Dr. Lucky Sekhon

And there's a lot of people walking around that never make it through my clinic door that were able to get pregnant in their late 30s or their early 40s.

But you don't want to sugarcoat things and be overly reassuring.

And that's why you say, OK, try on your own.

you know I had someone come in today who was like I'm 42 and you know I she froze eggs with me and then she actually came back with a partner she froze eggs at 38 and she froze a good number like 20 or more and she came back with her partner a few years later and was like we're not ready yet but I really would like to know if those eggs are viable because an egg is a single cell and you can't test it you can't really assess you're just hoping for the best as long as you have enough

You're doing the math and thinking, how many normally thaw?

How many normally fertilize?

We went through that exercise of talking about how inefficient everything is.

And she froze enough, but she didn't really know.

But then she had a partner, and she was like, I'm ready to commit to the sperm and turning the eggs into embryos.

And we did it and there was a lot of attrition, but we ended up with like four or five normal healthy embryos.

And I said, well, now that we know they're healthy because they've been tested, because you can actually biopsy and remove some of the outer cells without hurting it.

And we can get that definitive information.

And an embryo thaws really well, like 98% of the time.

and a 60 to 70 chance of live birth is pretty good yeah and you have enough that i think you're in a good position and we were talking about that and she said well now i'm 42 she came back in today and she said we're probably going to start trying like next year she was 41 going to be 42 next year should i just come back and use these embryos right away and i was like listen why don't you just try on your own and if after three months it hasn't happened then we'll talk about it and

And then maybe we use an embryo.

And I said these words.

And the husband laughed out loud.

And I was like, maybe I shouldn't have said that.

But I was like, maybe at that point, we should just get out of Dodge and get you pregnant.

And I'm like, that's how I think.