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ArticleJournal of assisted reproduction and genetics2018

Ten pathways to elective egg freezing: a binational analysis.

Marcia C Inhorn, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, Lynn M Westphal, Joseph Doyle, Norbert Gleicher, Dror Meirow, Martha Dirnfeld, Daniel Seidman, Arik Kahane, Pasquale Patrizio

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Article in Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Marcia C InhornDepartment of Anthropology, Yale University, 10 Sachem Street, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA. marcia.inhorn@yale.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7456-7120
Daphna Birenbaum-CarmeliDepartment of Nursing, University of Haifa, 3498838, Haifa, Israel.
Lynn M WestphalStanford Fertility and Reproductive Medicine Center, Stanford University Medical Center, 1195 W. Fremont Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, USA.
Joseph DoyleShady Grove Fertility, 9601 Blackwell Road, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
Norbert GleicherCenter for Human Reproduction, 21 E. 69th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Dror MeirowClinical Center for Fertility Preservation and Fertility Preservation Research Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IVF and Fertility Unit, 1 Emek Ha'ella St., 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Martha DirnfeldIsraeli Fertility Society, Division Reproductive Endocrinology-IVF, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Carmel Medical Center, Ruth & Bruce Faculty of Medicine, Technion, 343621, Haifa, Israel.
Daniel SeidmanDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sheba Medical Center, IVF and Fertility Unit, 1 Emek Ha'ella St., 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Arik KahaneAssuta Medical Center, 13 Eliezer Mazal, 75653, Rishon LeZion, Israel.
Pasquale PatrizioYale Fertility Center and Fertility Preservation Program, 150 Sargent Drive, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA.

Funding

National Science Foundation BCS-1356136Wellcome Trust 209829/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhat are the specific pathways that lead women to freeze their eggs? In this binational study, women were asked directly about the life circumstances that led them on the path to elective egg freezing (EEF).

methodsFrom June 2014 to August 2016, 150 women (114 in the USA, 36 in Israel) who had completed at least 1 cycle of EEF were interviewed by two medical anthropologists. Study participants were recruited through four American IVF clinics (two academic, two private) and three in Israel (one academic, two private). Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and entered into a qualitative data management program (Dedoose) for analysis.

resultsThe majority (85%) of women in the study were without partners, while 15% had partners at the time of EEF. Six pathways to EEF were found among women without partners (being single, divorced, broken up, deployed overseas, single mother, career planner), with career planning being the least common pathway to EEF. Among women with partners, four pathways to EEF were found (relationship too new or uncertain, partner not ready to have children, partner refusing to have children, or partner having multiple partners). With only one exception, the pathways and their frequencies were similar in both countries.

conclusionsPartnership problems, not career planning, lead most women on pathways to EEF. These pathways should be studied in a variety of national settings, and fertility clinics should offer patient-centered care for single women pursuing EEF in the couples-oriented world of IVF.

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Interpersonal RelationsAdultCryopreservationFemaleFertility PreservationHumansOocytesRisk FactorsFertility preservationIsraelOocyte cryopreservationPartnersPathwaysUSA

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PMID30074130
PMCPMC6240533

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