Episode Details

Egg freezing is offering Australian women a fertility safety net, but experts and women explain the costs and impacts involved

Australians are having children later in life, with national birth rates also declining. Now, the number of Australian women requesting egg count tests and deciding to freeze their eggs for elective purposes has significantly increased in recent years - with the treatment posing complex ethical questions about how eggs are stored and disposed of across states and territories.

In this episode:

• Why more women are deciding to freeze their eggs for elective purposes.
• Jennifer's journey with egg freezing.
• The costs associated with elective egg freezing.
• The physical and mental health impacts some women experience while undergoing treatment.
• The process of egg and embryo freezing and risks associated with treatment.
• Why anti-Mullerian hormone tests are on the rise and the impact of consumer marketing and AMH ads.
• Complex ethical questions around the storage and disposal of unused eggs and how it varies across Australian jurisdictions.

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