Doctors clash over fertility advice

A British fertility expert has clashed with a US specialist over when is the "right" time for single women who want children to resort to freezing their eggs.

Gillian Lockwood, medical director of Midland Fertility Services in Aldridge, near Birmingham, defended the practice despite US research showing that the average age of women seeking egg freezing for social reasons is between 37 and 39 - by which time their eggs are rapidly deteriorating.

A review of 26 studies to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in Orlando today has found that women who froze their eggs when they were under 30 had higher rates of success than those who were older.   Read Here

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