Call for young women over eggs

Women thinking of delaying motherhood should freeze their eggs while they are still young enough, a fertility expert has said.

Those in a position to have children at the right time should be encouraged to do so, but more needed to be done to help those forced to delay getting pregnant, Dr Gillian Lockwood said.

This might include women who have not met the right partner, who care for elderly parents or who are in a poor financial position, she added.

Such women might delay having children until their late 30s or early 40s but their best childbearing years have already passed them by.

Speaking ahead of her talk at the British Fertility Society (BFS) conference in Glasgow, Dr Lockwood, who works at Midland Fertility Services, added: “The last thing I want to do is to encourage any young woman who wants to be a mother and is in a position to do so from starting a family because she thinks technology will save her.

“But a lot of women in their early to mid-30s want to become mothers but are not in a position to do it now.

“I think it’s important that they know this technology is available.”

Source: Ananova