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Female egg freezing becoming national movement

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Companies such as Apple and Facebook are now offering egg freezing in insurance plans Companies such as Apple and Facebook are now offering egg freezing in insurance plans

What if you're a woman in your twenties and you want a family, but you haven't found Mr. Right yet?

One solution is becoming your own egg donor with egg freezing, so you'll have a better chance of becoming a mom, even if you find the 'one' a little later than you planned.

Egg freezing is becoming a national movement among young, professional women.

The procedure is growing in popularity so much companies like Apple and Facebook are starting to cover it in their insurance plans.

Amy Anderson is 29 and is considering freeze her eggs.

“I got out of a failed long-term relationship,” said Anderson. “It was kind of like, crap, I am going to be 30 and I don't have someone who I am ready to have a family with yet.”

She's also moved around for her job, which is hurting her search for Mr. Right.

“There's been some jumping around,” said Anderson. “I have a stable job, but I've transferred a few times. I've relocated, so that's always a factor.”

According to Dr. Christine Mansfield, the procedure isn't as scary as most think.

“It's a minor procedure that literally takes about twenty minutes. The patient is asleep and comfortable. There's no incisions. You can go home and be back to work the next day."

Dr. Mansfield said the best time to do it is in your late twenties and early thirties, then your success rate is close to 50 percent.

Egg freezing is giving working women, like Amy, the ability to pause the clock so they still can have a family one day.

“I know that I'll have those eggs in the future to start a family,” said Anderson.

The Arizona Reproductive Institute will be having a egg freezing soiree this Friday at 6:30 pm at the Westward Look Resort.

They will be handing out information about egg freezing and doctors will be there answering questions.

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