Those in need of an egg donor can choose one anywhere in the world, allowing greater control over traits like race. Egg freezing has “been really revolutionary,” the biggest leap in the field of assisted reproductive technology in a quarter-century, says Caswell. In the rapidly evolving drama of egg freezing, both the Pope and Octomom have a cameo — and no one knows what the ending will look like. Unsurprisingly, given the hurdles involved in egg donation, it was a full century after Pancoast’s haphazard donor sperm experiment, in 1983, when the first baby born via donor egg was reported. But he notes that the number of clients asking about elective egg freezing is “growing and growing.

Source: thestar November 26, 2016 16:05 UTC