Prognosis

A New Crop of Companies Hope to Make IVF Better

In vitro fertilization in action.

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Hi, it’s Kristen in New York. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of female fertility. But before I get to that …

Last summer, my now-husband and I decided to freeze embryos. It seemed like the best choice if we wanted to one day have kids of our own: At the time, we were living on two different continents and, at 37, my biological clock was edging dangerously close to its proverbial expiration date.