Egg freezing is popular among single and married women of childbearing age
The impact of delayed marriage and pregnancy on domestic women
Expected to use “pregnancy preparation measures and treatments for various diseases”
There is also a warning that “the chance of pregnancy may not be 100%.”
American broadcaster and lawyer Seo Dong-ju, who recently revealed that he had undergone ‘egg freezing’ surgery. /Photo = Provided by Women’s Hospital Bundang CHA
“I have no plans to get married or get pregnant at the moment, but I might have a child in the future.”
American broadcaster and lawyer Seo Dong-ju, known as ’41-year-old single’, said‘Egg Freezing’“I decided to do it,” he said. He recently visited the infertility center at Women’s Hospital Bundang CHA, took a fertility test, and froze his eggs. Mr. Seo said, “Egg freezing is not only for pregnancy and childbirth, but also used as a treatment for diseases caused by aging in the distant future “I thought it was a good decision after hear the opinion of experts that could be used,” he said.
Recently, domestic women’s interest in egg freezing procedures seems to have increased. According to keyword analysis website Some Trend, the number of online references to ‘egg freezing’ increased by 134.52% over the past month from the 1st of the last month to the 10th of the last month compared to the previous year. Experts analyzed this as a result of the delay in marriage and pregnancy and the increase in the number of infertility patients.
Booking a popular doctor’s appointment ‘pops stars in the sky’… Single and married women are ‘interested’
Images to help you understand the article. /Photo = Getty Image Bank Egg freezing refers to freezing and storing healthy eggs when they are young in order to prepare for future pregnancy and birth. In Korea, Cha Hospital was the first to develop the vitrified egg freezing method in 1998 and created the first egg bank in the world. In the past, egg freezing was mainly used to prevent a decline in egg function in female patients who needed to have their ovaries removed due to chemotherapy or ovarian disease.
However, experts explain that recently, due to the influence of late marriage, young women use it mainly to preserve their fertility. According to Cha Hospital 30 Egg Bank statistics, the number of egg freezing procedures in this hospital was only 33 in 2014. However, since 2021, more than 1,000 cases of egg storage by single women are carried out every year, and women’s interest in this treatment is constantly increasing.
You can also find quite a few posts about people deciding to freeze their eggs in online communities where married and single women gather. Treatment by popular specialists is said to be so popular that it is difficult to make an appointment. A woman in her late 30s who said she was a dual-income couple who hadn’t made plans for children said, “I’m thinking about whether I should freeze my eggs,” but also admitted, “I’m worried because of the cost more than I expected.”
As the price of egg freezing is not cheap, it was not easy to make a decision about it. Currently, egg freezing is an unprotected procedure that is not covered by health insurance. The amount varies depending on the hospital, but the average is around 4 to 5 million won. This includes superovulation induction injections, ultrasound examination fees, egg collection fees, and frozen storage fees, but the costs are found to vary depending on the number of eggs collected, the storage period, etc.
“Egg freezing will be a way to prepare for pregnancy and a treatment for diseases”… expert opinion
Images to help you understand the article. /Photo = News 1 Experts predict that egg freezing can be used not only as a preparation for future pregnancy, but that it can also be used as a treatment for various diseases. Shin Ji-eun, a professor at the Fertility Center at CHA Bundang Women’s Hospital, said, “If you have no immediate plans to get married even after the age of 30, or if you suspect that an operation ovarian function has decreased regardless of your age, you will have fertility. testing and storing eggs around the age of 35 is a good way to prepare for future pregnancies. He predicted, “Egg storage is used for pregnancy and childbirth, but in the future, with the development of stem cell treatments using eggs, it could be used to treat diseases caused by aging.”
Kim Jae-yeon, president of the Korean Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said, “Access to egg freezing and public opinion have become better than in the past,” adding, “As the age at which Korean women are having a child first decreases. , local governments need to pay more attention and expand support for related surgeries.” “There is,” he emphasized. He added, “Egg freezing is one of the ways to solve the problem of increasing pregnancy at older ages and delaying childbearing.”
However, Chairman Kim warned that egg freezing needs to be considered carefully as it does not lead to a ‘100% chance of a successful pregnancy’. He said, “There are cases where the success rate of pregnancy is not higher than natural pregnancy, and the age at which surgery is performed also plays an important role.” He added, “Egg freezing does not mean that the chance of miscarriage is reduced, so each person must consider different conditions such as physical condition before making a decision. “You have to do it,” he advised.
Kim Se-rin, Hankyung.com reporter celine@hankyung.com
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