'Like, just a really logical decision.' Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories

The National Post ^

[nickcarraway]

Egg freezing is increasingly being seen as a way to align peak fertility years with life aspirations: To have it all

Author of the article:Devika Desai Published Jul 02, 2025 • Last updated Jul 03, 2025 • 19 minute read

The first time Shania Bhopa considered freezing her eggs was over dessert during Christmas Day dinner with her family a couple of years ago.

Bhopa was only 24 years old at the time but already had a promising career ahead as a published children’s author, running a non-profit organization with her sister and was pursuing a PhD in global health.

“Shania, you don’t seem like you would have kids early,” Bhopa recalls her sister saying. “But I know you’ve always wanted to be a mom. Have you ever given any consideration as to what your plan looks like?”

“No,” Bhopa replied.

Her sister asked a new question. “Well, have you thought about freezing your eggs?”

The question caught Bhopa by surprise. She had heard of egg freezing before — overhearing conversations between her sister and her friends — but until that moment had never talked about it or thought of it as a family planning or fertility option. She had always assumed egg freezing was a last resort for those who had already tried and failed to have a child by traditional means.

“Why would I be proactive when it’s a reactive procedure?” she recalled thinking. Her sister, however, was persistent and so Bhopa decided to investigate the topic.

[wbarmy]

We are living in Idiocracy on steroids.

[T. P. Pole]

Took me until the second paragraph to realize they were not talking about chicken eggs as a hedge against inflation.

[drwoof]

Indeed we are. Must be the electrolytes or something like that...

[dynachrome]

I’m a guy. Ain’t nobody freezing my ‘eggs’.

[Bonemaker]

“... Why Gen Zs are freezing their eggs and sharing their stories...”

Both males and females.

[Republican Wildcat]

Having kids in your mid to late 20s is now considered having kids “early”?

[metmom]

Silly me.

I thought they meant chicken eggs.

I should have known.

[metmom]

Silly me.

I thought they meant chicken eggs.

I should have known.

[alexander_busek]

Just "freezing?"

The dernier cri is freeze-dried eggs.

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

So does this mean that - later - the guy (future hubby) is given a dirty magazine and sent into a walk-in freezer and instructed to "do his thing" over like a tray of ice cubes?

Regards,

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

My first though as well after reading the headline.

[FLT-bird]

“I know! Instead of finding a partner when I’m at my peak sexual market value, I’ll just piss that away and wait until my attractiveness to men has fallen off a cliff when I’m in my mid 30s. Then I’ll get serious about finding the right man once its far too late. Oh but I’ll be saved by having frozen some eggs years earlier. THE BIG KEY is for me not to even consider changing my self destructive behavior that put in in a terrible position in the first place.”

[FLT-bird]

Having kids in your mid to late 20s is now considered having kids “early”?

Even if a girl doesn't want kids at that age, for goodness sake, at least find a good man that they'd want to eventually have kids with at that age. Convincing hubby to wait a few years longer than he might've intended to start a family is one thing. Trying to land a good man once all the woman's youth is gone is quite another.