Editor's note: This segment originally broadcast on April 16, 2021.
It’s still too soon to know all the ways the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reshape our decisions about life and family, but one facet is that many women have decided to protect their reproductive future by freezing their eggs .
About a decade ago, egg freezing was considered an experimental procedure. Today, it's a relatively common procedure thousands of women choose each year.
During the pandemic, the number of women electing to postpone pregnancy by freezing their eggs has surged . Why? And will their choices have a broader impact long term?
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Nina Resetkova , reproductive endocrinologist at Boston IVF
John Petrozza , director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Fertility Center
Nikki Richardson, former egg freezing patient
