I personally haven’t looked hard into this area, but I’ve felt really grateful to the people I know who have shared their experiences.
Catherio has the most comprehensive writeup:
cather.io
cather.io
It includes some related folks’ discussion of choosing a clinic (primarily useful for people in the SF Bay Area, but some generally useful advice and resources).
Nancy Hua went through one cycle a while back and then two more during covid and wrote about her experience here:
The Sunny Upside: Freezing My Eggs, Abundance Mindset, and Reproductive Freedom
I froze more eggs during COVID! Now I've done 3 cycles and feel I have abundant eggs. Even if none of them turn into a baby whenever I'm ready to have them, I feel like I gave it a solid try and am free of biological clock time scarcity.
www.nancyhua.com
A friend posted this article as a warning on optimism
The struggle to conceive with frozen eggs
Brigitte Adams caused a sensation four years ago when she appeared on the cover of Bloomberg Businessweek under the headline, "Freeze your eggs, Free your career." She was single and blond, a Vassar graduate who spoke fluent Italian, and was working in tech marketing for a number of prestigious companies.
www.washingtonpost.com
(I’ve also been cautioned about the pregnancy risks (rather than egg/fetus risk) for older mothers, but I haven’t looked for studies to back that up)
Eloise also recently went through the process (eventually 3x) and left these notes for us:
She also left this amazing photo, which she graciously allowed me to include:
🧮 This is a simple google sheets calculator on the odds of a live birth (from embryo freezing)
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