Should I freeze my eggs?

Pregnancy after 40, if not impossible, is difficult for one simple reason: lower egg quality. Since a woman only has eggs that she is born with (no new eggs are produced in her lifetime), they decline in quality over time, often developing genetic defects. Thus, not only is her fertility going down, chances of her having a child with genetic disorder or having a miscarriage also go up.

One of the scenarios that has been presented is that if a woman realizes that she will not be able to become a mother by 35 (the normal age at which woman should finish having all kids), she can freeze her eggs, which can then be fertilized using an IVF procedure, and hopefully, she can have a healthy child at whatever age she is ready.

First of all, there is not enough evidence that all this will go so smoothly. Secondly, a woman's hormonal levels and physical strength changes with age and even though a fit woman will make a better mom at 40 than an unfit woman at 20, simply freezing eggs does not mean that she will conceive and have a healthy child.

Having said, there is no risk at all, except the money that you will need to spend on extraction and preservation.