Program: NOVA | Type: Clip | Aired: 2021-05-12

To Start a Family, This Woman Turned to Egg Freezing

At 39, Brigitte Adams became an early adopter of egg vitrification, a technology that can dramatically improve the preservation of a woman’s eggs and, potentially, her future fertility.
Here’s her story.

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To Start a Family, This Woman Turned to Egg Freezing