Women warned about emotional, physical and financial toll of egg freezing | 7.30

Egg freezing technology was developed in the 1980s to help women with serious medical conditions get pregnant. Since then, putting your eggs on ice has gone mainstream. But some doctors warn it's still an expensive process that comes with no guarantees. Rhiannon Shine reports.
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[@Kruse1]

I'm surprised comments are not turned off per ABC's usual practice.

[@hmq9052]

If you think this is tough, wait till the egg hatches and you actually have to bring up a child.

[@amethystflower8799]

wrong. i have raised 6 childen. going through IVF is harder than actually raising them

[@hmq9052]

@@amethystflower8799 Well then you can't possibly be doing it right

[@libbygenxmum]

Do we have any scientific information about any side effects of this technology?

[@SandraBonney]

Just another business profiting from making women anxious

[@Bathrezz1]

In PokemonGo you only have to walk 2km to hatch an egg

[@coolhandluke1503]

Haha

[@keepcreationprocess]

It is good to bring up this topic and to have some marketing....and warnings

[@IIIRuin]

So ridiculous.

[@nateone6632]

This is so sad... 24 yr old freezing eggs???? Ridiculous

[@A.I.-]

It's better than irresponsible unplanned pregnancy, right?

[@gailainsley6939]

@@A.I.- 💯🙌

[@aakankinskywalker384]

Wrong@@A.I.-

[@NumberNeverLie]

That's the best time. Most women don't start think about it until their eggs are already getting old.

[@stanleykachuik2589]

So 15 Grand to freeze them 🥚. And 35 grand per round to have a 🍳 kid. She ain't marrying no Broke that's for sure. All that to become a single mother 😞

[@alexisl9426]

priviledged people problem

[@theavila2602]

So we pay for maybe having a baby? So the chances are the same? If not better to just do it naturally?

[@user-rh6ru5oz2o]

First world problem

[@DiarraHarris]

Oh, well

[@laraazevedo7437]

Please turn off the comments, ABC. I've never seen so many nasty, unnecessarily negative opinions in one place.

[@aakankinskywalker384]

Then don't look at the comments😊.

[@thomassmart4088]

is this egg abuse??

[@aakankinskywalker384]

Maybe

[@otmossampacado1550]

Yeah majority are not going to use it anyway

[@magical_universe793]

Glad i didnt do this as i once considered and is now pregnant with my first

[@sheep.herder]

artificial and so synthetic

[@expersaemily]

24? God I hope she's joking. I'm 3 years older and could pass as her daughter. I think they meant 44

[@hilarywilliams4946]

44 is to old, they advise to be young. Then quality is better when young.

[@kwesttttt]

24 years old looking 40

[@kubikbikku]

i wish to freeze them eggs and then use them in artificial womb 😁😃so would be able to work all the time as fathers do

[@aakankinskywalker384]

Keep Dreaming 😁

[@MelissaMoreno-uv2vo]

Pls don't get any kids with that attitude