Eleven days before Treasurer Jim Chalmers encouraged Australians to have more babies to boost the dwindling birth rate, I received an email from my fertility provider asking for patients to donate their frozen eggs.
Australia is experiencing one of the lowest fertility rates in history.
No one teaches us about the timing of our fertility - until it’s too late. More women are sharing their struggles with infertility, wishing they had known more when they were younger. I froze my eggs in my 20s to give myself choices for the future, and I’ve been an advocate for fertility education ever since. We need to have these conversations earlier so people can make informed decisions about their bodies. Let’s change the narrative.
It’s hard to imagine that at 28 years old, the quality and quantity of my eggs were already deteriorating.
This was not due to a medical condition but simply my age.