How procedure has become an ‘insurance policy’ for women

EGG freezing is becoming increasingly popular as more women choose to delay motherhood.

Women are said now to be receiving the procedure as a Christmas present from older relatives, aimed at preserving their good-quality eggs at a younger age as an ‘insurance policy’.

It means they are less likely to be let down by older, less effective eggs, if they decide to start a family later in life.

The process is very similar to in-vitro fertilisation, except that instead of mixing the eggs with sperm, they are frozen and stored in tanks of liquid nitrogen.

The women involved, who tend to be single or