Would You Freeze Your Eggs If Your Boss Told You To?
Sounds crazy, but some bosses (like Diane Sawyer!) actually encourage it.
By Sarah Yang for TheBump.com
Vitrification (a technique for freezing unfertilized eggs) has become a popular thing among career-driven, busy women who aren't ready to have a baby but want one eventually. It's so popular, in fact, that even bosses are encouraging it! According to Newsweek, news anchor Diane Sawyer sends her hard-working employees (who have a difficult time getting away from the office to meet a partner and have kids) to New York University's Fertility Center.
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Women have been flocking to fertility clinics because they aren't ready to have children yet but want to at some point, and some are even sent by their well-meaning parents who want to be grandparents one day. This procedure doesn't come cheap, though. It's around $15,000 for one cycle, where 10 to 20 eggs are frozen -- leaving career-focused women who are on a budget with fewer options.
But what exactly are the pros and cons to your boss encouraging you to freeze your eggs? Here are a couple we came up with:
Pro: Your boss actually does care about you!
Con: Your boss cares, but she's not going to make your workload lighter so you can have free time to meet the man of your dreams and have babies anytime soon.
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Pro: Your boss knows you're committed to your job and that you work hard.
Con: While your boss knows you're focused, she's not expecting you to slow down until you're 40-plus and ready to unfreeze your eggs.
Pro: It means you're close enough with your boss that she feels it's okay to give you some pretty personal advice.
Con: Um, she's giving you advice about your reproductive organs. You might be spending half of your year-end review discussing in detail how they froze your eggs. Awkward.
Pro: Your boss will probably be sending you to a reputable clinic -- she's got all the connections.
Con: She's probably not going to pay for it.
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