Your body has fewer eggs as you age
Most women are born with about two million eggs, which are stored deep in the ovaries in small water balloon-like pockets called follicle cysts. As you age, your eggs age with you and deplete throughout your lifetime.
"As an analogy, a dog year is 7:1 human years and an egg year is 2:1 human years," says Angeline Beltsos, MD, who is board certified in obstetrics and gynecology, reproductive endocrinology and infertility and CEO of Vios Fertility Institute in Chicago. "So, at 40 years old, the egg is like an 80-year-old person."
In other words, just like us, eggs begin to age, which results in a lower chance that they'll result in a pregnancy.
It's OK start thinking about freezing your eggs before age 35
Doctors and egg-freezing specialists say the best time to freeze your eggs is in your late 20s or early 30s, as this gives you the best chances of pregnancy later on. But even if you are in your late 30s or early 40s, you're still a candidate for egg freezing.
"If you are a healthy woman older than 38, do not wait to meet with an infertility doctor and consider freezing your eggs," advises Sherry Ross, MD, ob-gyn, author of She-ology: The Definitive Guide To Women's Intimate Health. Period. "Women older than 40 are still candidates for freezing, but their success rates in having a baby are less than 10 percent."
However, it's important to note that egg quality and quantity differ from person to person. "A yield from egg freezing cycle depends on a number of things—your age, medical history, how you respond to medications, etc.," says Dr. Thornton. "But, statistically speaking, a woman who freezes 15 eggs at age 30 has about a 30 percent chance of giving birth to a child if she uses these eggs, while a woman who freezes 25 eggs at age 30 has about a 40 percent chance of giving birth to a child. (Here's what every woman needs to know about her fertility.)
Everything You Need to Know About Freezing Your Eggs, Source:https://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-you/girlfriends-guide/freezing-your-eggs/
