Freeze eggs? Or no

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I have pcos and I'm 23 years old, my partner and I are worried we won't be able to have kids. Should I freeze my eggs? Im

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Is a medical professional telling you that you should freeze your eggs? I am confused why you would jump to that right away.

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Pcos doesn’t generally effect egg quality or ovarian reserve. Egg retrieval is a tough and expensive process as well, upwards of $10,000 often. And you are really young and haven’t indicated you’ve been trying for any significant amount of time. Unless a doctor is specifically suggesting this, or you have reason to think you won’t have kids besides just pcos, I’m not even sure why this is the conclusion you’d come to whatsoever.

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I'll be 20 in August, I've had pcos since age 14, pelvic inflammatory disease (unknown cause), family history of endometriosis (never been tested, but due to very painful and extremely heavy periods that cause my iron deficient anemia to worsen I think I should be tested), and I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism at the age of 10. I'm currently looking into freezing my eggs. I'm pretty sure early menopause is not genetically passed along but my mom started going through that change when she was 32, but I still want to look into freezing my eggs for later use.

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There’s medications that help people with pcos.
But knowing what I know now, I encourage anyone, pcos or not to inquire about egg freezing by a certain age, thinking 30. I would wait a few years then decide. But if a doctor is suggesting it, hear them out and get a second opinion to make a clear decision

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I wouldn’t. You have so much time to try so many different things. Maybe if you’ve had no luck by the time you turn 30. PCOS doesn’t mean you’re infertile. Plenty of women with PCOS have kids. I didn’t start tying until my 30s and just needed to take letrozole and now I have 2 kids.

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I have lots of friends who have gotten pregnant with letrozole or clomid with pcos. I would try that route first especially because you are so young

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