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How to Unscramble Egg Freezing

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Feminism, Gender, Media Analysis, Body Politics, Patriarchy, Intersectionality, Society & Culture, Cultural Commentary, Beauty Standards, Internet Culture, Womens Rights

4.83.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

To freeze or not to freeze? That's today's hottest fertility question. With help from Washington Post reporter Nicole Ellis, Cristen and Caroline find out why it suddenly seems like every ovary's doing it, and whether egg freezing is all it's cracked up to be.

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0:00.0

It's hard to make a good decision when you don't have enough information to make an informed

0:10.7

decision.

0:11.7

Fertility clinics aren't telling people exactly what they're getting and exactly how

0:15.7

the process works in advance.

0:17.7

It's just like buying a house, right?

0:18.9

Like you go through this process, it's like, oh my god, you don't know how hard it is until

0:23.4

you do it.

0:25.4

But that doesn't necessarily have to be the case with egg freezing.

0:45.3

Hey y'all and welcome to Unladylike, where we find out what happens when women break the

0:49.1

rules.

0:50.1

I'm Caroline.

0:51.1

I'm Kristen, and y'all, I don't mean to be glib.

0:54.4

And egg freezing is so hot right now.

0:56.6

Yeah, it's very entrant.

0:58.2

Yeah, for instance, Caroline, you know I love my Bravo reality television universe.

1:02.9

I spend far too much time in it.

1:05.2

And egg freezing has become almost like a new trope on shows like The Real Housewives

1:10.7

of New York, which brought us this unforgettable moment.

1:16.2

I wanted to give you guys a credit card to make sure that you keep my eggs on ice.

1:20.0

Well, let's take a look at it.

1:21.0

We have a little picture of your beautiful egg.

1:23.0

Oh no!

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