You know you want kids, but you haven’t found the right person to share in this immense part of your life yet. Time waits for no man, so you have to ensure that when the right person comes along, you can still have kids. So then, what’s the next viable option? Of course! You’ve got to freeze your eggs.
There are many advantages to freezing your eggs, the most obvious one which is being able to have children in your later years especially when you’re 35+ years. So what does that have to do with improving your dating life?
Well according to research done by New York University’s Langone Medical Center, there’s something called ‘egg freezing effect’. The research was done to understand how women who choose to freeze their eggs in order to ensure reproduction later act and think in relation to dating. Results of the research showed that out of 224 participants, “¼ said OC changed their dating habits: feeling more relaxed, focused, less desperate and with more time to find the right partner.” (B. Hodes-Wertz)
Let’s take a closer look into what the study called the ‘egg freezing effect’.
- You Have Time to Find the Right Partner
Women have a biological clock that keeps them aware of how fast time is moving before they have kids. When this kind of pressure has a chokehold on you, you might end up making rushed dating decisions. Freezing your eggs allows you to take off the pressure of having kids while enjoying your dating life and taking the time to know potential partners properly.
In any case, if you’ve got a career going and you want to take control of your future fertility, freezing your eggs can be a great way to ensure you focus on your goals and become more relaxed. This way, you can make smarter decisions relative to your dating life about the suitability of a co-parent and life partner.
- You Learn to Live in the Now
The truth is that you’re more likely to make better decisions about your future when you’re not constantly worrying about it. Understanding and knowing that you have viable eggs frozen safely in a trusted medical institution and being taken care of by experts in the field will allow you to enjoy your dating life while being present.
You’re no longer worried about when you’re going to be fertile, or when you would have to start trying for a baby, or whether you would be expecting a baby during your engagement or wedding. Such worries are not the best foundation for a great romance.
- Taking Back Your Confidence
Taking the trajectory of your life into your own hands can be a confidence-boosting and empowering action. Here’s the thing, with egg-freezing comes a new degree of self-care. With the hormone treatments that come with the process, it’s no wonder that you have to take better care of yourself and ultimately, this translates into how you present yourself and show up physically. The more confident you feel about your decision, the better placed you are to take care of other parts of your life.
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