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Should You Freeze Your Eggs to Preserve Your Fertility

Should You Freeze Your Eggs to Preserve Your Fertility

FromCreating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care


Should You Freeze Your Eggs to Preserve Your Fertility

FromCreating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

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Length:
74 minutes
Released:
Aug 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Advances in egg freezing in the last couple of years have been huge. Should you use egg freezing to allow you to wait to have children later? Is this technique reliable and safe?How much does it cost, and how expensive is storage? Host Dawn Davenport will interview Dr. Daniel Shapiro, Medical Director of Reproductive Biology Associates in Atlanta and Clinical Manager of My Egg Bank. He is board-certified in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility. She will also interview Dr. Pat Mc Shane, Associate Director of Fertility Preservation at the University of Colorado Hospital and has served as the President of the New England Fertility Society. Dr. McShane is also the Medical Director of The World Egg Bank.
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Released:
Aug 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode

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