What no one tells you about freezing your eggs | Natalie Lampert | TEDxBoulder
Ovaries. Most women have two; journalist Natalie Lampert has only one. Then, in her early twenties, she almost lost it, along with her ability to ever have biological children. Doctors urged her to freeze her eggs, and Lampert started asking questions.
What was once science fiction is now simply science: Fertility can be frozen in time. Hundreds of thousands of women worldwide have opted to freeze their eggs. Along with IVF, egg freezing is touted as a way for women to “have it all” by conquering their biological clocks, in line with the global trend of delaying pregnancy and motherhood. A generation after the Pill, this revolutionary technology offers a new kind of freedom for women. But does egg freezing give women real agency or just the illusion of it?
It’s never been so important for a person with ovaries to understand their body, their options, and their reproductive autonomy. But when it comes to women’s health, many of those options-especially technologies that promise control over something like fertility-aren’t all what they seem to be. In this powerful talk, Lampert explains why.
Natalie Lampert is an award-winning journalist and the author of THE BIG FREEZE: A Reporter’s Personal Journey into the World of Egg Freezing and the Quest to Control Our Fertility (Random House, 2024). A former Fulbright scholar, she has written for The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, The Guardian, and The Washington Post, among other publications. She has a master’s degree in journalism from New York University and has received fellowships and grants from Investigative Reporters & Editors, the Logan Nonfiction program, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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incredible talk. incredibly well researched and informed. this has me thinking quite a lot..
I can't wait to read your book! You've clearly unpacked so much on this vital topic.
powerful message , i hope loads more get to see and understands her message.
I was eating breakfast and thought the title was about freezing chicken eggs! 🐔🥚🍳 😹
3 ай бұрын
me too from beginning :D haha
@morelyfrancis2284
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂Lol
I was 22 when I was told I wouldn't ever get pregnant, with no solid explanation why. I did have 2 babies, that I nearly died from the complications of pregnancy in my mid twenties. I had 2 miscarriages in my early 30's and am very much done having anymore children.
Great insights. Thanks for sharing
I'm interresting about your videos and your platform because it's very good❤❤
I think should put title for this speech is: "How women gain their freedom?". Thank you for your wonderful talks.
@zayn659
3 ай бұрын
That's called TEMPORARY ESCAPE not Freedom
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
@zayn659 said the person whose never been infertile. Sit down.
Q: “Am I settling…??” A: Get off social media. Egg freezing and fertility treatments are a business. Businesses will always market the upside of their products. Educate yourself before making any life changing commitments. Otherwise regret and heartache is right around the corner.
I myself have considered egg freezing but for a totally different reason. I actually have a wonderful partner for almost 9 years now and we want to get married soon - but we currently don't want to have children and aren't sure if we want any at all (we're currently both 30 years old). And yes, maybe we will decide to never have kids - everything inside me is screaming "No! You will maybe love your children, but you will not love motherhood and everything that comes with it." But there's still this little voice inside my head telling me: "Maybe you'll think completely different about children in 6 years". That the actual chances of having a child of those frozen eggs are so little was unknown to me until now - but I'm still considering it because I would be angry at myself if I wouldn't have used this opportunity while I could.
@ryancooper1144
3 ай бұрын
Good luck in the future but her message was powerful, to not rely on egg freezing and other treatments cause they are just businesses and Businesses will always market the upside of their products.
That's not freedom, it is a temporary escape.
Doesn't the new decision in AL about the viability of IVF call all of this into question? I know that these are not fertilized eggs, but eggs that are fertilized outside of the womb will be considered persons, and no clinic or company will want to be legally liable for the transfer. Assurance goes poof, at least for women in the South. Again.
So great😍🥰
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For the vast majority of women, the reality is you must either choose career or family. Trying to do both most likely means you will not reach your full potential in either, simply because of the limitations of time and biology. Making all this effort to fight your natural biological processes is folly.
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
A woman alone has no choice but career.
So, what is the message?
@zeinebmouhamed468
3 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 We need someone to explain to us what is her message ?🥲
@hannesRSA
3 ай бұрын
Yes I'm not watching this
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
It's 13 minutes.
TEDx has ended up being a self-promoting platform. Disappointing
@angelos1446
3 ай бұрын
@@Smethells2023it happens a lot in businesses, but TEDx used to be about ideas and substance. Nowadays it feels like it has got out of its tracks and it has lost most of its magic.
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
God forbid infertile women should have hope.
Every body is different. I know a lot of women 50y old totaly normal pregnancy and also 20y old who cant have children. It's in our genetics. If you don't have good genetic you are not ment to reproduce. Unfortunately that is something we cant control.ber can just pray 🙏
@ryancooper1144
3 ай бұрын
You are bringing in exceptional cases for some reason. Most women have organs and the necessary genes to reproduce. Her message was powerful, to not rely on egg freezing and other treatments cause they are just businesses and Businesses will always market the upside of their products.
@MrsRight2020
3 ай бұрын
@@ryancooper1144 totally agree on your comment. My point is about genetics. Once someone is not able to have children then they will have different banks giving them an option to freeze eggs without guarantee that you can use them. For example, 10y after you try to use them and there is no embryo. They don't care about genetics it's all about money. No guarantees
Is it necessary, when they can do ovarian regeneration with stem cell injections?
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
Yes, a reproductive system is more than ovaries.
it's a smmer morning in Morocco "FEZ city"
false assurance
Settling? What’s that other word for it? Marriage!
😢😂😂😂😂😂😂❤
"For the first time" - who lied to you? Who told you that you should spend your peak fertility years chasing advanced degrees for a ton of debt and jobs and "careers" you don't like?
Useless content waste of time
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
Information is never a waste.
She said they freeze their eggs because they have not found the person they want, when the reality is modern women does not think about marrying in her prime and play around till they hit the wall. This is brilliant idea but what are the consequences I do not think everything will be fine.
@c.f.okonta8815
2 ай бұрын
Exactly
@DebNKY
2 ай бұрын
It doesn't work like that.
@Calisheeko
2 ай бұрын
@@DebNKYDo you Think it wont have Consequences?
Maybe women should get married early on.....anyone ever recommend that?!