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Frozen eggs are called the only regret medicine in the world.
With the increase of age, women’s ovaries are gradually aging, the quantity and quality of eggs are getting worse, and the infertility rate, abortion rate and the risk of abnormal fetus will increase. In order to solve this problem, frozen egg technology was born.
Frozen eggs came into public view because of Xu Jinglei. In the early years, in an interview with Lu Yu, Xu Jinglei admitted that she went to the United States to freeze eggs. She said, "It’s too easy. You can leave such precious things without doing anything. Why not do it twice?"
The picture comes from "Lu Yu You Yue"
Over the years, there have been reports in the media that single women have been refused frozen eggs.
Since the first "frozen egg case" in China in 2019, a large number of public opinions supporting single women have been spreading, and frozen eggs are obviously not a niche demand.
The picture is from The New York Times.
When the domestic policy becomes more and more restrictive, the outbound "assisted reproduction" market becomes hotter and hotter, and the tide of consumption upgrading driven by technology also comes from the complete change of individuals’ cognition of life reproduction.
It is precisely because of realizing the "benefits" of frozen eggs that more and more women want to buy this "regret medicine". Some of them have not found a suitable partner, some are not ready for childbirth, and some have poor ovarian function … But behind frozen eggs, there is actually the responsibility and love of contemporary women for bearing offspring.
Frozen eggs, also known as "frozen eggs"
The picture comes from the Internet.
31-year-old beauty blogger broadcasts frozen eggs live:
"Save the seeds of hope while you are young."
Molly is a famous travel blogger in Weibo. He is 31 years old. In 2019, she broadcasted the whole process of freezing her eggs live on Weibo.
"If you have a boyfriend, why do you still go to freeze eggs?" In the face of questions from fans, she replied, "I want to be a mother, but not now."
Molly Molly
Image from @ molly Molly
About two years ago, Molly was often urged to get married and gave birth, and she often considered the issue of fertility:
"Before the future children arrive, I will try my best to meet the standards of a mother, including economic aspects, how to understand the needs of children, communicate, set a good example, and how to communicate and cooperate with my partner."
She wants to get everything ready before welcoming the baby, but the ovary waits for no one. 25 -30 years old is the best childbearing age, and it is too late when she is ready.
It is out of responsibility for future children that she wants to freeze eggs. "Save the seeds of hope while you are young."
Image from @ molly Molly
When she showed her ideas to her parents and boyfriends, they couldn’t understand and even strongly opposed them. It took Molly two years to convince her family and boyfriend.
She spent a lot of energy in persuading this matter. At first, she told her parents, "I don’t want children at all", then slowly transitioned to "I can adopt children" and finally told her parents that "I can freeze eggs". After slowly lowering her parents’ psychological expectations, she finally achieved "understanding".
So, her "frozen egg trip" finally took place.
Before taking eggs, women need to take and inject ovulation-promoting drugs to make multiple follicles develop in advance. Molly first had a B-ultrasound in the Shanghai hospital and sent the report to the American doctor. Then the doctor filled the medicine according to her actual situation, and Molly himself injected it on time.
Every morning at 9 o’clock, she gives herself an injection.
Molly gives himself injections on time every day.
Image from @ molly Molly
In addition, in order to keep the ovaries in the best condition and discharge the best eggs, she went to bed on time before 12 o’clock every day for three months before taking eggs, went to the gym for running and fitness, and maintained aerobic exercise for half an hour.
Image from @ molly Molly
Molly called eggs "eggs"
She insisted on running for the sake of "eggs"
Image from @ molly Molly
Even, she has made preparations for raising a baby in the future, and she carefully pays attention to the communication between parents and children around her.
While running by the river, Molly met a father and daughter. The daughter wanted to do something, but her father didn’t agree. Dad lured his daughter to the place he wanted her to go with a lollipop, but ignored her real needs. Molly thought, "This is not right. I don’t want to be such a mother. She still has a lot to learn in parenting. " /Image from @ molly Molly
After several weeks of drug ovulation, Molly’s left and right ovarian follicles add up to more than 30, and the number has met the surgical requirements.
She ended her treatment in Shanghai and came to the United States to prepare for the final egg retrieval operation.
Image from @ molly Molly
When she arrived in the United States, Molly was both excited and anxious. She had a series of tests, such as blood drawing, B-ultrasound and preoperative physical examination.
On the screen of B-ultrasound, she couldn’t help laughing when she saw the unformed egg. "The first time others saw B-ultrasound, they looked at the baby. I looked at the unformed egg."
Image from @ molly Molly
After three months of preparation, we finally reached the most critical step: taking eggs. Under the guidance of B-ultrasound, the doctor inserted a long needle into the vagina, penetrated into the ovary, and sucked out the follicles containing eggs.
Image from @ Secondshot
The operation lasted about half an hour because of anesthesia.
Molly felt no physical pain.
Image from @ molly Molly
The operation was very successful. The doctor successfully removed 17 eggs from Molly’s body, including 8 high-quality eggs that can be frozen. Only 2 eggs can be successfully "thawed" into fertilized eggs and make her pregnant.
These eggs will be frozen in a liquid nitrogen tank at MINUS 196 degrees Celsius. There they will go into a "dormant" state and stop their metabolism until one day, when Molly is ready to give birth, they will be taken out and thawed.
Liquid nitrogen tank in oocyte cryopreservation
Image from BILIBILI
Although there are only two babies who will be called future babies, Molly is very satisfied. She feels that when the child was an "egg", she had fallen in love with him deeply.
