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There's an opinion piece today on cnn.com that discusses egg freezing.  I'm impressed to see a candid piece about what is available out there on a website that reaches the masses.  You go CNN!!  Thinking about sharing the article on my fb wall-but not sure I'm ready for the questions that might be asked, and not sure I want a window into my world-yet!
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  • jbellejbelle member

    I read that article; very interesting!

    I also, ahem, was, uh, watching Kim & Khloe Take Miami (there was nothing else on!) and Kim was telling her sisters she was pregnant.  In between clips, Kim is saying it was unplanned, and that she'

    AMA & SAIF. TTC #1 since Oct. 2010. DX: Unexplained. BFP on break after 32 months trying and 2 med cycles. Baby girl born at 40w0d!

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  • HeathernStevenHeathernSteven member

    LOL jbelle! I read on another post someone was very sceptical about halle pregnancy not being RE inspired, but on that other post someone mentioned, the nannies, the cooks, the fitness instructors etc, not to say it isn't hard to be a movie star, when

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  • darby17darby17 member

    I read that article - but it makes it sound like egg freezing is a well established process and can be done successfully. It is still in the early stages and not as routine as embryo freezing. Unfortunately we had a terrible experience with egg fr

    Me:38 - TTC for 3+years - Multiple failed IUIs (w/clomid, femara,injectibles - all BFNs) IVF #1 - Jan 2012, CP -IVF#2 March 2012, CP - Went back to IUIs all summer. Multi-Cycle Egg banking for FET. Egg retrieval #1 October, 2 frosties. Retrieval#2 January 2013. 6 eggs banked - waiting to be fertilized in March, FET March! Zero eggs survived thaw process - FET Cancelled. New RE - Now banking Embryos for PGS - July ER- 3 eggs retrieved, 3 fertilized, 1 genetically normal embryo! FET - Feb. 2014, BFP - Mar. 2014, EDD 11/6/14 It's a GIRL!

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  • Jacque SillsJacque Sills member

    Thanks, Happywife for letting us know about this article on CNN.....it really helped confirm my doctor's reasoning why we are going this route. 

    Yeah, I wonder about the whole Halle Berry deal.....I'm thinking, donor eggs?  Age is age.

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