Women's eggs on ice for careers

[All for Women]

WOMEN will soon be able to delay having babies to establish their careers under a boldly controversial offer by Melbourne IVF doctors to freeze eggs for "social reasons".

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[ezmay]

I dont agree that women should be able to freeze eggs to have children later when they have no medical reasons to do so.
I was very dissapointed that the Sunday Herald Sun in melbourne ran this story on the front page and only gave a very small section in the middle for a story of a couple who miscarried at 17 weeks and were told that they had to take the fetus home and bury him in the backyard cos the law dosent recognise him as human until 20 weeks. They were given their child in a kidney dish uncovered and sent home with no grief counselling or support.
I found this to be a disgusting way to treat people who have just lost a child.

[Alexa]

I think it is a great idea, more options for women, I would love to be able to have children later at say 40 and to be able to store some of my eggs now, I would even be happy to pay to have them stored.

[Heather]

I don't like it because of the extra risks that are involved both to mother and baby, however if there is no law against it and the women can afford to pay upfront....nothing I say will change anything.

[ezmay]

I believe that there is a reason thet women go through menopause and its not so they can have IVF to have kids in their 50s.
I feel sorry for the kids born to 50 and 60 year old women. Can you imagine having your 78 y/o mum at your 18th.

[Cherie]

I think a lot of 50 and 60 year old women are looking and feeling a lot younger, just like when they were in their 30's . I think women are thinking younger as well, so I guess my answer is Tough if you are embarrassed about how your mum looks. As long as you can do the job, then do it.
I am like a mum to my 10 year old GD, I will be 71 when she turns 21.
I hope she will be as proud of me as I am of her.

[Patricia]

Medicine has come so far..and couples today want the house and the car and everything that comes with it BEFORE they have the children.

I guess this gives women another option that wasn't available to them before now and that has to be a positive thing.