After the release of "Frozen Egg" Vlog, many netizens praised it, and left messages saying "I feel the same way" and "I feel deeply touched" and "Come on, you will definitely be a good mother in the future."
Image from @ molly Molly
In order to catch the golden period of the egg
She embarked on a difficult road.
Like Molly, 31-year-old Xu Zaozao wants to be a good mother in the future. She is a new media practitioner and has been drifting in the North for many years.
Xu Zaozao (first from the right) was interviewed by the media.
The picture comes from the wind video
When she was 30 years old, she had some anxiety. She could obviously feel the slow metabolism and began to gain weight.
At that stage, she had no boyfriend and her career was on the rise. In order to give herself a "baby insurance", she had heard of "frozen eggs" and she had the idea of freezing eggs.
She consulted a medical intermediary, and the price of freezing eggs in the United States was 100,000-200,000 RMB. "It is not so realistic for me to suddenly take out so much money."
Image from China News Service
Later, Xu Zaozao found a message: Experts estimated that the cost of domestic freezing was about 20,000 yuan.
So, she went to Beijing Maternity Hospital affiliated to Capital Medical University to consult about frozen eggs and had a physical examination. The examination results met the requirements for frozen eggs. Just as Xu Zaozao was happy, the doctor asked, "Are you married now?"
Image from China News Service
After learning that Xu Zaozao was unmarried, the female doctor immediately rejected Xu Zaozao’s request for frozen eggs. "Frozen eggs for unmarried women are not supported in China." The female doctor also persuaded: "Do you want to get married? Hurry to have children. "
"Unmarried boys can go for sperm freezing, but girls are not allowed to oocyte cryopreservation. I want to leave a guarantee in the golden age of eggs, why not? " Xu Zao Zao felt very angry.
She said: "I don’t agree with the fact that women’s right to make their own choices has been naturally abolished."
Egg simulation diagram
Image from @ Phoenix. com
After careful consideration, she took the hospital to court for violating "general personality rights" (including reproductive rights, that is, the right to freely choose fertility and the right to freely choose fertility methods).
The lawyer told Xu Zaozao that he was not sure of winning the case, but Xu Zaozao insisted on appealing. Before the trial, she also sent 63 letters to the NPC deputies, but none of them received a reply.
On December 23, 2019, the "Frozen Egg Case" was opened. This case has aroused widespread concern from all walks of life. Before the trial, many media came to the scene. In front of the media, Xu Zaozao felt that "I have a feeling of standing with single women or women who are willing to give birth".
Xuzaozao (pseudonym)
The picture is from World Chinese Weekly.
During the debate during the trial, the defendant’s lawyer mentioned three points:
First, frozen eggs will delay the time for women to give birth, which will widen the age difference between parents and children, resulting in "menopause hitting adolescence".
Second, the ability of single-parent families to resist social risks is generally low.
The third is the risk of surgery. The first is the risk of anesthesia, and the second is that the gynecological examination in China is responsible for single women. (Generally) it is impossible to perform vaginal puncture surgery on unmarried women.
Xu Zaozao’s lawyer retorted: "Now that the divorce rate is so high, the number of single-parent families will increase, which should not let single births and frozen eggs take the blame. Regarding the risk, it can actually be solved by providing a preoperative risk notice. "
Image from interface news
On the day of the court session, Liang Jianzhang, founder and demographer of Ctrip, and Zhan Qingyun, doctor of law of Harvard University published an article entitled "The Right of Freezing Eggs of Single Women" to support Xu Zaozao. "The current law in China does not prohibit the reproductive rights of single women, so it is reasonable to respect the right of some capable women to choose another way to raise children."
As of today, the court has not pronounced a verdict, and Xu Zaozao is still waiting for the result.
After the media exposure, she was also under some pressure. Some people said, "Why did you sue the hospital? The hospital was also very wronged." "Are you a good lever? Why do you have to insist?"
However, Xu Zaozao insists on herself. "I just strive for women’s right to choose independently. If I lose, I will appeal again. I want to try all kinds of methods that I can try. After all, I have come here. "
It’s not easy to choose this road. She spent a lot of energy, time and money just trying to get a guarantee.
She said: "There are also many people who come to share the frozen egg experience with me, and they will encourage me. That is the resonance between women!" Everyone wants to guarantee future fertility in the golden age of eggs. "
Frozen eggs, to a certain extent, come from women’s sense of crisis about their fertility.
In Asia, a woman’s fertility is very important to her family. If she is unable to have children after marriage, she is likely to encounter a great family crisis.
The black line in the picture above represents the pregnancy rate.
It is true that in the biological sense of the school-age childbearing stage, friends around you will fall into various entanglements, and behind these troubles, the message of "not ready" is revealed.
Under the fast pace of modern society, we have not had time to understand all kinds of love and work, so we are pushed to the choice of marriage and childbirth by life.
Perhaps in this sense, "frozen eggs" are opening more possibilities for women’s life course?
Oocyte cryopreservation laboratory
Image source: Thumb worm
Frozen eggs are not necessarily "regret medicine", but as ordinary women, we are encouraged by various frozen egg stories that people don’t have to force themselves to arrange "when to do things".
Modern women are already too difficult, why not give them one more choice?
The purpose of choice is to make life more colorful. No matter what kind of life we choose, as long as we can bear the consequences, there is no right or wrong.
Source: Phoenix Video, Wind Video, @ molly Molly, WeChat official account Molly Luanbu, bilibili, etc.
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Author: Zhi Zhi, the elite says the author. Elite is a gathering place for global elites and international students. Publish frontier information at home and abroad every day, where there are new knowledge of studying abroad, elite stories and street visits in the United States.
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