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The pandemic presents new factors to consider when deciding whether or not to freeze your eggs.
Freezing your eggs is a big decision under normal circumstances. During the COVID-19 pandemic, however, it may feel even more confusing as you take new factors into consideration.
There are questions about whether it’s safe to visit fertility clinics, if this is a particularly good or bad time for egg freezing, how the pandemic has shifted family planning timelines, coronavirus precautions to take and more.
“While egg freezing is not a guarantee, it does provide women with more reproductive options,” said Dr. Salli Tazuke, an OB-GYN specializing in reproductive endocrinology and infertility and the co-founder of CCRM Fertility San Francisco.