Egg freezing

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I am approaching 35 years of age and I have been researching the idea of freezing my eggs to be used for when I am happily married with a husband. I am single, but I’m confident I’ll meet the man God wants me to be with soon enough. The eggs would be fertilized by my husband. I do not want to disappoint God, so I have been trying to pin down a definitive answer on the morality and acceptability of it. I came across this paragraph on this very site (Catholic Answers):

The Donum Vitae (Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life) document does not say that freezing eggs (i.e. oocytes) is intrinsically immoral. It’s the purpose that makes the procedure moral or immoral. As long no embryo is created outside the conjugal act and all oocytes are re-implanted to the woman to whom they belong, then no immoral action is taking place.

I am afraid that some will answer this post harshly and object to the concept completely. I do believe that the Donum Vitae can be clearly interpreted to mean that it IS morally permissible to preserve my fertility for later use. I just ask that people answer respectfully, as they always are here.
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UPDATED: I AM GOING TO PRAY ABOUT THIS AND PRAY THAT GOD BRINGS MY HUSBAND INTO MY LIFE WHILE I STILL CAN HAVE HEALTHY BABIES, SO THAT IT WOULD RENDER THE IDEA OF EGG FREEZING UNNECESSARY. **
 
I’m not familiar with this process of reintroducing eggs into the human body without IVF also occurring…interesting :hmmm:
 
update: Please disregard my original post. I do not need this question answered anymore. Thank you though!
 
slh3016 said:
I’m not familiar with this process of reintroducing eggs into the human body without IVF also occurring…interesting :hmmm:
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I’ve also never heard of this, but theoretically, I don’t see that there would be anything immoral about it as long as the eggs went back to the original mother and were fertilized by the natural method. The eggs aren’t an embryo, so that’s not a problem and the marital act isn’t being degraded. Presuming this method was medically possible, it could be an effective way of preserving the fertility of women who have to have their ovaries removed.
 
I had updated it a few days ago, so you must not have seen it
Here is why I didn’t need answers anymore:

UPDATED: I AM GOING TO PRAY ABOUT THIS AND PRAY THAT GOD BRINGS MY HUSBAND INTO MY LIFE WHILE I STILL CAN HAVE HEALTHY BABIES, SO THAT IT WOULD RENDER THE IDEA OF EGG FREEZING UNNECESSARY.
 
I read your update, (and thank you for that) but I’d still like to comment on something you wrote. 😃

You wrote that as you “are approaching 35”, which seems to imply that you’re 34 or perhaps younger. Many women over the age of 35 have babies, and most of those babies are born healthy. The average age of menopause is around 51. You’re still young.

Prayers for you in your desire for marriage and family. St. Joseph, please pray for Angelwings and intercede on her behalf to help her find a good Catholic husband. Help them abide by the teachings of the Church in all matters relating to marriage and family. Amen.:gopray:
 
Just wanted to point out that as the above poster said, if you are 34 don’t get mentalized that when you hit 35 you will have difficulties having healthy children. I also know plenty of women who had children over 35 and over 40, so don’t worry. Keep the faith.
 
This is still an interesting question, even though you have decided against it. I, too, am curious about whether IVF would be the only option for a woman who had frozen her eggs. Does the doctor just insert a frozen egg and tell you to go home and try to get pregnant?

Not to be flippant, but I read somewhere that you should pray to St. Ann if you want to find a husband. I laughed when I read the wording of the prayer: “St. Ann, St. Ann, send me a man, as fast as you can!”
 
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