It is a dilemma that haunts many 30-something, child-free women in the west: either have a baby soon or risk years of invasive fertility treatment later with no guarantee of a child in the end.
Yet a technique that allows some women to extend their fertility is making progress. That technique is egg-freezing, and in theory it could allow a woman to stop her biological clock for a decade or more. When she finds a partner, say, or is in a position to take a career break, she can have her eggs thawed and use routine IVF procedures to get…
