Jessica Schaefer

And my doctor's, oh, you have the fertility of a 26 year old. You should just go get pregnant. And I said, that's not actually the point. It's not that I can't get pregnant. It's that I haven't found the person that I want to get pregnant yet with. So the first egg freezing, it was 15,000. But again, I'll have to do it a few more times.

Sure. So when you're going through the process, you have to take anywhere from one to three shots a night. So it can be very confusing and you have them all in your refrigerator. And so I accidentally took the trigger shot, which releases the eggs. And so basically I had 28 eggs.

Sure. So when you're going through the process, you have to take anywhere from one to three shots a night. So it can be very confusing and you have them all in your refrigerator. And so I accidentally took the trigger shot, which releases the eggs. And so basically I had 28 eggs.

Sure. So when you're going through the process, you have to take anywhere from one to three shots a night. So it can be very confusing and you have them all in your refrigerator. And so I accidentally took the trigger shot, which releases the eggs. And so basically I had 28 eggs.

And then when my doctor figured out what had gone wrong, he basically was like, okay, you can just do the entire process all over again. And I thought, that's crazy. One, I had spent a lot of money, but two, more importantly, it was my body and my time. And so it just felt like it was a bit of a cattle call. Oh, well, let's just go in for round two. They just turn around and do it all over again.

And then when my doctor figured out what had gone wrong, he basically was like, okay, you can just do the entire process all over again. And I thought, that's crazy. One, I had spent a lot of money, but two, more importantly, it was my body and my time. And so it just felt like it was a bit of a cattle call. Oh, well, let's just go in for round two. They just turn around and do it all over again.

And then when my doctor figured out what had gone wrong, he basically was like, okay, you can just do the entire process all over again. And I thought, that's crazy. One, I had spent a lot of money, but two, more importantly, it was my body and my time. And so it just felt like it was a bit of a cattle call. Oh, well, let's just go in for round two. They just turn around and do it all over again.

It's a little defeating. Yeah.

It's a little defeating. Yeah.

It's a little defeating. Yeah.

Sure. I had a lot of girlfriends who had done it and they were all, oh, I'll come to your house and help you with the shots. And I thought that was just a little bit weird. strange. Like one, not that I didn't trust them. I just felt like a doctor should be doing it. I shouldn't be doing it. They shouldn't be doing it.

Sure. I had a lot of girlfriends who had done it and they were all, oh, I'll come to your house and help you with the shots. And I thought that was just a little bit weird. strange. Like one, not that I didn't trust them. I just felt like a doctor should be doing it. I shouldn't be doing it. They shouldn't be doing it.

Sure. I had a lot of girlfriends who had done it and they were all, oh, I'll come to your house and help you with the shots. And I thought that was just a little bit weird. strange. Like one, not that I didn't trust them. I just felt like a doctor should be doing it. I shouldn't be doing it. They shouldn't be doing it.

So that was a little bit strange, but also you reach this peak of your career, but then you think that you're going to be married or you think that things are going to be different and now you're freezing your eggs. And so I think the process, there isn't a lot of community around it and there's so much opportunity to just change the way that it is now.

So that was a little bit strange, but also you reach this peak of your career, but then you think that you're going to be married or you think that things are going to be different and now you're freezing your eggs. And so I think the process, there isn't a lot of community around it and there's so much opportunity to just change the way that it is now.

So that was a little bit strange, but also you reach this peak of your career, but then you think that you're going to be married or you think that things are going to be different and now you're freezing your eggs. And so I think the process, there isn't a lot of community around it and there's so much opportunity to just change the way that it is now.

Yeah, it was an interesting time in my career because I had just sold my company and I had an earn out. So basically you're expected to stay. And that time when you sell a company, it's very intense. And now I had a boss for the first time and I can't tell you how long. So I... for sure was not used to that. And he didn't act, you know, he didn't really understand the egg freezing process.

Yeah, it was an interesting time in my career because I had just sold my company and I had an earn out. So basically you're expected to stay. And that time when you sell a company, it's very intense. And now I had a boss for the first time and I can't tell you how long. So I... for sure was not used to that. And he didn't act, you know, he didn't really understand the egg freezing process.

Yeah, it was an interesting time in my career because I had just sold my company and I had an earn out. So basically you're expected to stay. And that time when you sell a company, it's very intense. And now I had a boss for the first time and I can't tell you how long. So I... for sure was not used to that. And he didn't act, you know, he didn't really understand the egg freezing process.

So it's not something that feels natural to talk about. But I think that as women, we should be able to talk about it. We should feel more comfortable talking about it. And I think the workplace should make it so that it's not such a stigma and potentially give time off when you're going through this process, because you're also not supposed to be stressed. it decreases the quality of the eggs.