process of freezing eggs, it is not guaranteed to result in a successful pregnancy later on.
More and more women are choosing to freeze their eggs for different reasons, and the procedure is getting media attention.
According to a survey of women who froze their eggs, 59 percent of them saw it as a way to still conceive if natural pregnancy didn’t work.
Experts say that the option should be available for women who have a disease and risk losing their fertility, rather than as a fall back for women who are worried about getting older and not finding a romantic partner, or want to focus on their careers and wait until later in life to have a child.
