Dr Natalie Crawford

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unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver · Toxins, Stress, and What They're Doing to Your Hormones with a Top Reproductive Endocrinologist · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

But that's why some women have to do many, many cycles.

If you were an average 30-year-old, I could do one cycle and get 20 eggs.

It's hugely different.

That's why egg freezing is easier when you are younger and you have more eggs.

And in general, their egg quality is going to be better.

But it really does depend on how many eggs that you have and your future family goal to know...

Should you do it?

Is it worth it for you?

If we look at population-based data and cost, which I don't think is always the best way to make a decision, but in cost-effectiveness studies, looking at is this money good for you to spend because the odds that you will need them is going to increase.

For a woman who's 32 to 34 and not ready to start her family yet and wants more than one child, it is cost-effective to freeze her eggs.

So, you know, young 30s is a good time because you'll tend to get a good grouping of eggs.

and you know you're not ready to be in a position to try them.

But your 20s are even better.

If you know you want to have kids, and specifically if you don't have a partner or you're on a crazy career path like we are, putting eggs in the freezer when you have more of them and they are of better quality is going to give you not just a peace of mind, but an opportunity for later.

It's not a guarantee those eggs will turn into a baby, but it is going to dramatically change what your family planning will look like, specifically if you want to have more than one child.

If I tell you the odds of getting pregnant naturally at age 30, 20% per month.

At age 35, it's 11 to 12% per month.

At 38, it's 5% per month.

And at 40, it's less than 3% per month.

Again, that's not zero and that's not everybody and people will have success, but you can see why it's markedly harder at that age.

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