Egg freezing, explained

Finally with Dr. Raina Patel · Aug 17, 2026 · 32m

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This week I'm answering the questions I get asked most about egg freezing, prompted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's announcement that she's freezing her eggs and her comment that there wasn't much good information out there. If that's true for a member of Congress with a staff and full access to care, it's true for the rest of us.

This is the version I'd give you if you were sitting across from me. The biology, the real numbers, the things that get oversold, and what the evidence…