Endometriosis: ‘I spent my house deposit on freezing my eggs’

She used her savings, which she had put away for a house deposit, to pay for one round of egg freezing and was supported by her parents to pay for a second round.

In total – including additional expenses such as travel, blood tests and scans – it cost £15,000.

“For me, I believe that the stats are that there’s a 10% chance of a successful pregnancy through egg freezing,” she said.

“[That] sounds so small when you’re spending literally thousands and all of your savings on it.”

Fertility Network’s research suggests the overall success rate of egg freezing is about 20%.

This rate goes up the younger the woman freezes her eggs, particularly among those under 35.

They say that “egg freezing is not a fertility insurance policy and should never be seen as such”.

The egg freezing procedure involves two daily self-administered injections over a two week period, which stimulate egg growth before a surgical procedure to remove mature eggs, which are then frozen.