Fertility on ice
Katie, a 34-year-old single friend, recently presented her parents with a deal that could see them become grandparents one day.
Katie feels her biological clock is ticking. She wants to freeze her eggs while she is still reasonably fertile to maximise her chances of having a healthy baby. She doesn’t have a partner to build a family with but hopes she will have one in the future.
To afford the $10,000 cost of removing, freezing and storing her eggs, Katie convened a meeting with her parents, who have long been divorced, asking them to pay a third each. She would pay a
