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Egg-Freezing a Risky Way to Go

Low success rate makes it a 'gamble' for women wanting to delay motherhood

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 1, 2009 4:35 PM CST

(Newser) – British doctors are warning women in their 20s and 30s against freezing their eggs to have children later in life, the Telegraph reports. "The central issue is that it doesn't work very well," one doctor said. "The chance of a baby... Read full story »

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