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I remember an old Robert Heinlein sci-fi book where people could have their kids at a young age (when they were most fertile and easily able to bear children), then freeze them, and thaw them out later in life when they were more financially and emotionally ready to deal with parenthood. I always thought it sounded like a great idea.
As someone who had my first child in my late '30s and had to deal with being labeled "advanced maternal age," and who has a good friend in her early '40s struggling to get pregnant, this sounds promising. When I was in my '20s, I was much too interested in my career and my love life to want to be a parent, but I was pretty sure I'd want to eventually. Luckily, when we finally decided to become parents, it wasn't too late -- but it certainly could have been. I think there's finally getting to be more awareness that, despite all these stories of celebrities having kids in their '40s, there is an expiration date on women's eggs. Maybe this is one solution.
I'm glad British fertility clinics are finally catching up with Christine Lavin, who wrote "Biological Time Bomb" what, 15 years ago?
For quite a while now, I've been trying to convince my husband to freeze down a few sperm samples and then have a vasectomy. No more birth control pills, no more fear of being the 1%, just a foolproof plan to prevent unplanned pregnancy.
