The Price of Parenthood: How Egg Freezing Works

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Egg freezing lets would-be parents put their plans on ice. But is it a realistic option for everyone? In the third episode of our nerdy deep dive into the price of parenthood, Sean and Ronita explore when egg freezing is a good option for parents — and how much it really costs. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:15.0	Did you have sex? Did you have sex?
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0:30.5	Workplace benefits have come a long way over the last decades.
0:34.6	Safe to say that until recently, it would have been unheard of for companies to help
0:38.6	cover one form of fertility planning. To be able to freeze your eggs for any reason, I think is a
0:45.2	pretty new thing in the benefit world. I've been putting money away, but I was thinking more
0:51.0	long-term thing. But hearing that that was an added benefit at work made me
0:55.9	really kind of turn on the jets of thinking about it more.
1:15.0	Welcome to Nerdwollat Smart Money Podcast. I'm Sean Piles.
1:17.2	And I'm Ronita Chodery Wade.
1:22.0	We're on to the third episode of our nerdy deep dive into the cost of parenthood.
1:26.0	And Renita, we talk a lot on the show about preparing for the future, right?
1:27.6	Prepare for your retirement. Prepare for kids' college fund. But this week, we're taking preparation to the next level.
1:32.8	Yes, we are. We are preparing to procreate, perhaps sometime in the future.
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