Virginia fertility clinics are busy building family foundations. Author: Nicole Livas (13News Now) Published: 10:53 PM EDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 11:23 PM EDT May 12, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. A recent study showed more women decided to freeze their eggs during the pandemic for fertility treatment in months or years ahead.
Sheila, a Richmond physician, is one of those women. What I did know was at the time I was not ready for a child, I was pretty much focused on my professional development, she said.
Sheila said she started thinking about freezing her eggs when she turned 30 and time kept ticking. My friends reminded me: Hey, didn t you say you were going to do this? Sheila said. And I was like, Yeah, yeah, and then Covid hit and then I was stuck only working and I couldn t see my family, and suddenly I was 38!