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Who freezes her eggs is about 38, and her chance of a live birth from those eggs is 39%. cbs s nikki battiste follows one woman s journey. i know that i want kids one day. reporter: erin hanley was 33 when she decided to freeze her eggs, a process that requires around two weeks of hormone shots. i like to do this little bit of ice. reporter: the hormones stimulate follicles in a woman s ovaries to produce multiple eggs. once the eggs have grown enough, they are surgically removed, only around 80% are typically mature enough to be frozen. they retrieved 20, and then they ended up freezing 14. reporter: about 30% will go on to become viable embryos, but not all the embryos will lead to pregnancy. whatever you freezing eggs, you always have to remember that 14 eggs will not equate to 14 babies. reporter: dr. rachel mcconnell, a reproductive endocrinologist at