The best reproductive age for women is between 20 and 30 years old. Biologically, the quantity and quality of eggs decline sharply as a woman’s age increases. In particular, the older you are (especially after the age of 30), the higher the risk of ovarian failure – a cause of infertility in women. Therefore, more and more young people are now looking to the method of egg freezing to “store” reproductive function as well as to prevent infertility and infertility.
For example, in South Korea, the number of women who have undergone egg freezing in 2021 is twice as high as the previous year. The reason is that the difficulties from the epidemic have seriously affected income, along with the rising cost of living, putting financial pressure on young people. Korean women are trying to delay getting married and having children.
More and more young women decide to freeze their eggs when they are not ready to get married or have children.
An eye-catching stall in a large department store in the South Korean capital Seoul looks like any other retail store. It’s actually a high-end medical facility that specializes in egg freezing for women who wish to delay their fertility plans.
Lim Eun-young, 34, an office worker in Seoul, said: “My boyfriend and I have only known each other for a few months. If we start looking for a home and planning to get married, it will all take a considerable amount of time. So now is not a good time for me to get married. I feel secure when I freeze my eggs in good condition so that I can have a healthy baby in the future.”
Meanwhile, Cho So-young, 32, a nurse in Seoul, said: “Of course I want to get married and have children, but right now I have other, more important priorities in my life.”
The cost of egg freezing is about 1,300 to more than 2,200 USD (equivalent to about 30 to 50 million VND) depending on health status. They also have to pay an additional maintenance fee each year. Lim Eun-young shared: “We’ve all seen how expensive it is to raise children, all of which are reflected in the fact that there have been fewer weddings and fewer couples giving birth in recent years.”
The cost of egg freezing is about 1,300 to more than 2,200 USD (equivalent to about 30 to 50 million VND) depending on health status.
According to some sociologists, the Korean government should take an open look at women’s right to give birth freely. Currently, the Korean government allows women to actively freeze their eggs, but then they can only use eggs when they are legally married.
Professor Jung Jae-hoon, Social Welfare Research, Seoul Women’s University, commented: “I think the choice to have a child is a woman’s right and that right should be fully recognized, regardless of whether she is married or not.”
Things to keep in mind when performing egg freezing
Egg freezing method is being chosen by many women to be able to focus more on work without losing the opportunity to become a mother. Egg freezing also gives women more time to find a suitable partner, while maintaining reproductive quality.
If you decide to freeze your eggs, do it at a young age. Studies have shown that if you freeze eggs at the age of 30, the rate of successful fertilized eggs developing into a pregnancy is 13.2%, while if you freeze eggs at 40 years old, this rate is only 8.6%.
You also need to be aware of the risks of freezing eggs. Just like in vitro fertilization, egg freezing will also have a high failure rate. Having frozen eggs does not mean that you will be sure to succeed in IVF and give birth to a baby. Besides, the cost of egg freezing is also quite high. It will cost you a lot of money to stimulate, remove eggs to freeze, and will cost more to preserve eggs every year.
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