5. Needle Time

After the first of many scans to check how my ovaries are doing, I bring the drugs home from the clinic, fight for fridge space with the spring onions and finally start my hormone injections. I also speak to two formidable women are who leading the campaign to extend the current 10-year limit on storing frozen eggs in Britain, discuss where this law came from and what impact it has on freezing, as well as on women who are facing the destruction of their eggs. Plus I let producer Hannah in on something I’ve always worried about when it comes to visiting the gynaecologist…*This podcast is not to replace medical advice. Always speak to your doctor if you have any concerns about your fertility or treatment*Freezing Time is written and produced by Hannah Varrall and Sophia Money-Coutts, and created by OffScript. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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All you ever wanted to know (and probably a few bits that you didn’t) about egg freezing. What does it involve? What are the success rates? Will the hormones make me sad? And is it really true that a woman’s ovaries swell to the size of melons? Writer and host Sophia Money-Coutts is 35, single and having her eggs frozen. In this podcast, she shares her audio diaries of the whole process, from choosing a fertility clinic to the operation itself, along with the ups (and downs) of undergoing an emotional and hormonal procedure. She also investigates the science behind egg freezing and its rapid growth in popularity, and speaks to fertility experts and women who’ve gone through freezing about their experience of the procedure. Plus, she has the odd chat with her mum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.