So, You Want to Freeze Your Eggs (Part 1) with Cofertility CEO Lauren Makler

The WoMed

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Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Life Sciences

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In our first official episode with the Cofertility team, your hosts are joined by CEO and Co-founder Lauren Makler to talk about all the amazing things the company is doing, showcasing exactly why D and Jac knew they needed to work with them. First, Danielle provides an update on their egg freezing journey, including a delay caused by the discovery that she is severely anaemic. Lauren also opens up about her health and fertility struggles, and shares what Cofertility is doing to address the access issue around egg freezing with Freeze by Co's Keep and Split programs—the latter offering people the opportunity to freeze for free if they donate half to a family that can’t otherwise conceive. They discuss the large-scale financial issue with egg freezing, and the lack of diversity amongst egg donors. Plus, they touch on the stigma involved with egg donation being rooted in cash compensation, and a 2021 Harvard study that found donor conceived individuals struggle with the idea that their parents paid for their conception. Lauren is adamant about raising awareness—not fear mongering—and we are honored to be joined by her today as she shares Cofertility’s mission to make egg freezing more accessible. To learn more, visit https://cofertility.co/womed and take the quiz to see if you're eligible for free egg freezing: https://cofertility.co/womedquiz. Be sure to follow @freezebyco and @laurenmakler and check out @freezebyco on TikTok! Thanks to our amazing sponsors for making this episode possible: PrettyLitter — Go to PrettyLitter.com/womed to save 20% on your first order Seed — Visit seed.com/WOMED and use code WOMED to redeem 20% off your first month of Seed’s DS-01® Daily Synbiotic. If you haven’t already, please follow, rate, and review the podcast, follow us on Instagram @TheWoMed and check out womedpodcast.com. Plus, give us a follow on TikTok @thewomedpodcast. Be sure to follow your hosts personally @dmmaltby and @jackiethefnp and be sure to check out @riothealers! WoMed Cover Art — Makeup: Annelise Carey, MUA/LME @annelisemua & Photography: Brooke Boling @honorcreative Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:05.1	Jack, did you know the most popular time to conceive is November through January?
0:10.0	Hang on.
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