A practical look at the time, money, work and emotional space egg freezing actually asks of you.

Egg freezing is sometimes pitched as a tidy month-long project. The reality for most people is usually more textured than that. 

A step-by-step guide to the process — so you know what to expect. If you have decided to freeze your eggs, the process itself can feel daunting. Clinics often describe it as straightforward. The women who have actually been through it tend to describe it as more involved than they thought both physically and emotionally.

If you’re at the point of choosing a clinic, you’ve already done a hard bit: deciding to take egg freezing seriously enough to research properly. The next part, though, can feel just as overwhelming. There are dozens of UK clinics and very little by way of a clear path to compare like with like.