Why Do People Typically Freeze Eggs Or Embroys?

There are several reasons. “People typically freeze eggs as a way to preserve their fertility,” Dr. Asima Ahmad, co-founder and chief medical officer of Carrot Fertility, tells Yahoo Life. “Though embryos can also be frozen for fertility preservation, there are several other reasons someone may choose to freeze embryos.”

Embryo freezing allows patients going through fertility treatments, for example, to store embryos for possible later use. “They may want the option of growing their family in the future and may choose to freeze embryos to use them at a later point in time to have children,”...