Lets look at logic.
Everyone made the jump that this meant having kids in 50.
Having kids at 35 with the eggs you could have had at 30 is also a viable option here.
This is saying hey, I can freeze my eggs NOW because I want to have kids in case something happens where I can't later in life, and I may as well use the younger, healthier eggs. So, this could mean "I want to have kids at 35-40, but I should freeze my eggs before most diseases start showing up around 30"
I'd also include this isn't a "Selfish" decision. If me working for 5 more years means that I can have the white picket fence house with the perfect school neighborhood for my child and the best early education, then why wouldn't I? The "costs" can also be in 5 years I'll have $50,000 college bond put away from my child that will effectively double by the time he or she is 18. That would be my reason for delaying kid, I want to know before I even have one the education money is saved away. So does that mean having the child at 30 and potentially risking giving my baby any education he or she wants? Or does this mean I say, hey, I can give me some time and know when I have this child I have her future secured away and I can just enjoy my time with her.
Additionally, I'd like to add if this article was "Men freezing sperm to avoid putting off fatherhood until they are older because the sperm they produce when they are younger is better" what would your thoughts be? Would it be men embracing the role of eventually becoming a father until they satisfied their career? Typical male putting career first? I would like to see that data for how we'd react and what jumps we would make.
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Lets look at logic. Everyone made the jump that this meant having kids in 50. Having kids at 35 with the eggs you could have had at 30 is also a viable option here. This is saying hey, I can freeze my eggs NOW because I want to have kids in case something happens where I can't later in life, and I may as well use the younger, healthier eggs. So, this could mean "I want to have kids at 35-40, but I should freeze my eggs before most diseases start showing up around 30" I'd also include this isn't a "Selfish" decision. If me working for 5 more years means that I can have the white picket fence house with the perfect school neighborhood for my child and the best early education, then why wouldn't I? The "costs" can also be in 5 years I'll have $50,000 college bond put away from my child that will effectively double by the time he or she is 18. That would be my reason for delaying kid, I want to know before I even have one the education money is saved away. So does that mean having the child at 30 and potentially risking giving my baby any education he or she wants? Or does this mean I say, hey, I can give me some time and know when I have this child I have her future secured away and I can just enjoy my time with her. Additionally, I'd like to add if this article was "Men freezing sperm to avoid putting off fatherhood until they are older because the sperm they produce when they are younger is better" what would your thoughts be? Would it be men embracing the role of eventually becoming a father until they satisfied their career? Typical male putting career first? I would like to see that data for how we'd react and what jumps we would make.